APCS Power Clearing & Settlement AG

What APCS Power Clearing & Settlement AG does

APCS Power Clearing & Settlement AG is a Vienna-based, regulated clearinghouse and the statutory Balance Group Coordinator (Bilanzgruppenkoordinator) for the Austrian Power Grid (APG) control area. Founded in 2000 and operational since October 2001, the company was established to provide centralized clearing and settlement for the fully liberalized Austrian electricity market, operating under the legal framework of ElWOG 2010 and GWG 2011. With a lean staff of six employees, APCS runs the EMDBapcsem clearing platform, which executes technical clearing (periodic settlement, subsequent charging, synthetic load profiles) and financial clearing (regulated fees, risk management, reverse charge) for all market participants active in Austria. The company's products extend to balance group administration (Bilanzgruppensystem), the Wechselplattform and ENERGYlink for supplier switching (co-operated with AGCS and A&B), the EnergyMonitor.at open-data portal, and balancing energy services covering FCR, aFRR, and mFRR tenders with cost allocation to responsible balance groups.

The business model is built on regulated per-MWh clearing fees set by E-Control Austria through Clearing Fee Orders, currently EUR 0.0873/MWh on consumption turnover and EUR 0.0077/MWh on trading turnover, billed monthly to Balance Group Representatives, grid operators, suppliers, and balancing service providers. Mandatory registration with APCS and APG is required for any participant, creating a closed, recurring revenue base denominated in market volume rather than in individual contracts. Ownership is consortium-style, distributed among key Austrian energy market stakeholders including Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (17%), smart technologies Management (17%), Austrian Power Grid AG (14.42%), Wiener Börse AG (10%), and various regional utilities and grid operators, reflecting the company's role as neutral critical market infrastructure. APCS has been ISO 27001 certified since 2022 and holds minority strategic stakes in EXAA Energy Exchange Austria AG (34.55%) and a 50% stake in A&B Ausgleichsenergie & Bilanzgruppen-Management AG, extending its footprint into exchange-based tendering and gas-market switching services.

Name

APCS Power Clearing & Settlement AG

Legal name

APCS Power Clearing and Settlement AG

Website

https://apcs.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

APCS Power Clearing & Settlement AG is the regulated Austrian clearinghouse and statutory Balance Group Coordinator for the APG control area, providing clearing, settlement, and supplier switching services to balance group representatives, grid operators, suppliers, and balancing service providers in the Austrian electricity and gas markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Market Clearing Services

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Balancing Responsible Party (BRP) / Balance Group Management (EUAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Electricity market clearing
• Balance group coordination
• Energy settlement services
• Imbalance energy settlement
• Regulatory clearing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Clearing Fees: Regulated clearing fees charged per MWh to balance group representatives. Fee rates established by E-Control Austria Clearing Fee Orders. Each balance group representative pays monthly fees based on energy turnover volume and type in their balance groups.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

APCS operates as the regulated Balance Group Coordinator (Bilanzgruppenkoordinator) for the APG control area in Austria, providing technical and financial clearing and settlement services for the Austrian electricity market via the EMDBapcsem platform. It calculates and allocates imbalance energy to balance groups, manages collateral and risk, operates supplier switching platforms, and tenders balancing energy services (FCR, aFRR, mFRR), charging regulated per-MWh clearing fees set by E-Control Austria.

Product overview

APCS Power Clearing and Settlement AG operates as a balance group coordinator (BKO) providing a suite of interconnected platforms and services for the liberalized Austrian electricity market. The core offering is the EMDBapcsem Clearing System, which handles technical clearing (periodic settlement, subsequent charging, load profiles) and financial clearing (fees, risk management). Supporting platforms include EnergyMonitor.at for market transparency, the Wechselplattform for gas supplier switching, and ENERGYlink Self Storage for process management. The Bilanzgruppensystem manages balance group administration, while balancing energy services cover FCR, aFRR, and mFRR with costs allocated via imbalance settlement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EnergyMonitor: Digital platform providing open data on Austrian electricity and gas market including consumption, generation, market prices, and balancing energy data
• ENERGYlink
• Bilanzgruppensystem
• Wechselplattform
• EnergyNewsMagazine

Products and services

• EMDBapcsem Clearing System Core clearing system for the Austrian electricity market providing technical clearing (periodic clearing and settlement, subsequent charging, load profiles) and financial clearing (fees, risk management, reverse charge) for registered balance group representatives.
• EnergyMonitor.at Open data transparency platform providing Austrian electricity and gas market data including consumption, generation, market prices, and balancing energy from APCS, AGCS, EEX, and EXAA, published under a Creative Commons license.
• Wechselplattform (Supplier Switching Platform) Standardized supplier switching platform operated jointly by APCS, AGCS, and A&B for the Austrian energy market, enabling compliant and standardized switching processes between suppliers.
• ENERGYlink Self Storage (SeSo) Free self-service storage service for managing all switching, registration, and deregistration processes for energy suppliers, providing non-discriminatory access for all market participants.
• Balancing Energy Services Services covering frequency containment reserve (FCR), automatic frequency restoration reserve (aFRR), and manual frequency restoration reserve (mFRR), including unintended exchange settlement, with costs passed to balance groups via imbalance settlement.
• Bilanzgruppensystem (Balance Group Management System) Balance group management system administered by APCS as Bilanzgruppenkoordinator (BKO) for the APG control area, managing organizational and settlement aspects of balance groups.

Quantifiable outcome

• Standardized, transparent clearing processes for Austrian electricity market

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Austrian Power Grid AG (APG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPG serves as the control area manager (Regelzonenführer) for the APG control area. APCS works jointly with APG to ensure orderly, impartial, and data-secure balancing market operations. Market participants must register with both APCS and APG.
• Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOeKB conducts credit assessments of balance group representatives during registration and annually thereafter. APCS forwards cleared data to OeKB for invoicing preparation. OeKB issues invoices to balance group representatives and grid operators.
• smart technologies Management- Beratungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H.coreTechnology or IntegrationData processor under GDPR, receiving personal data from APCS for further processing as part of contractual and legal obligation fulfillment.
• CISMO Clearing Integrated Services and Market Operations GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationData processor under GDPR receiving personal data from APCS. Also provides website design and implementation services.
• EXAA Energy Exchange Austria AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPCS holds 34.55% stake in EXAA. APCS uses EXAA for weekly tendering of unintended exchange compensation. Training services for market participants are also provided.
• A&B Ausgleichsenergie & Bilanzgruppen-Management AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPCS holds 50% stake in A&B. A&B co-operates the Wechselplattform (supplier switching platform) with APCS and AGCS.
• ENERGYlink (platform)coreTechnology or IntegrationENERGYlink platform is operated by APCS, AGCS, and A&B as the central digital connection for supplier switching in Austrian gas market. Provides standardized, efficient, and transparent switching process.
• ALPACA CooperationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-control-area cooperation combining power auctions of national TSOs to optimize aFRR costs through supplier competition.
• PICASSO CooperationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean cooperation for activating aFRR balancing energy, combining local bids into common merit order list.
• MARI CooperationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean cooperation for activating mFRR balancing energy, combining local bids into common merit order list.
• E-Control AustriacoreOthersRegulatory authority overseeing APCS operations. Sets clearing fees through Clearing Fee Orders, specifies market rules, and approves supplier switching processes.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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