The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NERC) has set new electricity price caps for businesses starting June 1, UNN correspondent reports.
Thus, a resolution was adopted to set price caps on the day-ahead market, the intraday market and the balancing market.
The following prices were approved for the day-ahead and intraday markets:
- maximum marginal prices from 00:00 to 07:00, from 11:00 to 17:00 - 5 600.00 UAH/MWh;
- from 07:00 to 11:00 and from 23:00 to 24:00 - UAH 6,900.00/MWh;
- from 17:00 to 23:00 - UAH 9,000.00/MWh;
- minimum price ceiling - 10.00 UAH/MWh;
In the balancing market:
- maximum price caps from 00:00 to 07:00 - 6 600.00 UAH/MWh;
- from 07:00 to 17:00 and from 23:00 to 24:00 - UAH 8,250.00/MWh;
- from 17:00 to 23:00 - 10,000.00 UAH/MWh;
- minimum price ceiling - 0.01 UAH/MWh.
During the NEURC meeting, it was noted that such a price cap profile, according to the Department's analysis, would make it possible to ensure the maximum amount of imported electricity from neighboring EU countries.
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Prior to that, starting from November 30, 2023, the maximum marginal prices for DAM were set at this level:
1) on the day-ahead market (DAM) and the intraday market (IDM):
- maximum price caps from 00:00 to 07:00 and from 23:00 to 24:00 (hours of minimum load) - 3000 UAH/MWh;
- from 07:00 to 08:00 and from 11:00 to 17:00 (medium load hours) - 5600 UAH/MWh;
- from 08:00 to 11:00 (hours of high load) - 6900 UAH/MWh;
- from 17:00 to 23:00 (peak hours) - 7500 UAH/MWh;
- minimum price ceiling - 10 UAH/MWh;
2) in the balancing market: the maximum marginal price is 125% of the DAM price determined by the market operator for each settlement period of the relevant delivery day;
the minimum price ceiling is 0.01 UAH/MWh.