
25 years of EEX
On 15 June 2000, a small Leipzig-based power exchange – today's EEX – saw its first trade on the power spot market. Since then, this exchange has grown into a global network of companies.
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ELEXON Nomination Issues
Due to the ongoing issues at Elexon (see also Information from Elexon EL04299) we would like to inform you about the Status from EPEX/ECC. ECC is regularly sending the nominations to Elexon and ECC has also verified, that the nominations are successfully submitted to Elexons FTP. According to Elexons information, currently the customer position for the delivery day 30th June, 01st and 02nd July are not visible within the portals of Elexon. ECC and EPEX have decided to keep the market running and will support Elexon in solving the issue. If you urgently want to check your current position with ECC, please do contact the ECC hotline.
Latest News
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ECC Clearing Circular 35/2025 | Introduction of new EEX spark spreads
EEX will add new spreads to its power and natural gas product portfolio from 1 October 2025, introducing both new spark spreads between physical…Read more -
ECC Clearing Circular 34/2025 | Power auction markets: New MATS trading system Go-Live and upcoming Trading Limit changes
Summary EPEX SPOT, BSP SouthPool, HUPX, SEEPEX and SEMOpx are updating their auction trading system for Day-Ahead and Intraday Auctions from ETS to…Read more -
ECC Clearing Circular 33/2025 | GB Delivery Risk Parameter Update in EPEX trading limit systems and DCP Limit Calculation
Summary As of 1 July 2025, the trading limit systems M7 and ETS will use an updated price independent delivery risk parameter for the EPEX GB spot…Read more -
ECC Clearing Circular 32/2025 | Upcoming changes regarding Base Limit requirements – only relevant for DCP Clearing Members
Summary This circular informs Direct Clearing Participants (DCPs) about the upcoming changes regarding the Base Limit requirement on the UK market…Read more
Risk Management
Managing the counterparty risk is an essential part of ECC’s business.
Clearing at ECC – Do you want to know how clearing works?
European Commodity Clearing (ECC) is a central clearing house which specialises in energy and commodity products - but what actually is clearing?
What happens, if the buyer or seller drops out of the transaction? Our short video explains clearing in a nutshell and gives a general overview of ECCs services.

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Our video is also available with German, French and Japanese subtitles!
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