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Market, regulation, operations and intelligence
A shared reference next to TradingDesk, so the desk can check the market, the rules and what changed before a position is locked.
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Important
ALPEX day-ahead window
Hourly Albanian power exchange prices used for day-ahead nominations and portfolio exposure.
Source: ERE / ALPEX · 2022-12-27
ALPEX · day-ahead · prices
Read moreGrid and nomination rules
Nomination, metering and aggregation requirements for assets participating in the market.
Source: ERE / OST · 2008-10-24
nomination · metering · aggregation
Read moreBalancing responsibility
Market participants remain responsible for scheduled versus actual energy and imbalance settlement.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
ERE · balancing · BRP
Read moreDesk notice: illustrative market data
Figures on the public desk are illustrative until live feeds are connected for your portfolio.
feeds · desk
Read moreImbalance
The difference between a market participant's scheduled/nominated energy and its actual measured energy, subject to the applicable balancing and settlement rules.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
imbalance · balancing · settlement
Read moreAlbanian Electricity Market
The organised wholesale electricity market in Albania, covering day-ahead and intraday trading on ALPEX, then balancing and imbalance settlement after delivery.
Source: ALPEX / ERE / OST · 2022-12-27
Albania · ALPEX · balancing · market
Read moreENTSO-E
European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity. The association of Europe's high-voltage grid operators. Albania's operator, OST, is a member. Its Transparency Platform publishes cross-border flows and other grid data.
Source: ENTSO-E
ENTSO-E · OST · transmission · transparency
Read moreSEE CAO
Coordinated Auction Office in South East Europe. The office in Podgorica that auctions the right to use cross-border power lines in the region. Albania's operator, OST, takes part.
Source: SEE CAO · 2014-04-01
SEE CAO · capacity · cross-border · OST
Read moreJAO
Joint Allocation Office. The European office that auctions cross-border transmission rights for operators working under EU rules. It is the EU counterpart of the regional role SEE CAO plays for South East Europe.
Source: JAO · 2018-10-01
JAO · capacity · cross-border · EU
Read moreALPEX
The Albanian Power Exchange (ALPEX) is the organised market for day-ahead and intraday electricity, designated as NEMO for coupling-related tasks.
Source: ALPEX / ERE · 2022-12-27
ALPEX · NEMO · day-ahead · intraday
Read moreALPEX Day-Ahead Market
The ALPEX day-ahead market is where hourly electricity for the next delivery day is traded, from gate opening until gate closure, before delivery starts.
Source: ALPEX / ERE · 2022-12-27
ALPEX · day-ahead · auction · nominations
Read moreALPEX Intraday Market
The ALPEX intraday market is used to buy or sell hourly electricity after the day-ahead market, still before or around delivery, to correct the position.
Source: ALPEX / ERE · 2022-12-27
ALPEX · intraday · positions
Read moreElectricity Balancing in Albania
Balancing is the real-time process that keeps the Albanian system in balance after nominations. OST operates the system; imbalance is settled against the schedule.
Source: OST / ERE · 2020-07-02
balancing · OST · imbalance · BRP
Read moreImbalance in Albania
Imbalance is the difference between scheduled or nominated energy and measured energy for a balancing group, settled under the Albanian balancing rules.
Source: OST / ERE · 2020-07-02
imbalance · BRP · settlement · metering
Read moreBalancing Responsible Party (BRP)
The Balance Responsible Party is the entity financially responsible for the imbalance of a balancing group under the applicable Albanian rules.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
BRP · balancing group · imbalance
Read moreBalancing Group
A balancing group is the set of metering points and positions whose schedules and actuals are netted under one BRP.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
balancing group · BRP · metering
Read moreNominations
A nomination is the hourly energy plan a participant sends so the position can be scheduled against the market and the grid.
Source: OST / ALPEX / ERE · 2020-07-02
nomination · scheduling · BRP
Read moreSettlement
Settlement is the financial close of day-ahead, intraday and imbalance volumes after the delivery interval, using official prices and rules.
Source: ALPEX / OST / ERE · 2022-12-27
settlement · imbalance · ALPEX
Read moreLaw 59/2026, Electricity Sector
Primary Albanian law on the electricity sector. Official text is Albanian. TradingDesk publishes an English explanation, not a substitute for the act.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2026-06-18
law · ERE · electricity sector
Read moreLaw 24/2023, Renewable Energy
Albanian renewable-energy law relevant to support schemes, production and how renewables participate in the market. Official text is Albanian.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2023-03-23
law · renewable · RES
Read moreAlbanian Electricity Market Rules
The market rules that sit under the sector law and ERE decisions, including additions that ALPEX and participants must follow. Official language is Albanian.
Source: ERE · 2017-12-28
market rules · ERE · ALPEX
Read moreAlbanian Electricity Balancing Rules
The official rules for balancing energy, imbalance calculation and the duties of BRPs in Albania. Official language is Albanian.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
balancing rules · OST · ERE · imbalance
Read moreERE
ERE is the Energy Regulatory Authority of Albania. It licenses participants, adopts market and balancing rules, and publishes board decisions.
Source: ERE
ERE · regulator · licensing
Read moreERE Decisions
ERE board decisions are the dated official acts that approve operations, amend rules or set parameters. Each important decision should become its own Wiki item.
Source: ERE / ALPEX index
ERE · decisions · official
Read moreAggregation
Aggregation combines several assets or sites into one market position or balancing perimeter, under the license and BRP rules that apply in Albania.
Source: ERE · 2026-06-18
aggregation · portfolio · BRP
Read moreImportant changes to market rules
Only material amendments to the Albanian Electricity Market Rules or ALPEX procedures. Each change cites the official decision.
Source: ERE / ALPEX
market rules · ERE · important
Read moreImportant ERE decisions
A short list of ERE decisions the Albanian desk should keep next to ALPEX. Each item is official; the English note is TradingDesk.
Source: ERE
ERE · decisions · important
Read moreHow Albanian electricity law sits above the market
The desk reads a stack: sector law, renewable-energy law, ERE decisions, market and balancing rules, then ALPEX and OST procedures. Official texts stay Albanian. This page is the English map.
Source: Republic of Albania / ERE · 2026-06-18
law · ERE · market rules · stack
Read moreRenewable energy in the Albanian market
How renewable plants still create an hourly position on ALPEX, still need a BRP, and still create imbalance when the forecast is wrong. Support rules live in Law 24/2023 and ERE acts, not on the trading screen.
Source: Republic of Albania / ERE · 2023-03-23
renewable · RES · forecast · imbalance
Read moreLicensing and market access
ERE licensing and ALPEX membership are different doors. A desk cannot nominate for an entity that is not allowed on the market, and exchange access does not replace a sector license.
Source: ERE / ALPEX · 2026-06-18
licensing · ERE · ALPEX · participation
Read moreERE Decision 127/07.04.2023
ERE board decision on the commencement of ALPEX operations. Official text is Albanian. English here is a TradingDesk note, not the decision.
Source: ERE · 2023-04-07
ERE · ALPEX · decision
Read moreScheduling
Scheduling turns accepted nominations, ALPEX results and internal plans into the hourly schedule compared with meters. The official clocks sit with OST and ALPEX.
Source: OST / ALPEX / ERE · 2008-10-24
scheduling · nomination · BRP · imbalance
Read moreMetering
Metering points are how actual energy enters imbalance and settlement. A forecast that does not use the same points as the BRP group will not match the invoice.
Source: OST / DSO / ERE
metering · actuals · settlement · BRP
Read moreBalancing responsibility
Balancing responsibility is the duty to keep a schedule and to settle the difference versus measured energy. In Albania that duty sits with a BRP and a balancing group.
Source: ERE / OST · 2020-07-02
balancing responsibility · BRP · imbalance · ERE
Read moreMIE Instruction 3/20.06.2019, self-producers
Ministry instruction on the simplified authorisation for connecting small solar self-producer projects to the distribution system. Official Albanian text. Read it next to Law 24/2023, because later law may have changed parts of this 2019 procedure.
Source: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy · 2019-06-20
udhëzim · vetëprodhues · OSHEE · PV
Read moreRenewable energy communities (KER)
Ministry instruction of 29 June 2026 on renewable energy communities in Albania (KER, also called REC). A local group that produces, stores, shares and uses renewable energy for the benefit of its members and the area. Official text is Albanian.
Source: Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy · 2026-06-29
KER · REC · udhëzim · energy community · energy sharing
Read moreERE Decision 268/11.09.2026, KER registration
ERE rules for registering a renewable energy community, keeping the public register, and suspending that status. Board decision of 11 September 2026. Official text is Albanian. The file title still says Projekt-Rregullore.
Source: ERE · 2026-09-11
ERE · KER · REC · register
Read moreERE Decision 269/11.09.2026, KER membership
The model membership agreement for a renewable energy community. It sets the member's rights, the shared energy, the meter, the money, and how a member can leave. Board decision of 11 September 2026. Official text is Albanian. The file title still says Projekt-Marrëveshje tip.
Source: ERE · 2026-09-11
ERE · KER · REC · membership · energy sharing
Read moreERE Decision 347/27.12.2022, ALPEX market rules
ERE board decision of 27 December 2022 approving the ALPEX electricity market rules (definitions, trading procedure, clearing and settlement). Official Albanian text. This is the exchange rulebook, not the 2017 ERE market-rules file.
Source: ERE · 2022-12-27
ERE · ALPEX · market rules · decision
Read moreOfficial documents on file
Download list of the official PDFs attached to this Wiki: laws, ALPEX rules, balancing rules, ERE acts, the 2008 grid codes and the EFET power master agreement. English on Wiki pages is TradingDesk, not the legal text.
Source: ERE / Republic of Albania / ALPEX / OST
PDF · official · download
Read moreALPEX membership
How a legal person becomes an ALPEX exchange member: license, BRP, ETSS access and a membership agreement. Official detail is in ERE Decision 347/2022.
Source: ERE / ALPEX · 2022-12-27
ALPEX · membership · ETSS · BRP
Read moreALPEX clearing
Clearing is how accepted ALPEX trades become a financial obligation. It is not the same invoice as TSO imbalance settlement.
Source: ERE / ALPEX · 2022-12-27
ALPEX · clearing · settlement
Read moreEnd customer and market participant
An end customer buys electricity for own use under the 2017 supply regulation. A market participant holds a license, a BRP duty and, if they trade, ALPEX membership. TradingDesk users can sit in either seat.
Source: ERE · 2017-12-18
end customer · supply · BRP · ALPEX
Read moreEFET General Agreement (Power)
European Federation of Energy Traders master contract for the delivery and acceptance of electricity. Version 2.2 (consolidated), 17 June 2025. English industry template, not Albanian law and not an ALPEX rulebook.
Source: Energy Traders Europe (EFET) · 2025-06-17
EFET · OTC · master agreement · Energy Traders Europe
Read moreWhat Can I Do With Electricity From My Solar Panels?
The practical choices for electricity from your panels: use it yourself, store it, share it in a community, sell it, contract it, or join a larger position.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2023-03-23
solar · prosumer · self-consumption · KER
Read moreWhat Is a Renewable Energy Community?
A renewable energy community (KER) is a way for people and businesses to produce, use and share renewable electricity together, under the renewable-energy law.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2023-03-23
KER · energy community · renewable
Read moreHow Can a Small Producer Participate in the Electricity Market?
A small producer can use the electricity, join a community, sell under a contract, sit inside an aggregator, or take part in the market directly. Direct access is the last step, not the first.
Source: Republic of Albania · 2026-06-18
small producer · market · aggregation
Read moreBrowse the Wiki
ALPEX, HUPX, day-ahead, intraday, balancing and market data next to the desk.
Albanian market
How the Albanian electricity market is organised around ALPEX, balancing and settlement.
1 items
ALPEX
Albanian power exchange topics the desk keeps next to nominations and exposure.
5 items
Day-ahead
The day-ahead window used to lock hourly positions before delivery day.
2 items
Intraday
Intraday sessions used to adjust the day-ahead position before delivery.
2 items
Balancing
Balancing energy and prices used after nominations to keep the system in balance.
3 items
Imbalance
The gap between scheduled or nominated energy and measured energy.
1 items
HUPX
Hungarian power exchange topics used when the desk compares cross-border curves.
1 items
Market data
Market series and cross-border sources kept next to the desk: ENTSO-E, SEE CAO and JAO. Live feeds are labelled with their source.
3 items
Laws, ERE decisions, market rules, licensing, renewables, aggregation and storage.
Laws
Primary legislation affecting the electricity market. Official texts are named with their authority.
4 items
ERE decisions
ERE board decisions and regulatory acts, always labelled Source: ERE when an official text is attached.
7 items
Market rules
Practical market rules for day-ahead, intraday, nomination, balancing and settlement.
6 items
Licensing
Licensing topics for market participation. Official requirements stay with the regulator.
6 items
Renewable energy
Renewable-energy rules and topics that affect production, support schemes and market participation.
7 items
Aggregation
Rules and topics for combining assets or participants into one market position.
1 items
Storage
Battery and storage topics that affect charge, discharge and market participation.
1 items
Nominations, scheduling, metering, balancing responsibility, BRP and settlement.
Nominations
Sending the planned hourly position so it can be scheduled against the market and the grid.
2 items
Scheduling
Turning nominated volumes into the schedule used for delivery and imbalance.
3 items
Metering
Measurement points used for actual energy, imbalance and settlement.
2 items
Balancing responsibility
Who remains responsible for scheduled versus actual energy and imbalance settlement.
2 items
BRP
Balance Responsible Party: the entity financially responsible for a balancing group.
2 items
Settlement
How day-ahead, intraday and imbalance volumes are valued after delivery.
3 items
Energy news, regulatory developments, market events and operational notices.
Energy news
News that may affect the energy market. Distinct from official regulatory sources.
2 items
Regulatory developments
Regulatory changes and consultations that may affect market participants.
2 items
Market events
Market-shape and operational events the desk watches around the curve.
2 items
Notices
Operational notices for the desk, feeds and support hours.
3 items
A growing energy-market glossary for the desk.
What you can actually do with the electricity you produce or use.
Using your energy
What to do with electricity from your own panels or plant, including surplus you do not use yourself.
4 items
Energy communities
Renewable energy communities, energy sharing, and how more than one producer can take part.
6 items
Joining the market
How a small producer or a business can take part in the electricity market.
3 items