Monthly Power Trading Results of February 2023

    Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Brussels / London / Paris / Vienna, 2 March 2023

    • A total volume of 52.7 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT markets in February 2023 (February 2022: 49.5 TWh). This represents an increase of 4% on year.

    EPEX Day-Ahead

    • Power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 40,042.8 GWh (February 2022: 38,931.7 GWh).
    • Volume on the Danish and Dutch Day-Ahead auctions grew by 15% and 47% respectively.

    EPEX Intraday

    • On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 12,663.9 GWh was traded (February 2022: 10,613.7 GWh). This represents an increase of +20% on year.
    • The Intraday auction in Austria reached a new record volume of 18.6 GWh.

    In February 2023, 45.8 GWh were traded on the monthly auction for Guarantees of Origin. Furthermore, the Exchange published its response to the EU consultation on the future Electricity Market Design.

    More details on volumes and prices are available in the enclosed report from page 4. Please note that volumes are calculated by using the common industry standard in electricity and exchange business: For auction trading, the one-sided Market Clearing Volume is listed. For continuous trading, the aggregated sell & buy volume is divided by 2.

    Members

    In February, EPEX SPOT welcomed Energie Südbayern GmbH, Entelios AG, Iqony GmbH, in.power Trading GmbH, PetroChina International (London) Co. Limited and STEAG Power GmbH as new members to the Exchange.

    The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE and its affiliates operate physical short-term electricity markets in Central Western Europe, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Nordics and in Poland. Furthermore, EPEX SPOT newly offers local flexibility markets solution and Guarantees of Origin auctions, to foster the integration of renewable energy sources and to enhance the engagement of consumers and producers in the power market. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, EPEX SPOT is committed to the creation of a pan-European power market. Over 300 members trade electricity on EPEX SPOT. 49% of its equity is held by HGRT, a holding of transmission system operators.

    For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.

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