HUPX Performance in August

49,342 MWh electricity was traded in August in the Hungarian Power Exchange. The average daily trade is 1,592 MWh, the standard deviation is 992 MWh. The average price for the month is 80.8 EUR/MWh. The exceptionally high average price was caused by August 16 on which the daily base price was 1,148 EUR/MWh and daily peak price was 2,260 EUR/MWh. That was due to the fact that between 9 am and 6 pm 879 MWh electricity was traded near the maximum price the system would allow (3,000 EUR/MWh).