In today's episode, join Tom Darell, CEO of Nord Pool, and Paul Pontenagel from Time2Market, as they discuss: 
 
👉 Why European power markets became harder to understand
👉 How Nord Pool delivered five major market changes in 20 months
👉 What flow-based market coupling optimizes and what it costs in transparency
👉 Why algo trading didn't break intraday markets
👉 Nord Pool just migrated open interest away from Nasdaq

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00:00 – In today's episode…
01:08 – Welcome & Introduction: Recording Live in Aarhus
01:42 – Tom's Background: From Telecom & Dotcom to Energy
03:17 – Energy Feels Like Telecom Did in 2000
04:44 – What Nord Pool Does: Exchange, Data, Services & Technology
07:09 – Running a Multi-Business Exchange: Revenue Mix & Strategic Priorities
08:25 – TSO Market Surveillance: What It Is and Why It's Growing
09:18 – How the Role of Power Exchanges Has Evolved
10:00 – Pan-European Market Coupling: The Biggest Shift in Market History
10:43 – 20 Months of Major Deliveries: Flow-Based, 15-Min Resolution & More
12:20 – Nord Pool as a Technology & Platform Company
13:15 – Why Nord Pool In-Sourced All Core Technology
13:40 – Interconnectors, the North Sea Link & the Case for Integration
14:55 – Assetless Traders & Speculators: Oil in the Engine
15:50 – The Euronext Partnership: Why Nord Pool Needed a Financial Partner
18:25 – The Nasdaq Open Interest Migration: What Happened & What's Next
20:11 – Geographical Expansion: Continental Europe & Beyond
20:40 – Internationalization: How Nord Pool Operates Across 21 Countries
21:10 – 1 in 3 German Intraday Trades Goes Through Nord Pool
22:27 – How to Scale Across 21 Countries Without a Huge Organisation
23:29 – Balancing Central vs Local: Sales, Regulation & Technology
25:27 – Market Complexity, Regulation & the Challenge for Smaller Participants
26:00 – Flow-Based Market Coupling: More Optimal, Less Transparent
27:26 – Where Is the European Market Heading? 
28:10 – Are Policy Makers Keeping Up With Market Evolution?
29:20 – The Political Problem With Marginal Pricing
31:20 – Tom as Europex Chairman: Bridging Industry and Policy
32:50 – Is the European Model Exportable? Europe vs the US Approach
34:45 – The Rise of Algo Trading & Why Intraday Volumes Keep Growing
37:10 – Why Algo Trading Made the Intraday Market Possible
38:12 – Do Market Participants Understand How Prices Are Formed?
38:53 – Flow-Based and the Loss of Price Intuition
39:40 – If You Could Change One Thing in European Market Design
40:17 – CACM 2.0: The Governance Debate & Nord Pool's Position
41:32 – Why Decentralized Price Coupling Must Be Protected
42:29 – Nord Pool's Strategic Priorities for the Years Ahead
44:27 – Flexibility Markets, Data Growth & Potential Acquisitions
45:58 – What Tom Is Most Proud Of
47:34 – Advice for New Market Participants
48:55 – Closing & Outro

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