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In May 2017, a total volume of 45.2 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (May 2016: 46.1 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In May 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 39,381,095 MWh (May 2016: 40,732,893 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 49% of the time (May 2016: 48%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 5,778,851 MWh was traded in May 2017 (May 2016: 5,332,103 MWh). Three market areas saw records in continuous trading: The Swiss Intraday market reached 199,320 MWh, 140,258 MWh were traded on the Dutch market and 125,449 MWh on the Belgian Intraday segment.
In May, cross-border trades represented 27.5% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 12.8% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.
New members
In May, EPEX SPOT welcomed Services Industriels de Genève, In Commodities A/S and COMCOM Ltd as new members to the exchange.
Please find further details on the volumes and prices below:
Volumes
| Power Spot Volumes | Monthly volume MWh | Monthly volume – previous year MWh |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 45,159,946 | 46,064,996 |
| Day-Ahead | 39,381,095 | 40,732,893 |
| Day-Ahead DE/AT/LU | 19,574,209 | 21,117,675 |
| Day-Ahead FR | 9,603,897 | 10,147,722 |
| Day-Ahead CH | 2,013,174 | 2,065,701 |
|
Day-Ahead UK total - Day-Ahead Auction UK - Half-Hour 15:30 auction UK |
3,669,203 3,443,343 225,860 |
2,980,924 2,767,746 213,178 |
| Day-Ahead NL | 2,824,469 | 2,882,724 |
| Day-Ahead BE | 1,696,143 | 1,538,147 |
| Intraday | 5,778,851 | 5,332,103 |
|
Intraday DE/AT total - hourly continuous DE - 30-min continuous DE - 15-min continuous - 15-min call auction DE - hourly continuous AT - 15-min continuous AT |
3,889,233 2,864,921 3,942 385,341 426,667 189,784 18,578 |
3,574,480 2,611,373 0* 335,007 424,959 193,247 9,894 |
|
Intraday FR - hourly continuous FR - 30-min continuous FR |
303,294 298,126 5,168 |
332,697 332,697 0* |
|
Intraday CH total - hourly continuous - 30-min continuous - 15-min continuous |
199,320 188,374 36 10,910 |
195,956 188,663 0* 7,293 |
| Intraday UK | 1,104,993 | 1,118,309 |
| Intraday NL | 140,258 | 66,579 |
| Intraday BE | 125,449 | 38,182 |
| OTC Registration | 16,304 | 5,900 |
*segment launched in March 2017
Prices and Indices
| Price – monthly average (Base / Peak**) Price/MWh |
|
|---|---|
| Day-Ahead DE/AT – PHELIX | €30.46/ €33.39 |
| Day-Ahead FR | €34.23/ €38.83 |
| Day-Ahead CH – SWISSIX | €33.85/ €37.94 |
| Day-Ahead UK | £41.11/ £44.03 |
| Day-Ahead UK Half-Hour | £41.15/ £43.95 |
| Day-Ahead NL | €35.06/ €39.18 |
| Day-Ahead BE | €37.22/ €42.73 |
| European Electricity Index – ELIX*** | €27.20/ €31.74 |
| Intraday DE/AT (hourly continuous) | €31.83/ €36.76 |
| Intraday 30-minute continuous DE | €32.09/ €37.00 |
| Intraday 15-minute continuous DE | €32.20 / €37.17 |
| Intraday 15-minute call auction DE | €30.75 / €34.62 |
| Intraday FR (hourly continuous) | €34.78/ €40.64 |
| Intraday 30-minute continuous FR | €34.76/ €40.58 |
| Intraday CH (hourly continuous) | €34.26/ €40.04 |
| Intraday 30-minute continuous CH | €34.26/ €40.04 |
| Intraday NL | €36.09/ €41.18 |
| Intraday BE | €37.06/ €44.15 |
** Peak excl. weekend
*** calculated on the orders of DE/AT/LU, FR & CH under the assumption of unlimited transmission capacity between the markets
The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE and its affiliates operate physical short-term electricity markets in Central Western Europe and the United Kingdom. The creation of a pan-European power market is what defines EPEX SPOT’s mission. In 2016, its 278 members traded 529 TWh – a third of the domestic consumption in the eight countries covered. 49% of its equity is held by HGRT, a holding of transmission system operators. EPEX SPOT is part of EEX Group. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.
