Europex starts 2017 with a move to new premises. After being located in the Rue Montoyer for 8 years, the move to Rue Archimède 44 represents another important milestone for the Association, which is celebrating its 15^th anniversary this year. The new location near the Berlaymont building, the heart of the European district, accommodates an expanding team, providing an even stronger presence in Brussels and a more accessible venue for meetings and other events.

In an extraordinary election on 24 October, the General Assembly of Europex elected Karol Peršolja, General Manager at Borzen, the Slovenian Power Market Operator, as the new member of the Europex Board. Mr Peršolja replaces Ireneusz Łazor who recently resigned from TGE, the Polish Power Exchange, and complements the Europex Board currently consisting of Pieter Schuurs (ICE Endex & Europex Chairman), Jean-François Conil-Lacoste (EPEX SPOT), Egbert Laege (Powernext), Mikael Lundin (Nord Pool) and Pedro J. Mejía Gómez (OMIE).

Following the recent integration of the businesses of EPEX SPOT SE and APX B.V., the General Assembly agreed on transferring the Europex membership of APX B.V. to EPEX SPOT SE.

The old and new Chairman is Massimo Ricci (Chairman & CEO of GME). The other five Board members are Egbert Laege (CEO of Powernext), Ireneusz Łazor (President of the Management Board of TGE), Mikael Lundin (CEO of Nord Pool Spot), Pedro J. Mejía Gómez (Chairman & CEO of OMIE & OMIP) and Pieter Schuurs (President & COO at ICE Endex).

The four Heads of the Working Groups are Frederick Bernthaler (Head of Legal at CEGH) for WG GM, Rickard Nilsson (Senior Adviser Innovation and Market Design at Nord Pool Spot) for WG PM, Borut Rajer (Director of Operations at Borzen) for WG EM and Daniel Wragge (Head of Political & Regulatory Affairs at EEX) for WG FIT.

In December, the General Assembly endorsed a new Governance Structure to be in place from 2014 and elected the New Chairman, Mr. Massimo Ricci, CEO and Chairman of the Italian Power Exchanges, and five other Board members and four Heads of Working Groups.

In November, José Carvalho Netto, Chairman and CEO of OMIE S.A. and OMIP S.G.M.R., S.A. elected Chairman.

In November, CEGH A.G. (Austria), OKTE S.A. (Slovakia) and SEMO (Ireland) become full members.

The Europex Secretariat in Brussels is stablished, with permanent staff

In September, Jean-François Conil-Lacoste, CEO of Powernext, elected Chairman. He held this position until end 2011.

Working Group (WG) on Power Markets, WG on Gas Markets, WG on Transparency and Integrity of Spot and Derivatives Markets, and WG on Environmental Markets are established to better respond to the energy exchanges’ challenges in different areas.

In November, Europex appoints Manuel Coxe as the first Secretary-General of the Association, having started his work in this position from February 2009.

Europex and the Association of European TSOs deliver the draft proposal on “Coordinated Model(s) for Regional and Inter-Regional Congestion Management Methods” in the 14th Florence Electricity Regulatory Forum of December.

The 13th Florence Electricity Regulatory Forum of September 2007 endorses responsibilities to Europex and the Association of European TSOs to start collaboration on “Coordinated Model(s) for Regional and Inter-Regional Congestion Management Methods”.

The General Assembly of 7 June approves the amendement of the Statutes to better reflect the needed organisational structure and scope of the Association.

OMIP (Portugal) and Belpex (Belgium) become full members.

ENDEX (European Energy Derivatives, The Netherlands), EXAA (Austria), Polpx (Poland) and OPCOM (Romania) become full members.

On 12 April 2002, Europex, Association of European Power Exchanges was formally founded in an Assembly by the following seven members: APX (Amsterdam Power Exchange, The Netherlands), Borzen (Slovenia), EEX (European Energy Exchange, Germany), GME (Gestore Mercato Elettrico, Italy), Nord Pool ASA (Norway), OMEL (Operador del Mercado Electrico, Spain) and Powernext (France).

The association participates for the first time in the European Electricity Regulatory Forum (Florence Forum), with the support of APEx (The International Association of Power Exchanges).

Maria Luisa Huidobro, CEO of the Spanish power exchange, was the first Chairperson, appointed to organise the association until the first elections in 2002.

European Power Exchanges realised the need for cooperation to deal with challenges coming from the creation of an Internal Energy Market. Being main actors in the development of the energy market, seven European Power Exchanges voluntarily agree to start a project of creating a single body as a platform to align the exchganges’ positions and respond effectively before the European Commission, the EU Parliament and the main energy stakeholders.