Since the day of April the 19th 2011 EDF Trading Limited (called "EDF Trading" thereinafter), one of the biggest companies conducting power trading in Europe, has started the electricity trading on the Day-Ahead and Intraday Market (the DAM&IDM) and on the Commodity Derivatives Market (the CDM) run by the Polish Power Exchange (called "the POLPX" thereinafter)
The data for the first quarter of 2011 show that the dynamic development of the POLPX within the scope of electricity trading is being maintained. As regards the trading volume the POLPX is at present one of the biggest national power exchanges in Europe and the main platform for electricity trading in Poland. The most important European players - such as EDF Trading that is the fourth player of the European electricity market, according to Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2011 - are noticing that fact.
Since the day of April the 19th 2011 - besides EDF Trading -Dom Maklerski IDM S.A. (the Internet Brokerage House Joint Stock Company) has started its activities on electricity dedicated markets. In such way the number of participants of the DAM&IDM trading will increase up to 42, while in case of the CDM trading - up to 37.
