Clearing fees are the fees set by E-Control Austria that need to be paid to APCS by the balance group representatives.¹

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 each chargeable consumption turnover²: EUR 0,0887/MWh
• for each chargeable trading turnover^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.

²The ‘chargeable consumption turnover’ corresponds to the sum of the consumption meter readings on the debit side of a balance group.

³The ‘chargeable trading turnover’ is calculated from the total energy turnover minus the chargeable consumption turnover of a balance group.

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.