APX Power NL
Established in 1999, APX Power NL is an independent fully electronic exchange for anonymous trading on the spot market offering distributors, producers, traders, brokers and industrial end-users a spot market trading platform for day ahead transactions as well as Intraday and Strips transactions for on-the-day trading: trading today for delivery of electricity tomorrow. APX Power NL provides its members standardised products to sell and purchase and is the central counter party in all electricity trades.
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Day Ahead MarketThe core activity of APX Power NL is the Day Ahead auction, where trading takes place on one day for the delivery of electricity the next day. Market members submit their orders electronically, after which supply and demand are compared and the market price is calculated for each hour of the following day. As well as hourly contracts, flexible block contracts can be traded. |
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IntradayThe Intraday market offers APX Power NL members the opportunity to continuously trade power products in 15 minute intervals (PTE), 1 hour blocks and 2 hour blocks up to two hours prior to delivery. |
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StripsThe Strips market offers APX Power NL members the opportunity to continuously trade standardised blocks of hours. The available products are: Base Load (from midnight-midnight), Peak Load (from 08:00-20:00 hrs), and Off Peak Load (20:00-08:00 hrs). These products can be traded as Individual Days and Weekends and are available for trading up to two (business) days out. |
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