The list of top ten electricity retailers in Greece was completed by NRG, capturing 5.14 percent, up from 4.85 percent Aerio Attikis, at 3.15 percent from 2.97 percent Watt & Volt, 2.78% (2.08%) Volterra, 2.09% (1.92%) Zenith, 2.02% (2.14%) and Volton, 0.87% (0.98%). Mytilineos slipped to second place with 7.47 percent, down marginally from 7.49 percent, while Elpedison followed with 6.07 percent, up from 6 percent. Heron established itself as the new market leader among the independent electricity suppliers in March, capturing a 7.53 percent share, up from 7.24 percent. In the retail electricity market, power utility PPC, the dominant player, experienced a market-share contraction in March to 61.53 percent from 63 percent, a loss gained by the independent suppliers. Lignite was ranked fourth with a 13 percent share contribution to the Greek energy mix last month, the Hellenic Energy Exchange report showed. Electricity imports were sizeable in March, covering 23 percent of the energy mix, the equivalent contribution of natural gas. In March, 2021, for instance, the wholesale electricity price in Greece averaged 57.64 euros per MWh, less than half the current level.Īs for the country’s energy mix, renewables were ranked the most dominant contributor for yet another month in March, contributing 35 percent. Local DAM prices peaked at 272.68 euros per MWh in March, 2022, when Russia’s war on Ukraine began to impact wholesale electricity and gas markets throughout Europe, and have since fallen by 55 percent.ĭespite this price de-escalation, levels remain well above pre-energy crisis levels. The Greek wholesale electricity market’s DAM averaged a price level of 122.76 euros per MWh in March, down by 21.4 percent compared to February, when it ended the month with an average of 156.24 euros per MWh. The physical obligation to deliver/consume the purchased or sold energy follows as Nord Pool nominates the trades to the imbalance settlement process applicable in each country.The country’s day-ahead market took a further step away from the energy crisis in March, price levels falling considerably, both year-to-year and compared to the previous month, the Hellenic Energy Exchange’s monthly report has shown.
Following the publication of the prices, the individual result are reported to each buyer and seller. Hourly clearing prices are typically announced to the market at 12:45 CET or later. In the matching process, the single price for each hour and each bidding zone is set where the curves for sell price and buy price meet, taking into account network constraints. Submitted orders are matched with other orders in the pan-European market coupling process - the Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) - through a common algorithm called Euphemia. The daily processĪt 10:00 CET available capacities on interconnectors and in the grid are published - buyers and sellers have until 12:00 CET to submit their final bids to Nord Pool for the auction for delivery hours the next day. Typically, the result of the day-ahead market is used as the baseline for planning the next 24-hour period, with later changes or new opportunities realised in Nord Pool's intraday market.
Nord Pool provides a wide range of order types for buyers and sellers to match the dynamics of the demand or supply they are offering. The day-ahead market has proven its efficiency, delivering a trusted market which sets bidding zone prices for each hour.
More than 300 buyers and sellers place over 2000 orders every day, and on a yearly basis around 500 TWh is traded. With Nord Pool you can trade day-ahead in 15 countries, and across 21 bidding zones. Orders are matched to maximize social welfare while taking network constraints provided by transmission system operators into consideration. In the day-ahead market customers can sell or buy energy for the next 24 hours in a closed auction.
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