Latvia
Latvia is a single Nord Pool bidding zone, LV. The day-ahead auction sets a price for every quarter-hour of the delivery day, and that is the energy price an exchange-tied contract follows.
LV
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One Nord Pool day-ahead auction, different bidding zones, and a page written for each country.
Lithuania
Lithuania is one bidding zone, LT. The price can track Latvia and the Nordic system, or break away when the interconnectors are full.
LT
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Estonia is one bidding zone, EE. It often prices close to Finland when the Estlink interconnectors are free, and it can jump when they are not.
EE
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Finland is a single bidding zone, FI. Households here already know pörssisähkö: the exchange price, hour by hour, plus the charges that do not move with it.
FI
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Sweden has four bidding zones. A national average hides the thing that matters: SE1 and SE2 are often cheap, while SE3 and especially SE4 can separate when north–south transmission is tight.
SE1 · SE2 · SE3 · SE4
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Norway has five bidding zones. Hydropower dominates, but the south can still spike when reservoirs are low and the cables to the continent and Great Britain are busy.
NO1 · NO2 · NO3 · NO4 · NO5
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Denmark has two bidding zones. DK1 in the west is wind-heavy and coupled toward Germany. DK2 in the east, including Copenhagen, is coupled more toward Sweden.
DK1 · DK2
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