In May 2026, CROPEX recorded total electricity trading volume of 1,103,572.8 MWh, down 6.5% from April. Activity on the exchange included 872,232.4 MWh on the day-ahead market and 226,340.4 MWh on the intraday market. Compared with May 2025, overall trading activity in May 2026 was 6.9% lower.
Day-ahead pricing averaged 103.58 euros/MWh on a daily basis in May 2026, up 14.6% versus the previous month. The average euro-peak price reached 64.94 euros/MWh, increasing by 10.7% compared with April. On the intraday market, the average price rose to 106.89 euros/MWh, reflecting a 22.1% month-on-month increase.
Average daily traded volume on the day-ahead market amounted to 28,297.8 MWh. The figure indicates stable trading with slightly reduced market liquidity during the month.
CROPEX ownership and market coupling milestones
CROPEX was established on 11 March 2016 in cooperation with Nord Pool. The exchange is jointly owned by the Croatian electricity transmission system operator HOPS and the Croatian electricity market operator HROTE. The intraday market was launched in April 2017.
On 19 June 2018, following a joint project involving Croatian and Slovenian transmission system operators and power exchanges, the CROPEX day-ahead market was coupled with the MRC markets. The coupling was implemented via the Croatian–Slovenian border.