The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT has published a Policy Paper entitled “Advocacy for an Integrated and Competitive Electricity Market in Europe”. The paper outlines ten considerations by EPEX SPOT that would support and facilitate the integration of the European power market.
Recent interventions in national energy markets have set the scene for a major turning point in the European energy policy. At the same time, State and Government leaders have agreed on the new EU climate and energy framework for 2030, during the European Council of October 2014. In the coming months, decision makers and stakeholders of the energy sector will face important political choices. They should stand firm behind a European and market-based energy policy.
The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT is deeply committed towards the goals of the Internal Energy Market and the Energy Union. Accordingly, the Policy Paper outlines current challenges, discusses considerations for an efficient energy policy and explores the role of the European Power Exchange as one of the pillars of the electricity value chain. We invite European decision makers to take these considerations into account while fostering an integrated and competitive European electricity market.
The Policy Paper can be found on the website of EPEX SPOT (www.epexspot.com) or by following the link above.
The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE operates the power spot markets for Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland (Day-Ahead and Intraday). Together these countries account for more than one third of the European power consumption. EPEX SPOT also acts as market operating service provider for the Hungarian Power Exchange HUPX and operates the coupling between the Czech, the Slovak, the Hungarian and the Romanian markets on behalf of the local Exchanges. It is a European company (Societas Europaea) based in Paris with branches in Leipzig, Bern and Vienna. Over 220 companies from Europe are active on EPEX SPOT. 382 TWh have been traded on EPEX SPOT’s markets in 2014
