Electricity trader

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An electricity trader trades in electrical energy (colloquially "electricity"). He can procure the electricity on the market, e.g. B. on the electricity exchange , at power plants or other energy producers. He uses the network of the local network operator to supply his customers and pays them a network fee for this (see general dealer agreement ). So far, electricity traders have often also been the local network operators (e.g. municipal utilities or regional suppliers). In the context of the Energy Industry Act, a separation of electricity and grid business is required. This is intended to promote competition in electricity and give electricity traders without a grid equal opportunities.