Future Power Market Platform

Objective

With the strong emphasis on the energy only market reflected in the winter package - we want to revisit hedging and futures markets as the key element for a functioning energy-only market.

In particular, we are interested to explore how they will likely evolve in a 2030 perspective with increasing shares of wind and solar power and complementing flexibility options in the system (such as demand response, storage etc.).

Traditional base- and peak load contracts might, in such a scenario, be less effective in securing revenue streams for re-investment and limiting exposure to price volatility. Hence, we want to discuss

• Past experiences with futures markets
• What alternative contract structures could match the needs in 2030
• How these are impacted by market structures and power market policies
• Whether they are likely to emerge autonomously or require some regulatory support