Polish Power for Saturday Drops as Imports From Sweden Rise

Polish electricity for Saturday declined as the country was set to import more power from Sweden.

Power for tomorrow fell 4.8 percent from a week ago to 166.72 zloty ($53.82) a megawatt-hour, exchange data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Poland was set to be a net importer of electricity for most of tomorrow, due in part to increased power shipments from Sweden, according to grid manager PSE SA.

Polish power for next year increased 0.3% to 165 zloty a megawatt-hour, the biggest increase since Dec. 28.

Day-ahead electricity on the coupled markets of the Czech Republic and Slovakia dropped 0.8 percent to 37.41 euros ($50.38) a megawatt-hour in a daily auction, according to the countries’ market operators. Hungarian day-ahead power eased 0.2 percent to 37.91 euros a megawatt-hour.

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