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Unpacking the structural ETRM changes required for the 15-minute market shift.

Decoding the EPEX SPOT Day-Ahead Market Shift

Navigating the EPEX SPOT Market Overhaul

Starting October 1, 2025, the EPEX SPOT day-ahead market will shift from hourly to 15-minute Market Time Units (MTUs). While this may seem like a minor market change, it carries major implications for energy and utility firms. What was once a 24-interval market will now become a 96-interval market, requiring your ETRM platform to handle increased data complexity, faster decision-making, and new configurations across trade capture, risk, settlement, and reporting systems.

With the right readiness strategy, what seems like a compliance obligation becomes a launchpad for transformation. Value Creed helps businesses to turn this disruption into a competitive advantage. Our proven frameworks and deep expertise help you assess, adapt, and thrive, positioning your operations to lead in an increasingly dynamic energy landscape.

Why This Shift Reflects a Bigger Market Movement

The transition to 15-minute Market Time Units isn’t just a standalone update; it’s part of a much larger evolution shaping the future of energy trading. This transition serves as a definitive indicator that energy markets are evolving to become increasingly dynamic, data-centric, and decentralized. Key drivers behind this change include:

High-frequency trading infrastructure that thrives on speed and precision

Shorter settlement cycles to reduce risk and increase liquidity

Greater renewable participation to handle more granular, real-time inputs

Foundational Adjustments for ETRM Readiness

While appearing incremental, this market transition brings foundational shifts to ETRM infrastructure. Companies must evaluate and realign their systems to accommodate new data granularity, processing logic, and configuration standards.

Here’s how your ETRM landscape will be affected:
  • Redesign deal structures to accommodate 96 MTUs
  • Update trade volume logic in platforms like Endur and Allegro
  • Reconfigure risk models to reflect intra-day volatility
  • Adjust curve-building and valuation setups for higher frequency inputs
  • Rebuild ingestion pipelines and mappings for new 15-minute formats
  • Ensure accurate curve delivery to avoid mispriced risk and flawed reporting
  • Realign billing and settlement logic previously based on hourly cycles
  • Revamp scheduling modules to support new time granularity
  • Adjust front-office tools and strategy logic for new auction cycles
  • Modify UIs to support 15-minute bid windows

 

A Targeted Approach to EPEX Transition Readiness

Value Creed offers a rapid, structured readiness assessment designed to help organizations identify the precise impact of the EPEX SPOT transition without requiring a long-term commitment. This assessment equips your team with the clarity needed to make informed decisions and begin transformation efforts confidently and efficiently. Our assessment provides:

1
Readiness Scorecard
A tailored readiness scorecard aligned to your current ETRM architecture and data environment.
2
High-risk Areas
Identification of high-risk areas across trade capture, pricing logic, curve management, and reporting.
3
Migration Roadmap
A comprehensive migration roadmap outlining timelines, estimated effort, and key resource requirements.

Enabling a Smooth and Strategic Transition with Value Creed

Adapting to this change requires technical reconfiguration and a clear understanding of the broader implications for trading, risk, data, and settlement processes. Value Creed brings deep expertise in ETRM systems and market operations to help organizations navigate this transition with clarity and confidence. Our structured approach enables firms to identify key impact areas, prioritize remediation efforts, and align internal systems with the evolving market structure.

As the deadline approaches, preparing early can reduce risk, ensure compliance, and enhance long-term operational readiness. Value Creed remains committed to supporting energy firms through this transition, building resilient systems that are equipped for the demands of tomorrow’s market.

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