Why does Finland sometimes have a different price than Sweden?

When cross-border transmission capacity is full, prices decouple. Finland connects to Sweden (SE1/SE3) and to Estonia via the EstLink cables; when those lines are at capacity, the Finnish price separates from its neighbours.

Is the next day already shown?

After the SDAC auction publishes (~13:00 CET), tomorrow’s 24 hourly prices are appended to this feed. Before that the latest row is yesterday’s 23:00 CET hour.

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Finland day-ahead spot price

Name: Finland day-ahead spot price
Creator: Volton
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The hourly day-ahead clearing price for the FI bidding zone, set by the SDAC pan-European auction at 13:00 CET each day. The reference price for nearly every Finnish electricity contract. Sourced from Nord Pool / ENTSO-E, refreshed hourly.

Methodology

The day-ahead market clears once each day at 13:00 CET via the EU Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC). Each connected bidding zone gets one price per hour for tomorrow. Finland is in the SDAC zone; Nord Pool is the operator that runs the matching for the Nordic-Baltic region.

The clearing price is the highest accepted bid in each direction (sell / buy) at the equilibrium volume. Every accepted seller and buyer pays / receives this single uniform price.

FAQ

Why does Finland sometimes have a different price than Sweden?: When cross-border transmission capacity is full, prices decouple. Finland connects to Sweden (SE1/SE3) and to Estonia via the EstLink cables; when those lines are at capacity, the Finnish price separates from its neighbours.
Is the next day already shown?: After the SDAC auction publishes (~13:00 CET), tomorrow’s 24 hourly prices are appended to this feed. Before that the latest row is yesterday’s 23:00 CET hour.

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