Licensing 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.
- Official source
- Licenses, exchange membership and who may take a position
- Source language
- Albanian
- TradingDesk explanation
- English
Why it matters
The first operational question is not the price. It is whether this legal person may generate, supply, trade or aggregate, and whether a BRP already owns the imbalance.
ERE issues and supervises sector licenses under the electricity law. ALPEX then runs its own membership, trader certification and ETSS activation. OST / balancing rules add BRP registration.
Mixing those three doors is how a team builds a desk for a company that cannot legally hold the position.
How it works
Official source: the ERE license register and the ALPEX admission pages. TradingDesk explanation: treat access as three checks.
1. Sector license, generation, supply, trade, network or aggregation as ERE has classed it. Conditions and expiry are official.
2. Exchange membership if the participant will trade on ALPEX. See How to become an exchange member on alpex.al. Membership does not create a license.
3. Balancing responsibility, the participant is a BRP or sits inside a BRP group. Nominations and imbalance invoices follow that assignment.
License types, guarantees and application files belong in the ERE licensing regulation. Provide that PDF before this page lists classes.
Key rules / parameters
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| License authority | ERE |
| Exchange admission | ALPEX, separate from the sector license |
| Imbalance access | BRP registration under official balancing rules |
| TradingDesk | Maps users to a licensed participant and a BRP, does not issue either |
| Official law PDF | Ligji nr. 59/2026, attached on this page |
| Official ALPEX PDF | Vendim ERE nr. 347, 27.12.2022, see ALPEX membership |
| Official balancing PDF | Vendim ERE nr. 106, 02.07.2020, see Balancing Rules |
TradingDesk context
Onboarding a portfolio on TradingDesk should start with these three checks. If any door is closed, forecasts and ALPEX screens are decoration.
- Source authority
- Source: ERE / ALPEX
- Publication date
- 2026-06-18
- Official title
- Electricity-sector licensing and ALPEX admission. Parent law: Ligji nr. 59/2026
- Source language
- Albanian
- Last updated
- 2026-09-10
- Official source
Ligj_Nr.59_dt.18.6.2026_Për_Sektorin_e_Energjisë_Elektrike.pdf
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