E10-PC-56: Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity

2010/09/10-2010/11/10

Background

Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity

Since electricity needs to be transported over networks, non-discriminatory access to the networks and cross-border trade over interconnections between control areas is a vital precondition for establishing a competitive Internal Energy Market in the EU. As interconnection capacity is often scarce and it is not always feasible to accommodate the physical flows resulting from commercial transactions, the functioning of electricity markets is strongly dependent on how interconnection capacity is allocated and how congestion in the networks is managed.

Although Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 (First Regulation) and the annexed Congestion Management Guidelines 770/2006/EC (First CM Guidelines) contributed significantly to improved capacity allocation and congestion management (CACM), the integration of national markets by means of efficient and effective use of interconnection capacity has not been fully achieved. The 3rd Package defines a new European regulatory framework with framework guidelines and related codes to address certain topic areas for the integration of EU electricity and gas markets, enabling cross-border trade and competition to develop across EU energy markets. In this context, ERGEG has been invited by the European Commission to draft a framework guideline on CACM for electricity, to serve as input to the new Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), which becomes fully operational in March 2011.

ERGEG invites all interested parties to provide comments to the consultation paper (framework guidelines) – and in particular the 18 questions in the accompanying cover note. Any comments should be received by 10 November 2010 and should be sent by email to fg_electricityCACM@ergeg.org.

Following the public consultation period, ERGEG will publish all comments received from stakeholders. If a respondent would like ERGEG to treat their contribution with confidentiality then this must be explicitly mentioned in their submission.

Any questions on these documents should in the first instance be directed to:

Mrs. Fay Geitona
CEER Secretary General
Email: fay.geitona@ceer.eu
Tel. +32 2 788 73 30
Fax +32 2 788 73 50

Consultation Documents

E10-ENM-20-03a
Cover Note and Consultation Questions for Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity

E10-ENM-20-03
Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity

E10-ENM-20-04
Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity - Initial Impact Assessment

E10-ENM-20-03
Final ERGEG Draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity, February 2011

E10-ENM-20-03a
Evaluation of Responses to the Public Consultation on the draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management for Electricity, February 2011

Public Responses

E10-PC-56-01
BDEW

E10-PC-56-02
BNE

E10-PC-56-03
CEFIC

E10-PC-56-04
CEZ

E10-PC-56-05
Climate Policy Initiative

E10-PC-56-06
EDF Energy

E10-PC-56-07
EDF

E10-PC-56-08
EDISON

E10-PC-56-09
EnBW

E10-PC-56-10
Energy Norway

E10-PC-56-11
ENTSO-E

E10-PC-56-12
EON

E10-PC-56-13
EURELECTRIC

E10-PC-56-14
EUROPEX

E10-PC-56-15
EWEA

E10-PC-56-16
IBERDROLA

E10-PC-56-16a - Annex to response

E10-PC-56-17
IFIEC

E10-PC-56-18
NORDENERGI

E10-PC-56-19
Oesterreichs Energie

E10-PC-56-20
RWE

E10-PC-56-21
Swissgrid

E10-PC-56-22
Vattenfall

E10-PC-56-23
VIK

E10-PC-56-24
EFET

Public Hearings

Draft Agenda

ERGEG draft FG on electricty CACM

Provisions regarding CACM and European Commission perspective
Presentation by Matti Supponen

ENTSO-E perspective and outlook for drafting of the network code
Presentation by Konstantin Staschus

Capacity calculation and zone delimitation
Presentation by Alain Marien

The key issues of capacity calculation and the lessons from AHAG Capacity Calculation Project
Presentation by Clotilde Levillain

The CACM draft FG and the setup for well-functioning forward markets
Presentation by Christophe Gence-Creux

How should the European forward markets look and what should be the next steps?
Presentation by Hakan Feuk

What do the electricity users expect from the forward markets?
Presentation by Hans Gruenfeld

Introduction to the panel discussion
By Tahir Kapetanovic

Intraday markets
Presentations by Pamela Taylor

CACM proposals on intraday markets from AHAG Intraday Project Group perspective
Presentation by Frank Vandenberghe

How Framework guidelines on CM&CA should contribute to the integration of Intra-Day markets
Presentation by Marcel Cailliau