AGCS Gas Clearing and Settlement AG was founded in 2001 with the aim of acting as a central imbalance settlement responsible in the liberalised Austrian natural gas market. The reason for its establishment was the imminent full opening of the market, which required new market structures and clearly defined responsibilities. AGCS officially commenced operations in October 2002, coinciding with the entry into force of the complete liberalisation of the gas market in Austria.
The opening of the market gave end customers the opportunity to choose their gas supplier for the first time. This made reliable, transparent and centrally organised settlement of gas flows essential. AGCS was granted a corresponding licence by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, which thus assumed a central role in establishing a fair and competitive gas market.
Since then, AGCS has been an indispensable part of Austrian market settlement and has made a significant contribution to stability, transparency and efficiency in the gas market.
Our digital solutions ensure efficient, transparent and legally compliant processes in daily market operations. We rely on automatisation, standardisation and maximum reliability – for grid operators, suppliers and all market participants. With many years of experience and technical expertise, we are your reliable partner in the Austrian gas market..
The switching platform – operated by APCS, AGCS, and A&B – is the central digital interface for supplier switching in the Austrian gas market. It enables a standardized, efficient, and transparent switching process for suppliers and grid operators. Our platform allows market participants to carry out supplier switches smoothly – in full compliance with regulations and future-proof.
To enable all market participants to handle switching, registration, and deregistration processes in a non-discriminatory manner, the imbalance settlement responsible offer the free Self Storage service (short “SeSo”) as part of ENERGYlink for managing supplier switches, registrations, deregistrations, and the necessary related processes.
The Biomethane Register is a documentation system for recording the quantities of biomethane injected into the Austrian natural gas grid.
The Biomethane Register Austria is a production register which documents the injection of biomethane quantities and their quality criteria on the basis of measured data transmitted by the grid operator to the single clearing entity.
EnergyMonitor.at is your digital window into the Austrian electricity and gas market. With just one click, you gain access to comprehensive market data – including consumption, generation, market prices, and balancing energy – from reliable sources such as APCS, AGCS, EEX, and EXAA.
The platform offers interactive visualizations and detailed time series that make complex developments understandable and transparent. As part of the Open Data initiative, numerous datasets are freely available under a Creative Commons license – for business, research, and the interested public.
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In addition to IT security audits by external IT security specialists, AGCS has been certified to ISO 27001 since 2020. Compliance and data confidentiality obligations, the DSGVO and the obligations to use market participants' data in an information-secure and accurate form for the settlement processes imposed by law on a imbalance settlement responsible are a legal requirement. The data must be confidential, accurate and available in accordance with the C.I.A. principle.
