REMIT Data Reference Centre

With the (2024) revised Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT), ACER established the REMIT Data Reference Centre to centralise EU wholesale energy market data.

The REMIT Data Reference Centre serves as a central hub for information on EU wholesale energy markets reported under the REMIT legal framework (Article 12), aiming to enhance market transparency. It offers publicly available and comprehensive collection of commercially non-sensitive information, including data on market participants, transactions and marketplaces.

The REMIT Data Reference Centre reflects ACER’s commitment to foster open and transparent wholesale energy markets. This is the first time REMIT data is made available in a downloadable, aggregated, and harmonised format, offering users a comprehensive and usable view of market activities. Its main objective is to provide high-quality and relevant data through a centralised platform, increasing market transparency and facilitating scientific research. 

From 8 May 2025, the REMIT Data Reference Centre is available via the CHEST application on the ACER Electricity and Gas Information System (AEGIS) platform.

The Centre initially launches as a beta version and will be regularly expanded with new datasets and features, reinforcing ACER’s role as the reference point for wholesale energy market transparency.

In May 2025, ACER published the first nine datasets, offering trading insights and an overview of market participants based on data reported under REMIT. Users can view the data online, apply filters and download selected datasets in CSV format.

For a quick overview of 100 million trades ACER collected in Q1 2025, check out our infographic. How to explore the data in action? Have a look at 3 examples in the next section.

The nine datasets provide insights into the number of trade transactions and market participants across key market segments, as well as the categorisation of market participants:

• Electricity intraday trading
• Electricity day-ahead trading
• Electricity long-term trading 
• Electricity bilateral trading (including Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs))
• Natural gas within-day/day-ahead trading
• Natural gas long-term trading 
• Natural gas bilateral trading
• LNG trading
• Market participant categorisation

All datasets are available for download and are detailed in the Catalogue. 

Quarterly updates will follow based on the latest collected information, ensuring data remains timely and relevant.

Want to explore how major events (like geopolitical developments) impact EU energy trading? The ACER REMIT Data Reference Centre provides a data-based comprehensive view of EU energy trades – useful for researchers to plot trends over time and for policy-makers to draw insights on how the market responds to key events. Some examples:

Gas

Early 2025 saw turbulence in EU gas markets. Wondering how those shifts played out in real trading patterns? 

The ACER REMIT Data Reference Centre lets you track the underlying trading patterns across different gas market segments, from exchange-traded futures to bilateral deals, helping analysts connect trading behaviour to market developments.

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)

Curious how new LNG export infrastructure worldwide (e.g. USA LNG production) affects EU trading patterns? 

With the ACER REMIT Data Reference Centre, you can track shifts in spot and portfolio contracts and compare trends in Free On Board (FOB) and Delivered Ex-Ship (DES). This helps you understand how global supply changes are reflected in EU trading behaviour and contract preferences.

• FOB is where the seller loads the LNG onto the buyers vessel at port of departure and delivery is buyer-arranged.
• DES is where the seller delivers the LNG to the buyer at the destination point (seller-delivered shipments). 

Electricity

Electricity markets evolve fast - new products, new dynamics. Want to analyse how product launches or market design changes affect trading between day-ahead and intraday markets?  

The ACER REMIT Data Reference Centre lets you track shifts in transaction volumes and participant activity across segments, helping you spot emerging trends, behavioural changes, or liquidity impacts linked to new products.