Nord Pool Spot runs the leading power market in Europe and offers both day-ahead and intraday markets to its customers. 350 companies from 20 countries trade on the market. In 2011 the group had a total turnover of 316 TWh, which includes the auction volume in the UK market N2EX.
Nord Pool Spot AS is owned by the Nordic transmission system operators Statnett SF (30%), Svenska Kraftnät (30%), Fingrid Oyj (20%) and Energinet.dk (20%).
Nord Pool Spot AS is licensed by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) to organize and operate a market place for trading power, and by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to facilitate the power market with foreign countries.
Nord Pool Spot and NASDAQ OMX Commodities operate the N2EX in the UK market.
Nord Pool Spot has offices in Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Tallinn and London.
