SEE 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.
- Official source
- Coordinated Auction Office in South East Europe (SEE CAO)
- Source language
- English
- TradingDesk explanation
- English
Why it matters
SEE CAO stands for Coordinated Auction Office in South East Europe. It sells the right to move electricity across borders in this region.
ALPEX trades the energy. The interconnector still has a limit. SEE CAO is where that space on the line is auctioned for the borders the regional transmission operators put through the office. Albania's operator, OST, is one of them.
How it works
The office is in Podgorica, Montenegro. It was registered in 2014 so one office could run the auctions for the region.
It sells cross-border capacity rights in both directions, for the year, the month and the day. That sale is called explicit allocation: the buyer receives the right to use the line. The transmission operators still decide how much capacity is offered. SEE CAO runs the auction and publishes the result.
The live border list and any curtailment sit on seecao.com. This page does not copy today's numbers.
Key rules / parameters
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Coordinated Auction Office in South East Europe |
| Short name | SEE CAO |
| Seat | Podgorica, Montenegro |
| What it sells | Yearly, monthly and daily cross-border capacity rights |
| Albania | OST is a participating transmission operator |
| Website | https://seecao.com/ |
TradingDesk context
SEE CAO is a transmission source under Data. The capacity table stays empty until that feed is connected. A cross-border physical deal uses this capacity next to the energy traded on ALPEX.
- Source authority
- Source: SEE CAO
- Publication date
- 2014-04-01
- Official title
- Coordinated Auction Office in South East Europe
- Source language
- English
- Last updated
- 2026-09-28
- Official source
- https://seecao.com/
SEE CAO · capacity · cross-border · OST