Workshop on Electricity Balancing: rules for a more efficient cross-border capacity exchange, sharing and procurement of electricity reserves, Ljubljana - Main contents

​This workshop focuses on the proposals for establishing a list of standard products for balancing capacity for frequency restoration and replacement reserves and the co-optimised allocation process of cross-zonal capacity for the exchange of balancing capacity or reserves' sharing. Stakeholders will get insights about the Agency's proceedings related to these two proposals, the discussions within the Agency, regulatory authorities and Transmission System Operators (TSOs); as well as being able to express their views on these proposals. The workshop is organised in the framework of the two public consultations: ACER Public Consultation on establishing a list of standard products for balancing capacity for frequency restoration reserves and replacement reserves. ACER Public Consultation on establishing a co-optimised allocation process of cross-zonal capacity for the exchange of balancing capacity or sharing of reserves. Registrations will open soon. In order to have the widest possible contributions, participation may be restricted to one person by organisation.BackgroundOn 17 December 2019, the Agency received the proposals of all TSOs in compliance with the EU Regulation establishing a guideline on Electricity Balancing. The deadline for these decisions is 17 June 2020.

ACER helps ensure the single European market in gas and electricity functions properly. It assists national regulatory authorities in performing their regulatory function at European level and, where necessary, coordinates their work.

ACER:

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  complements and coordinates the work of national regulatory authorities
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  helps formulate European network rules
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  where appropriate, takes binding individual decisions on terms and conditions for access and operational security for cross border infrastructure
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  advises European institutions on issues relating to electricity and natural gas. This includes measures to support the energy transition
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  monitors the internal markets in electricity and natural gas and reports on its findings
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  monitors wholesale energy markets to detect and deter market abuse, in close collaboration with national regulatory authorities