Stakeholder consultation on the "All CE and Nordic TSOs’ results of CBA in accordance with Art.156(11) of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 of 2 August 2017" report

Overview

ENTSO-E has recently finalized a draft report on “All CE and Nordic TSOs’ results of CBA in accordance with Art.156(11) of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 of 2 August 2017” which is now submitted for feedback for a period of two months and until 30 April 2020 (23:59). 

The draft report follows up on the work that was communicated in previous System Operation European Stakeholder Committees (SO ESCs) and the webinar on "CBA to assess the time period required for FCR with limited energy reservoirs (LERs)" (published here).

It presents the CBA approved Methodology, the results of the CBA analysis and details the pros and cons of all possible options of minimum activation time period for both Continental Europe and Nordic synchronous areas.

In March 2019 all TSOs of the CE and Nordic synchronous areas have submitted for regulatory approval assumptions and methodology for the CBA to be conducted, in order to assess the time period required for FCR providing units or groups with limited energy reservoirs to remain available during alert state.

All Nordic NRAs have approved the assumptions and methodology for the CBA on 16th April 2019, whereas all CE NRAs have given their approval on 23rd May 2019. All the assumptions regarding the input data and the methodology to be used to undertake the CBA are included in the draft report.

Article 156(11) provides that by 12 months after all NRAs approval, all TSO’s of the CE and Nordic synchronous areas are requested to submit the results of the CBA to the regulatory authorities. The public consultation aims at collecting the opinion of the affected stakeholders with a view to concluding on a recommended time period for both Nordic and Continental Europe synchronous areas.

The report can be found here. 

A preview of this consultation can be accessed here. 

Why your views matter

ENTSO-E welcomes inputs from all relevant stakeholders on the report and the options that includes. 

The objective is to receive and assess usefull feedback with a view to finalizing a position before the submission to the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs).

The consultation will be open for a period of one month. 

What happens next

After the end of the consultation period, ENTSO-E will consolidate the comments and consider them for the final report to be submitted to the NRAs.

Reply to the consultation will be provided as soon as possible after the end of the consultation, subject to the amount and type of comments received.