<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="423020bb30f640479d23afb8e242e327" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_10_2025.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE.</a></p>

<p><strong>ČEPS and OTE to Extend Cross-Border Intraday Electricity Trading up to 30 Minutes Before Delivery</strong></p> <p><strong>ČEPS, a.s., the transmission system operator, and OTE, a.s., the nominated electricity market operator, are extending the possibility of cross-border trading on the continuous intraday electricity market up to 30 minutes before delivery (currently 60 minutes). This change will be implemented on the borders with Germany and Austria as of the delivery day 14 January 2026.</strong></p> <p>The change, implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1747, will enable to trade electricity on the continuous intraday market using cross-border transmission capacity as of the delivery day 14 January 2026 until 30 minutes before the start of the interval delivery (currently i tis up to 60 minutes before delivery). Afterwards, local trading will remain available without allocated cross-border capacity, until five minutes before delivery. The new, shorter gate closure time for cross-border continuous intraday trading will be introduced on the borders with Germany and Austria. The Czech Republic is thus joining other countries that are preparing to implement this adjustment at the earliest possible date. An overview of all participating countries can be found at the following <a href="https://eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net/public-cdn-container/clean-documents/Network%20codes%20documents/NC%20CACM/2025/20250602_MCCG_Session_File.pdf">link</a> (p. 39).</p> <p><strong>Impact of Extended Cross-Border Trading</strong></p> <p>Extending the cross-border trading window allows market participants to respond more effectively to real-time changes in electricity generation and consumption. This flexibility is particularly important in light of the growing share of renewable energy sources, whose production can be variable and less predictable. The new setup will enable market participants to optimize their trading positions more efficiently, reduce imbalance costs, and contribute to overall system stability.</p> <p><strong>Trading on Borders with Poland and Slovakia Remains Unchanged</strong></p> <p>The gate closure time for cross-border continuous intraday trading on the borders with Slovakia and Poland will remain 60 minutes before delivery. This is due to requests for derogation submitted by the transmission system operators of Slovakia and Poland to their respective national regulatory authorities. Once the specific implementation date for the extended cross-border trading on these borders is confirmed, market participants will be informed in advance.</p>

<p>The gas Load Profiles model version 3.16 valid for 2026 is published on the OTE website. The source files for the model, normalized gas Load Profiles and computed gas Load Profiles can be found on the page <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/gas-documentation/tdd-documentation?set_language=en">Documentation - Gas-documentation</a>.</p>

<p>Energy For Future, a.s. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term power markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st December 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 167 members and the short-term gas market has 145 members.</p>

<p>KASI energo spol. s r.o. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term power and gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st December 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 166 members and the short-term gas market has 145 members.</p>

<p>OTE has achieved record results again. In the short-term electricity markets, the record year 2024 was already surpassed in the first ten months. More <a data-val="6af687eefe1348b9bd582820fec88058" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/pr_20251106_record-trading-volumes.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="press release 11/06/2025">HERE</a></p>

<p>MVM CEEnergy Zrt. was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the gas market as of 31st October 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 165 members and the short-term gas market 144 members.</p>

<p>AZ Energies s.r.o. was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the power and gas market as of 31st October 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 165 members and the short-term gas market 145 members.</p>

<p>Energetika Slovensko, a. s. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st November 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 166 members and the short-term gas market has 146 members.</p>

<p>D. TRADING d.o.o. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term power markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st November 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 166 members and the short-term gas market has 145 members.</p>

<p>ORGREZ TRADE s.r.o. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term power markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st November 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 165 members and the short-term gas market has 145 members.</p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">POWERMART ApS </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in power markets as of 31st October 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 164 members and the short-term gas market 145 members.</span></p>

<p>We would like to invite all market participants to the<strong> Market Coupling Consultative Group meeting (MCCG)</strong>, which takes place on <strong>Thursday,</strong> <strong>October 23, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.</strong> and will be held <strong>online</strong>. Market participants will have an opportunity to discuss and share views with the NEMOs * and TSOs on the ongoing works related to the design, development, implementation, and operation of the single day-ahead and intraday coupling (SDAC and SIDC).</p> <p> Detailed agenda can be found <a data-val="/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/market-coupling-consultative-group-meeting-on-23rd-october.pdf" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../../cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/market-coupling-consultative-group-meeting-on-23rd-october.pdf" data-linktype="external" target="_blank" title="market coupling consultative gm">here</a>.</p> <p> Should you wish to join the MCCG, please click <a href="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ab0aab44-0195-43e4-ab28-a691e87e2e0a@0c38bf71-99b7-4edf-a2e6-70803930efe7" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ab0aab44-0195-43e4-ab28-a691e87e2e0a@0c38bf71-99b7-4edf-a2e6-70803930efe7">here</a> to register.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>*OTE, a.s. as a Nominated Electricity Market Operator (‘NEMO‘) in the Czech Republic has been a member of the All NEMO Committee since 2015.</em></p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_09_2025.pdf" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../../about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_09_2025.pdf" data-linktype="external" target="_blank" title="monthly market report 09-25">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>Eni S.p.A. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st November 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 165 members and the short-term gas market has 145 members.</p>

<p>Michal Puchel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OTE, a.s., was re-elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of European Market Operators EUROPEX by the General Assembly on October 17, 2025.</p> <p>You can find more in press release, <a data-val="ef68ef29271c400dac7a5706e6555ca7" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/press-release_20251020_m-puchel_member-of-board-europex.pdf" data-linktype="internal" title="Press release M.Puchel elected again as a member of the EUROPEX board">here</a>.</p>

<p>Under the rule of the government provision no. 348/2021 Coll. about the ending of daylight saving (summer) time which will come up this year on October 26th 2025, the conditions for the delivering of contracted and metered data to the CS OTE during the change to Central European time are attached. <a data-val="/about-ote/ote-news/the_time_change_in_the_cs-ote_on_october_26th_2025_market.doc/" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../../about-ote/ote-news/the_time_change_in_the_cs-ote_on_october_26th_2025_market.doc/" data-linktype="external" target="_blank" title="the time change on cs-ote">HERE</a></p>

<p>Inkor Trading Limited was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in gas markets as of 31st October 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 165 members and the short-term gas market 144 members.</p>

<p>PROBUGAS s.r.o. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st November 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 165 members and the short-term gas market has 145 members.</p>

<p>OTE, a.s., the Czech electricity and gas market operator, informs, in accordance with Section 116 (4) of the Public Notice No. 349/2015 Coll., on the Gas Market Rules, about missing balance responsible party with sufficient financial security on PDTs in the attachment of the respective news in the OTE portal.</p> <p>Fast change of supplier for these PDTs is allowed from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on October 04, 2025.</p>