Paris, 4 February 2013. In January 2013, a total volume of 28.2 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday markets (January 2012: 29.6 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In January 2013, power trading on the Day-Ahead auctions on EPEX SPOT accounted for a total of 26,571,892 MWh (January 2012: 27,805,694 MWh) and can be broken down as follows:
|
Areas |
Monthly volume |
Monthly volume – previous year |
Price – monthly average |
|
|
DE/AT |
19,883,862 |
21,578,426 |
43.31 / 55.74 |
|
|
FR |
5,163,871 |
4,944,084 |
50.64 / 60.97 |
|
|
CH |
1,524,159 |
1,283,184 |
53.41 / 62.79 |
|
|
ELIX – European Electricity Index |
45.28 / 57.12 |
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* Peak excl. weekend
Prices within the French and the German market, both coupled with Belgium and the Netherlands within the market coupling initiative in Central Western Europe (CWE), converged 38 % of the time.
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 1,621,153 MWh was traded in January 2013 (January 2012: 1,811,025 MWh):
|
Areas |
Monthly volume |
Monthly volume – previous year |
|
DE/AT |
1,374,873 |
1,664,524* |
|
FR |
246,280 |
146,501 |
* without Austrian market, which was launched in October 2012
In January, cross-border trades represented 12.4 % of the total Intraday volume. Volume in 15-Minute contracts amounted to 83,942 MWh. In January, they represented 6.2 % of the volume traded on the German Intraday market.
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EPEX SPOT SE operates the power spot markets for France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Day-Ahead and Intraday). Together these countries account for more than one third of the European electricity consumption. EPEX SPOT SE is a European company (Societas Europaea) based in Paris with a branch in Leipzig. 339 TWh have been traded in 2012 on EPEX SPOT’s power markets.
Clearing and settlement of all EPEX SPOT transactions are provided by European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC), the clearing house based in Leipzig.