Auctions

The cross-border power line connections in the European grid association (Regional Group Continental Europe RGCE, formerly UCTE) are not designed for the transportation of large quantities of electricity. In many cases, the exchange energy demanded by market operators exceeds that of existing transport capacities – this is called a cross-border congestion. A corresponding EU guideline specifies that cross-border line capacities, for which such a congestion is declared, must be made accessible with the market-based procedures of the market operators – as a rule, these transport rights are auctioned. The auctions for each border and direction are done by different offices. See the following two tables: 

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The amount of auctioned capacity, the auction dates, auction rules and results of the auctions are published on the websites of the given auction offices. Regarding cross-border Intraday trade, please refer to our page Intraday Capacities for more details.

Historical data regarding auctions that took place in Austria from 2003 to 2011 can be downloaded from the box on the right. Further auctions on the borders of the APG control area were conducted by other auction offices. Data pertaining to these actions can be found on the following websites:

• International Transparency Platform Entsoe.net
• Auction Office CEPS
• Auction Office Mavir
• Auction Office ELES
• Auction Office Terna
• Auction Office Swissgrid