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Informist, Monday, Apr. 6, 2026

--IEX March electricity traded volume 13.80 bln units, up 23.5% on year 

--IEX Jan-Mar electricity traded volume 39.40 bln units, up 24.3% on year 

--IEX FY26 electricity traded volume 141 bln units, up 17% on year 

MUMBAI – Indian Energy Exchange Ltd. Monday said it recorded its highest ever electricity traded volume for a year during 2025-26 (Apr-Mar), for a quarter during Jan-Mar, and for a month during March. The volume of electricity traded on the exchange in the financial year 2025-2026 (Apr-Mar) was 141 billion units, up 17% on year. For the Jan-Mar quarter, the volume of electricity traded on the exchange was 39.40 billion units, up over 24% on year. The monthly electricity traded volume on the exchange for March was 13.90 billion units, up 23.5% on year. 

The market-clearing price in the day-ahead market declined nearly 13.7% on year to INR 3.86 per unit for FY26. Similarly, the market-clearing price in the real-time market fell 16% on year to INR 3.59 per unit during FY26. India's energy consumption in March rose nearly 2% on year to 149.56 billion units, the energy exchange said citing government data.

In the green market, comprising the green day-ahead and green term-ahead market segments, the energy exchange clocked a volume of 10.78 billion units traded in FY26, up 23% on year. The weighted average price in the green day-ahead market for FY26 was INR 3.59 per unit, down 10.6% on year. 

A total of 2.89 million renewable energy certificates were traded in the two trading sessions held on Mar. 11 and Mar. 25, up 119.9% on year, IEX said. The next renewable energy certificate trading sessions at the exchange are scheduled for Wednesday and Apr. 29. 

At 0935 IST, shares of Indian Electricity Exchange traded slightly lower at INR 119.42 apiece on the National Stock Exchange. For the December quarter, the company reported net profit of INR 1.15 billion on revenues of INR 1.44 billion.  End

Reported by Shruti Nair

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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