On Tuesday 31 October, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) announced that the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of the ‘Core capacity calculation region’ had requested on 24 October a three-month extension to reach agreement on the second proposed amendment by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to the methodology for calculating ‘day-ahead’ electricity capacity.
This ‘Core’ region comprises 13 countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
The TSOs’ proposal suggests implementing Advanced Hybrid Coupling (AHC) to reduce the volume of unscheduled allocated flows on the Critical Network Elements with Contingencies (CNECs) of the ‘Core CCRs’ (capacity calculation regions). These unscheduled flows result from electricity exchanges on the bidding zone borders of adjacent CCRs.
In a public notice, ACER indicates its intention to respond as quickly as possible to the request, with a view to reaching an agreement by mid-December.
To see the ACER publication: https://aeur.eu/f/9c4 (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)