The energy sector is developing rapidly. The process of European market integration began some years ago. Its purpose is to create a single European market that enables market parties to trade gas and electricity across national borders easily and efficiently.
Border between Austria and Germany
Information on coordinated long-term auctions
Long-term auctioning transactions at the border between Austria and Germany are performed by Joint Allocation Office S.A. (JAO).
Relevant information and auctioning rules for the explicit monthly-based and annual-based auctions is available here:
Harmonised Allocation RulesInformation on coordinated, explicit day-ahead auctions
The border between the bidding zones Germany and Austria are managed as a part of the Multi Regional Coupling (MRC). MRC is performed together by a cooperation of European power exchanges and TSOs.
Relevant information on MRC is available here:
Information on coordinated implicit intraday allocation
Free intraday capacity assignment at the border Austria – Germany/Luxembourg is happening via the Single Intraday Coupling solution (SIDC).
Relevant information on intraday trade is available here: