2012
Nord Pool Spot opens bidding area in Lithuania.
2011
Elbas licensed to APX and Belpex as the intraday market in the Netherlands and Belgium respectively.
2010
Nord Pool Spot and NASDAQ OMX Commodities launch the UK market N2EX. Nord Pool Spot opens a bidding area in Estonia and delivers the technical solution for a new Lithuanian market place.
2009
Norway joins the Elbas intraday market. The European Market Coupling Company relaunches the Danish-German market coupling on 9 November. Nord Pool Spot implements a negative price floor in Elspot.
2008
Highest turnover and market share recorded in the company's history until then. Elspot market share 70%.
2007
Western Denmark joins the Elbas market. SESAM, the new Elspot trading system is set into production.
2006
Nord Pool Spot launches Elbas in Germany.
2005
Nord Pool Spot opens the Kontek bidding area in Germany, which geographically gives access to the Vattenfall Europe Transmission control area.
2004
Eastern Denmark joins the Elbas market.
2002
Nord Pool's spot market activities are organized in a separate company, Nord Pool Spot AS.
2000
The Nordic market becomes fully integrated as Denmark joins the exchange.
1999
Elbas is launched as a separate market for balance adjustment in Finland and Sweden. Elspot area trade begins 1 July.
1998
Finland joins Nord Pool ASA. Nord Pool opens an office in Odense, Denmark.
1996
A joint Norwegian-Swedish power exchange is established. The exchange is renamed Nord Pool ASA.
1995
The framework for an integrated Nordic power market contracts was made to the Norwegian Parliament. Together with Nord Pool's license for cross-boarder trading (given by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration), this report made the foundation for spot trading at Nord Pool.
1993
Statnett Marked AS is established as an independent company. Total volume in the first operating year is 18.4 TWh, at a value of NOK 1.55 billion.
1991
Norwegian parliament's decision to deregulate the market for trading of electrical energy goes into effect.