Future Power Market Platform

The Future Power Markets Platform was created in 2013 and has brought together experts and decision-makers from across Europe to discuss market design and the development of regulation to ensure the benefits of declining costs for wind- and solar power translate to reliably affordable power prices and energy supply.

Recent publications include:

EU power market reform toward locational pricing: Rewarding flexible consumers for resolving transmission constraints, Energy Policy, Based on FPM Workshops, Dec 2025
Local Market Places: Market design options, Results of FPM Workshop, Brussels, 02.07.2025
Local marketplace: How do they deliver local price signals, and what do they mean for different actors, Results of FPM Workshops, March 2025
Local market prices can reduce electricity costs, Discussions of Options for Germany, 2026, DIW Report

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October 2025, online: Hedging Locational Price Risk under LMP – Experiences from North America

Designing Hedging Instruments for Locational Price Risks – Lessons from North American Financial Transmission Rights, DIW Discussion Papers 2156, 20 S.

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August 2025, Berlin: Is electricity market reform necessary?

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Research report

July 2025, Brussels: Local Market Places: market design options

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Research report

June 2025, online: Congestion Management with Locational Marginal Pricing – First-Hand Experience from North America

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March 2025: Local Marketplaces

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June 2024, Berlin: How can nodal pricing engage consumers?

FPM report: How can nodal pricing engage consumers? (PDF, 363.96 KB)

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Session1

Defining and structuring the types of flexibility of consumer groups (PDF, 1.37 MB)

Harnessing consumer flexibility (PDF, 0.88 MB)

Energy communities and consumer engagement - The JRC experience (PDF, 1.04 MB)

Session2

Market plave for consumer (PDF, 365.3 KB)

NODES's experience as a flexebility market operator (PDF, 2.41 MB)

UK power networks/EPEX spot - Local felxibility markets (PDF, 0.86 MB)

Session3

Local Marketplaces as a step towards making local pricing work for consumers (PDF, 281.8 KB)

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Team Partners

Karsten Neuhoff, DIW Berlin

Anthony Papavasiliou, National Technical University of Athens

Konstantin Staschus

Lisa Ryan, University College Dublin

Luis Olmos, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Silvia Vitiello, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra

Michael Grubb, University College London

Meeting summaries

October 2025, online: Hedging Locational Price Risk under LMP – Experiences from North America keyboard_arrow_up

August 2025, Berlin: Is electricity market reform necessary? keyboard_arrow_up

July 2025, Brussels: Local Market Places: market design options keyboard_arrow_up

June 2025, online: Congestion Management with Locational Marginal Pricing – First-Hand Experience from North America keyboard_arrow_up

March 2025: Local Marketplaces keyboard_arrow_up

June 2024, Berlin: How can nodal pricing engage consumers? keyboard_arrow_up

December 2023, Brussels: How can individual MS or groups of MS pilot locational pricing? keyboard_arrow_up

September 2023, Madrid: Contracts for Differences and their role in the European electricity market reform keyboard_arrow_up

March 2019, Berlin: Meeting on Hedging and Futures Markets keyboard_arrow_up

September 2018, Berlin: Meeting on Zonal and Nodal Co-Existence keyboard_arrow_up

January 2018, Milan: Meeting on TSO-DSO-PX Cooperation II keyboard_arrow_up

July 2017, Mannheim: Meeting on TSO-DSO-PX Cooperation keyboard_arrow_up

February 2017, Berlin: Meeting on Coordinated Balancing keyboard_arrow_up

October 2016, Paris: Meeting on Auctions for Intraday -Trading Impacts on efficient power markets and secure system operation keyboard_arrow_up

June 2016: Meeting on a Blue Print for European Power Market Design keyboard_arrow_up

April 2016: Meeting on Coordinated Balancing of the European Power System keyboard_arrow_up

October 2015: Meeting on Balancing Responsibility: What model works for Europe? keyboard_arrow_up

June 2015: Meeting on Intraday Auctions - Bidding Structures and Trading Arrangements for Flexibility across EU Power Markets keyboard_arrow_up

March 2015: Meeting on Flexible Short-Term Power Trading: Gathering Experience in EU Countries keyboard_arrow_up

November 2014: Capacity Mechanisms in the European Context: Can we ensure internal market synergies? keyboard_arrow_up

October 2014: Special Meeting on German Market: Design Options for a Strategic Reserve for the German Power Market and International Coordination keyboard_arrow_up

June 2014: TSO-TSO-DSO Cooperation: How to align System Operation in Future Power Markets? keyboard_arrow_up

April 2014: Gas and Electricity Market Design for a Flexible Operation of Gas-fired Power Plants keyboard_arrow_up

December 2013: Meeting on Beyond Gate Closure keyboard_arrow_up

September 2013: Meeting on Mid-term Contracting in Electricity Markets: What to consider in Market Design? keyboard_arrow_up

June 2013: Meeting on Markets before and after Gate Closure Time keyboard_arrow_up

May 2013: Meeting on the Role of Contracting in European Electricity Markets keyboard_arrow_up

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Reforms for reliably affordable and resilient power markets Understanding and addressing priorities of European countries

Webinar: Hedging Locational Price Risk under LMP – Experiences from North America

Workshop: Bedarf es einer Strommarktreform?

Workshop: Local Marketplaces – Market Design Options

Webinar: Congestion Management with Locational Marginal Pricing – First-Hand Experience from North America

October 2025, online: Hedging Locational Price Risk under LMP – Experiences from North America

August 2025, Berlin: Is electricity market reform necessary?

July 2025, Brussels: Local Market Places: market design options

June 2025, online: Congestion Management with Locational Marginal Pricing – First-Hand Experience from North America

March 2025: Local Marketplaces

June 2024, Berlin: How can nodal pricing engage consumers?

December 2023, Brussels: How can individual MS or groups of MS pilot locational pricing?

September 2023, Madrid: Contracts for Differences and their role in the European electricity market reform

March 2019, Berlin: Meeting on Hedging and Futures Markets

September 2018, Berlin: Meeting on Zonal and Nodal Co-Existence

January 2018, Milan: Meeting on TSO-DSO-PX Cooperation II

July 2017, Mannheim: Meeting on TSO-DSO-PX Cooperation

February 2017, Berlin: Meeting on Coordinated Balancing

October 2016, Paris: Meeting on Auctions for Intraday -Trading Impacts on efficient power markets and secure system operation

June 2016: Meeting on a Blue Print for European Power Market Design

April 2016: Meeting on Coordinated Balancing of the European Power System

October 2015: Meeting on Balancing Responsibility: What model works for Europe?

June 2015: Meeting on Intraday Auctions - Bidding Structures and Trading Arrangements for Flexibility across EU Power Markets

March 2015: Meeting on Flexible Short-Term Power Trading: Gathering Experience in EU Countries

November 2014: Capacity Mechanisms in the European Context: Can we ensure internal market synergies?

October 2014: Special Meeting on German Market: Design Options for a Strategic Reserve for the German Power Market and International Coordination

June 2014: TSO-TSO-DSO Cooperation: How to align System Operation in Future Power Markets?

April 2014: Gas and Electricity Market Design for a Flexible Operation of Gas-fired Power Plants

December 2013: Meeting on Beyond Gate Closure

September 2013: Meeting on Mid-term Contracting in Electricity Markets: What to consider in Market Design?

June 2013: Meeting on Markets before and after Gate Closure Time

May 2013: Meeting on the Role of Contracting in European Electricity Markets

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Reforms for reliably affordable and resilient power markets
Understanding and addressing priorities of European countries