The auction announced until March 31, 2025 (1,000 GWh 2025/26 - Trading KAT) was not carried out due to the current market situation. No capacities were allocated.
EPG is marketing capacities totalling up to 2,820.00 GWh for the "Trading KAT" product in the Trading Hub Europe (THE) market area for the rest of the storage year 25/26.
The following capacities are offered for the storage period from a beginning date to be confirmed and until 01 April 2026:
Capacities |
WGV |
up to 2,820.00 GWh |
IR |
up to 2,115.00 MWh/h |
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WR |
up to 3,948.00 MWh/h |
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Storage location |
UGS Katharina (Market area THE) |
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Storage Period |
[...] 2025, 06:00 CE(S)T – 01.04.2026, 06:00 CE(S)T |
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Capacity Category |
Firm |
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Service Fee |
Bid in €/MWh for the entire service period |
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Variable Injection Fee |
0.550 €/MWh in the storage year 25/26 |
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Delivery Point |
Bobbau, EIC-Code 21Z000000000372I |
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Transport |
Not included |
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Auction Date |
Between 23 April 2025 the earliest and 01 August 2025 the latest in the time from 13:00 - 13:30 CEST |
Bids are accepted in €/MWh for the entire service period in the VNG Gasspeicher GmbH easystore customer portal. Registration in the easystore customer portal is necessary. The service period starts two days after the tender procedure was held. The procedure takes place at 23 April 2025 the earliest and 01 August 2025 the latest. As usual we will inform you at least 24 hours up front via newsletter. You do not receive our newsletter yet? Just write us an email to marketing@ugs-katharina.de and we will be happy to put you on the distribution list.
All relevant documents can be found here:
On 19.12.2024 no storage capacities offered via easystore auction (1,000 GWh for SY 2025-2027) were allocated. The internal minimum bid was not reached.
On 17.10.2024 all storage capacities offered via easystore auction (1,000 GWh for SY 2025-2027) were fully booked by customers.
EPG received many bids from different companies and the volume of bids exceeded the offered capacity by multiple times.
On 30.08.2024 the storage capacities offered via EASYSTORE auction (1 TWh for SY 25/26) were partially booked by customers.
EPG received 15 bids from different companies and the volume of bids exceeded the offered capacity. The internal minimum bid was not reached for the complete capacities.
On 21.03.2024 all storage capacities offered via PRISMA auction (54 SBUs for SY 2024) were fully booked by customers.
EPG received many bids from different companies and the volume of bids exceeded the offered capacity by more than 5 times.
On 27.02.2024 all storage capacities offered via PRISMA auction (90 SBUs for SYs 2024 and 2025) were fully booked by customers.
EPG received many bids from different companies and the volume of bids exceeded the offered capacity by almost 4 times.
In this area you will find documents and files related to the marketing activities of UGS Katharina: