Archive of Press Releases

Record breaking Day-Ahead volume 40.447 MWh for delivery day 15.10.2022

The trend of strong activity of trading on BSP Energy Exchange in month of October 2022 continues. The trading volume on the day-ahead market on October 14, 2022 (for the delivery day of October 15) amounted to 40.446,966 MWh, which represents a new record value.

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Second Market Coupling Consultative Group meeting 1 December

  There will be second MCCG (Market Coupling Consultative Group) meeting on 1st December.

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Auction for the Transfer of the ECO Group Centre for the year 2023

  Borzen, the Slovenian market operator, will perform auction on thursday 20th October 2022, for the transfer of electricity from the ECO Group for the year 2022 in cooperation with BSP SouthPool Energy Exchange. The electricity from the ECO Group for the year 2023 will be sold in the same way as in the previous years, i.e. indirectly by transferring the whole ECO Group to another Balance Scheme Member's balancing group or subgroup. For that purpose an Auction will be organized, at which participants will be asked to bid the highest price in EUR/MWh for all the electricity produced in the...

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21st Annual Conference of the Macedonian Stock Exchange

  After a two-year break, the 21st Annual Conference of the Macedonian Stock Exchange was held on September 23rd in Ohrid, organized by the Macedonian Stock Exchange AD Skopje. This event brought together representatives of the financial sector and the securities industry, listed companies and other companies, state institutions and universities and all other entities whose activity is related to the operation or investment in securities in one place. Below is a link from the special report from the 21st annual conference of the Macedonian Stock Exchange:...

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SDAC Decoupling training session with Market Participants 13/10/2022

Since the go-live of Multi Regional Coupling (MRC, jointly with 4M MC forming SDAC) in 2014, more than 3,100 successful market coupling sessions have been conducted. In the last 4 years, four major incidents have happened that led to a partial decoupling of the SDAC Market. As part of the SDAC evaluation of these three incidents, recommendations have been made to perform training sessions involving all operational parties (Transmission System Operators [TSOs], Nominated Electricity Market Operators [NEMOs], Central Clearing Parties, Shadow Auction entities, etc.) including Market Participants....

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SIDC 4th wave go-live pre-launch event agenda 29th September

Market Coupling Steering Committee (MCSC) has published agenda for SIDC 4th wave go-live pre-launch event which will happen on 29th September 2022. The event is free of charge and will be held as webconference. We kindly invite you to participate in the event. Below in the attachment you can see the agenda for the event.

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No changes in Harmonised maximum clearing price for SDAC for delivery day 21st September

  On 23rd August Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) announced an expected change in the Harmonised Maximum and Minimum Clearing Prices for SDAC, where the harmonised maximum clearing price for Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) shall be increased to 5,000 EUR/MWh applied from 20th September 2022 (first trading session), for delivery date 21st September. Followed alignment with ACER and EC, and after the publication of the Presidency Summary from Extraordinary TTE (Energy) Council Meeting of 9 September 2022, where it is stated that “Ministers also called for sending a signal of confidence to...

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Public consultation results on Harmonized Maximum and Minimum Clearing Prices methodology SDAC and SIDC

  NEMOs published the above-mentioned consultation on the NEMO Committee website on 5th May 2022. The consultation period ended on 15th July 2022. The consultation received eighteen 18 responses from Stakeholders. Considering the responses of Stakeholders, NEMOs’ view and current market situation, NEMOs found that concerns and issues brought forward in the past few months support a need to amend the existing HMMCP methodology. Therefore, after careful consideration of all proposals, NEMOs will propose an amendment of HMMCP methodology. NEMOs plan to submit the amended HMMCP methodology to...

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Harmonised maximum clearing price for SDAC to be set to 5,000 EUR/MWh from 20th September

On trading day 16th August 2022 for delivery date 17th August, there was an occurrence of high prices in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in hour 18. The high prices reached 4000,00 EUR/MWh, which means that the current harmonised maximum clearing price will be increased from 4000 EUR/MWh to 5000 EUR/MWh. This change will apply from 20th September 2022 (first trading session). Please see the full press release in the attachment below.  

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4th Wave Go-Live Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC) Pre-launch Event

  We are pleased to invite you to our important 4th Wave go-live Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC) pre-launch event, to be held on Thursday 29 September 2022. Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) from 4th Wave go-live countries have arranged this pre-launch event to provide a comprehensive and informative opportunity to learn more about the SIDC (formerly XBID) solution and arrangements for the 4th Wave.The pre-launch event is free of charge and will be held as a web conference. It will include presentations covering an overview of the...

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The interconnection between Hungary and Slovenia in operation

  The Slovenian (ELES) and the Hungarian (MAVIR Ltd.) Transmission System Operators hereby announce that the planned physical connection between the Hungarian and the Slovenian electricity systems was established on the scheduled date of 30th June.The transmission system operators ELES, MAVIR, and HOPS carried out preliminary tests and measurements of the newly built international connection, which will provide a more stable and reliable operation of the electricity system at the 400 kV voltage level and contribute to an even the stronger connection of the mentioned markets to common EU...

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The launch of the Core Flow-Based Market Coupling and allocation of a new interconnector between Slovenia and Hungary

  Today, on June 8th 2022, BSP Energy Exchange is entering a new era of operations on the Day-Ahead market. After several years of development and implementation, 10 Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and 16 Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of the Core Capacity Calculation Region (Core CCR) introduced the Core Flow-Based Day-ahead Market Coupling. The energy transition towards a carbon-free electricity supply is a European challenge that requires the use of the European electricity system to the full extent. Weather dependent supply and increasing demand response will lead...

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