trac-x Trading Results August 2009

On the European platform trac-x transport capacity trading totalled 574.65 GWh/h in August.

This includes 140 MWh/h traded in the day-ahead section of trac-x, where 14 out of the 1,910 (67.634 MWh/h) offered day-ahead entries were successfully sold. At the cross-border point Bunde/Oude Statenzijl (entry) the average price for traded day-ahead capacities amounted to € 8.00 per MWh/h per day.

In the long-term section of the platform a total of 574.51 GWh/h per day (placed capacities: 674.23 GWh/h per day) was traded in August. Altogether, four out of 17 long-term entries offered on the platform were successfully purchased. Augusts’ long-term capacities were placed on the platform with contract periods ranging from one month up to one year.

Since the platform’s trading start in March 2005, the overall trading volume on trac-x has reached a total of 56,113.56 GWh/h per day. This includes 132.15 GWh/h per day from day-ahead trading.

trac-x Transport Capacity Exchange GmbH was established in order to create a transparent and non-discriminatory trading platform for trading secondary natural gas transport capacity. It has operated a trading platform for European gas transport capacity since March 2005. Currently, there are 420 users from 19 countries registered on www.trac-x.de. 123 of the registered users are authorised to trade capacity rights on www.trac-x.de. They can trade secondary capacity rights across Europe and in the transmission grids of the following network operators: Dong Energy Pipelines GmbH, E.ON Gastransport GmbH, EWE NETZ GmbH, Thyssengas GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH, Ontras GmbH and WINGAS TRANSPORT GmbH & Co. KG.

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

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