21.03.2013 08:33
In February, 84% of electricity consumed purchased via open market contracts
In February, 84% of all electricity consumption was purchased via open market contracts, which has grown by one per cent compared to January. The universal service was used at 202,009 metering points in February, which was 16% of the total consumption.
By the end February 68% of the places of consumption had signed an open market contract. Around 83.5% of electricity contracts are fixed-term contracts and the other 16.5% are open-ended contracts. In addition, 205 consumers decided to change their electricity seller and their new electricity contract will become valid in March.
The market shares for balance providers based on electricity consumption (including the electricity purchased via the universal service) were as follows:
Market shares for balace providers |
February 2013 | January 2013 |
|---|---|---|
|
Eesti Energia AS balance portfolio incl. VKG Energia |
72,5% 1,2% |
72,9% 2,0% |
| Elektrum Eesti OÜ balance portfolio | 10,8% | 10,6% |
|
Baltic Energy Services OÜ balance portfolio incl. 220 Energia OÜ incl. TS Energia OÜ incl. VKG Elektrivõrgud OÜ incl. Sillamäe SEJ AS incl. AS Loo Elekter |
8,4% 1,7% 1,3% 1,2% 0,7% 0,2% |
8,3% 1,6% 1,5% 1,1% 0,7% 0,3% |
|
Nordic Power Management OÜ balance portfolio incl. Imatra Elekter AS incl. Eesti Gaas AS |
2,6% 1,6% 0,2% |
2,7% 1,6% 0,1% |
| Elektrimüügi AS balance portfolio | 1,2% | 1,1% |
| Electricity purchased by Elering to cover electricity losses | 4,5% | 4,4% |