EEX Sets New Record In Turnover On Monthly Basis - 466,443 Megawatt Hours Of Electricity Traded In November - 1.5 Million Mwh Since EEX Launch In August

Germany's biggest electricity exchange, the European Energy Exchange (EEX), published its turnover figures for the month of November 2000 on Thursday: With 466,443 megawatt hours (MWh) traded, turnover at EEX exceeded the previous month's figure (390,354 MWh in October) by roughly 20 percent and set a new record in turnover on a monthly basis. After four months in operation, EEX has achieved total turnover of 1,514,458 MWh.

Of the total volume for November, 80,931 MWh were traded in individual hours and 385,512 MWh in blocks, 177,600 MWh in peak-load blocks and 207,912 MWh in base-load blocks.

The prices for peak-load blocks amounted to 30.71 euros per MWh on average for the month and ranged between 21.50 and 34.20 euros per MWh. In trading of base-load blocks, the monthly average price was 22.07 euros per MWh; the prices here ranged between 10.75 and 26.50 euros per MWh. In the case of individual hours, the daily average prices ranged between 11.73 and 25.93 euros per MWh.