ALPEX 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.
- Official source
- ALPEX Day-Ahead Market (DAM)
- Source language
- Albanian (ALPEX Rules / ERE acts); English glossary extracts
- TradingDesk explanation
- English
Why it matters
The day-ahead auction sets the main hourly position for the next delivery day. Forecasts, battery plans and portfolio nominations are judged against that result.
Gate opening and gate closure are official ALPEX parameters. After closure, the desk moves to intraday and then to balancing if the schedule still does not match reality.
ERE has published decisions on the start of ALPEX operations and on minimum and maximum day-ahead price limits. Those numbers live in the official acts, not in this explanation.
How it works
Members submit sell and buy orders on ETSS for the next delivery day. The day-ahead auction matches the aggregated curves. Accepted trades become the day-ahead position.
That position is nominated and scheduled. If production or load changes after the result, the desk uses the intraday market. What remains after real time is imbalance.
Products, order types, price limits and winning-order rules are defined in the ALPEX Rules and in ERE additions to the Electricity Market Rules.
Key rules / parameters
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Timeframe | Orders the day before delivery, from official Gate Opening Time to Gate Closure Time |
| Product | Hourly electricity with physical delivery (as defined in ALPEX Rules) |
| Matching | Day-ahead auction on ETSS |
| Price limits | Set by ERE / ALPEX decisions, read the official decision, do not copy from memory |
| After DAM | Intraday adjust, then balancing / imbalance settlement |
| Official ALPEX PDF | Vendim ERE nr. 347, 27.12.2022, attached on this page |
| Public website | https://alpex.al/ |
TradingDesk context
TradingDesk shows the day-ahead window next to forecasts and portfolio output. Lock the hour only after the ALPEX result and the nomination plan agree. Related: ALPEX, nominations, imbalance.
- Source authority
- Source: ALPEX / ERE
- Publication date
- 2022-12-27
- Official title
- ALPEX Rules, Day-Ahead Market. Official text: Vendim ERE nr. 347, 27.12.2022
- Source language
- Albanian / English
- Last updated
- 2026-09-10
- Official source
Vendimi_Nr_347_2022_rregullat_e_tregut.pdf
Download official PDF
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