Clearing fees are the fees set by E-Control Austria that need to be paid to APCS by the balance group representatives.

Each balance group representative has to pay a clearing fee to APCS every month, depending on the amount and type of energy turnover in their balance groups; the current fee rates are:

• For all chargeable physical energy consumption²: EUR 0,0887/MWh
• For all chargeable energy sales^3: EUR 0,0079/MWh

¹NB: The current clearing fees are established by the tenth Clearing Fee (Amendment) Order, which came into force on 1 October 2023.

²Chargeable physical energy consumption is the total metered consumption on the demand side of a balance group’s energy balance.

³Chargeable energy sales are the total energy demand volume⁴ of a balance group less its physical energy consumption.

⁴The total energy demand volume of a balance group is the aggregate of energy sales (sales schedules), physical energy consumption (metered consumption data) and supplied imbalance energy. This is equal to the total energy supply volume, which is the aggregate of energy purchases (procurement schedules), generation (metered generation data) and imbalance energy procurement.