Balance responsible parties will not be charged for the volume fee for production and con-sumption in October 2026

Fingrid will not invoice the volume fee for production and consumption in October 2026. The reason for this is lower level of the power system reserve costs and higher level of the electricity trade result.

In October 2026, the volume fee for production and consumption charged to balance responsible parties will be EUR 0.0 per megawatt hour. The fee will not be invoiced because the reserve costs covered by the balance service fees have remained at a lower level than forecast and the result for electricity trading has been higher than forecast. Other balance service fees will remain unchanged. The current volume fee is EUR 0.40 per megawatt hour. Pricing for November will be announced by 30.9.2026.

Fingrid is responsible for managing the balance between electricity consumption and production in Finland. The balance service handles this responsibility. Balance service fees cover the implementation of the national balance service and imbalance power trading, the development of the balance service’s systems and processes, and the costs of power system reserves. Purchases and sales of imbalance power for managing imbalances are priced according to energy volumes.

Power system reserves keep the power system’s frequency and electricity quality at the desired level. Fingrid uses these reserves to balance the power system. It purchases reserves in various reserve marketplaces in Finland and other Nordic countries.

The rapid development of the electricity system, fluctuations in the price of reserve capacity and the growing need to acquire reserves challenge the forecasting of balance service costs. Fingrid is developing the reserve market with the aim of increasing supply in all reserve markets and market-based balancing of the system in all situations.

Further information:

Pasi Lintunen, Manager, Fingrid Oyj, puh. +358 30 395 4291

Email addresses are in the form firstname.lastname@fingrid.fi