Croatian electricity exchange CROPEX has expanded its operations into Slovenia’s day-ahead electricity market, marking a significant step in its regional growth as competition intensifies across Europe’s increasingly integrated power market.
CROPEX began operations in Slovenia on October 21 under the country’s Multi-NEMO Arrangement and the European Single Day-Ahead Coupling framework. The move enables both existing and new CROPEX members to participate in electricity trading across the Croatian and Slovenian bidding zones.
The Slovenian launch follows several months of technical, contractual and operational preparations, allowing CROPEX to extend its trading platform and services beyond its established domestic market. The exchange has been active in Croatia for more than a decade, building a growing role in regional wholesale electricity trading.
CROPEX’s entry into Slovenia provides market participants with an additional route to the Slovenian wholesale electricity market, while further strengthening cross-border competition among power exchanges in Central and Southeast Europe.
The exchange is also preparing to expand its presence in Slovenia’s intraday electricity market through the Single Intraday Coupling project. This would further broaden CROPEX’s regional offering and strengthen its position within Europe’s integrated electricity trading framework.
The expansion reflects the wider trend of power exchanges competing across national borders while operating within Europe’s interconnected market-coupling mechanisms. For CROPEX, the move into Slovenia represents another step toward establishing a stronger regional presence in the European wholesale electricity market.
