The Croatian electricity exchange CROPEX, the Croatian electricity exchange has begun operating in Slovenia’s day-ahead market, extending beyond its domestic bidding zone as competition grows across Europe’s coupled electricity market. Trading started on October 21 under Slovenia’s Multi-NEMO Arrangement and the European Single Day-Ahead Coupling framework.
The expansion enables existing and new CROPEX members to trade in both the Croatian and Slovenian bidding zones. It follows several months of technical, contractual and operational preparations.
CROPEX prepares to enter Slovenia’s intraday market
CROPEX has operated in Croatia for more than a decade. Its entry into Slovenia marks a step in its regional expansion and gives market participants another route to access the Slovenian wholesale market.
The exchange is also preparing to enter Slovenia’s intraday market through the Single Intraday Coupling project. Across Central and Southeast Europe, power exchanges are increasingly competing across national borders while remaining integrated through European market-coupling mechanisms.