trac-x Trading Results in March

Leipzig, 6 April 2009 – Day-Ahead trading of natural gas transport capacities on trac-x has reached a new record level in March. With a volume of 36,585 MWh/h the highest amount for any month so far since the launch of day-ahead trading in May 2008 was sold in March. Compared to the previous month, the platform experienced an increase in traded day-ahead capacities of about 80 per cent.

Overall, 935 out of 1,474 (68,100 MWh/h) day-ahead auctions offered on the platform were successfully sold. At the cross-border point Bunde/Oude Statenzijl (entry) the average price for auctioned day-ahead capacities amounted to € 10.67 per MWh/h and for day-ahead capacities at Eynatten/Raeren (entry) it amounted to an average of € 6.75 per MWh/h. Moreover, day-ahead capacities at the network point Emden EPT (entry) were offered and sold on www.trac-x.de for the first time in March as well. Day-ahead capacities at Emden EPT were traded for an overage price of € 10.00 per MWh/h.

In the long-term section of the platform a total of 4,717 MWh/h were traded on the platform in March. Altogether, 20 of the 50 long-term procedures that expired on the platform in March were successfully purchased.

Since the platform’s trading start in March 2005, the overall trading volume on trac-x has reached 116,081 MWh/h. This includes 103,604 MWh/h from day-ahead trading.

trac-x Transport Capacity Exchange GmbH was established in order to create a transparent and non-discriminatory trading platform for secondary trading of transmission capacities. It has operated a trading platform for gas transmission capacities in Europe since March 2005. Currently, more than 370 traders from 19 countries are registered on www.trac-x.de. They can trade secondary capacity rights across Europe within the networks of the following transmission system operators: Dong Energy Pipelines GmbH, E.ON Gastransport GmbH, EWE NETZ GmbH, RWE Transportnetz Gas GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH, Ontras GmbH.

In addition to long-term trading, firm day-ahead capacity rights at the cross-border point Bunde/Oude Statenzijl (between Germany and the Netherlands) have been tradable on the platform since May 2008. Moreover, due to close collaboration with European network operators, it is possible to trade day-ahead capacities at further cross-border points as well as German interconnection points. Thus, day-ahead capacities can also be traded at the cross-border points Eynatten/Raeren, Ellund, Emden EPT, Emden NPT, Bochholtz, Medelsheim, Oberkappel, Vreden and Wallbach as well as at the German interconnection points Reckrod, Bunder Tief, Lampertheim. Drohne, Emsbüren, Steinbrinck und Steinitz.

trac-x Transport Capacity Exchange GmbH
Föpplstraße 3, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
Katja Beckert
Phone: +49 341 443-907121
Email: katja.beckert@trac-x.de
Web: www.trac-x.de

This release was published on openPR.