<p>Core projects parties regret to inform market participants that the go-live of the Core Flow-Based market coupling (FB MC), currently planned for the end of February 2022, will be postponed.</p> <p> </p> <p>External dependencies delayed the timely start of the first phase of Core Joint Integration Testing. In addition, technical issues encountered during the first weeks of the Joint Integration Testing, require extending the testing phase to ensure the robustness of the systems.</p> <p> </p> <p>Fixes are being prepared to commence the required re-testing. Project parties are working hard to minimise the delay. Due to the high complexity of the systems and necessary alignment with external parties, the current expectation is that the go-live would take place between the beginning of Q2 2022 at the earliest and before the end of Q2 2022 at the latest.</p> <p> </p> <p>More details will be shared with the Market Participant at the Core Consultative Group on 29th November.</p> <p><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/core-fb.png/@@images/057ec26a-fef4-4021-b81d-53645c5a52f8.png" data-linktype="image" title="core-fb.png" data-val="4472eef7511c47a9b74d755baa5d33f5" data-scale="large" alt="core-fb.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p>More information can be found <a data-val="3a4bb2cc9e7648baab8a811ba758b2b9" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/core-fb-da-mc-go-live-update_mps.pdf" data-linktype="internal"><em>here</em></a>.</p>

<p>The monthly electricity and gas market report in PDF format can be found <a data-val="2aaf8e08c0274cce8319ac60adb05d7b" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_10_2021.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p><strong>A responsible approach to the environment, climate protection and sustainable development are key strategic goals of the market operator. One way to achieve this is to support the production of electricity from renewable sources by purchasing green electricity.</strong></p> <p>OTE is a company that takes a long-term and proactive approach to climate protection. It respects and recognizes the ethical and sustainable way of doing business and through its socially responsible activities strives to contribute to the improvement of the environment. The market operator, therefore, decided to cover its consumption by electricity produced exclusively from renewable energy sources in 2021, certified by Guarantees of Origin.</p> <p>"By purchasing green electricity, OTE is fulfilling its strategy of responsible behaviour towards society and the environment. We support more environmentally friendly methods of electricity production which contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.", says the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OTE, Ing. Michal Puchel.</p> <p>Green electricity is produced exclusively from renewable energy sources, such as wind, hydro or photovoltaic power plants, and its origin is certified by Guarantees of Origin, which guarantee to OTE the origin of the electricity consumed.</p> <p> </p> <p>Press release available <a data-val="f4e1dac2bd23433683c36bddd785f504" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2021_11_22_ote_green-electricity.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;"><span style="color: black;">PGE Trading GmbH, org. složka </span>was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the power market as of 30. 11. 2021. Currently, the short-term power markets have 11<span style="color: black;">4</span> members and the short-term gas market 110 members</p>

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;">Elektrárny Opatovice, a.s. was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the power market as of 30. 11. 2021. Currently, the short-term power markets have 115 members and the short-term gas market 110 members.</p>

<p>The gas Load Profiles model 3.12 valid for the year 2022 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="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/tdd-documentation?set_language=en" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/tdd-documentation?set_language=en">Documentation - Gas-documentation</a></p>

<p>Trading on short-term markets organized by OTE, a.s., (hereinafter OTE) has reached new historical highs. Both monthly and daily traded volumes on the day-ahead electricity market platform have been at record levels and a new annual maximum was also reached on the intraday electricity market platform in mid-November, with 4 GWh of electricity traded in the period from 1 January 2021 to 14 November 2021, thus exceeding the total traded volumes of 2020 (4,439 GWh).</p> <p>The trading volumes on the intraday electricity market in 2021 confirmed OTE\'s expectations, resulting from the record results registered since the integration of the European cross-zonal intraday electricity market in November 2019.</p> <p>During the above-mentioned period, 4,446 GWh of electricity was traded, compared to 4,439 GWh of electricity traded in 2020. This is approximately 8 times the annual averages from the years 2015–2018 (approximately 550 GWh). The weighted average price in 2021 reached the value of 84.08 EUR/MWh.</p> <p>The increase in trading on OTE\'s intraday market can be attributed both to the growing interest in short-term trading due to the recent development of the energy market and to high-quality services provided by OTE, such as a secure and user-friendly CS OTE system.</p> <p>The record volumes of traded electricity show that OTE\'s objectives for the development of international cooperation and integration of the intraday electricity market, framed by the European Intraday Electricity Interconnection (SIDC), are being met. Integration of the day-ahead and intraday electricity markets contributes to the development of business opportunities and ensures the stability of supply and energy security in the Czech Republic.</p> <p>Record volumes have also appeared on the day-ahead market, where the current monthly maximum of 2,472.4 GWh was traded in October 2021 (the previous maximum was 2,348.4 GWh in January 2019).</p> <p>Another record was also set in November, when the daily limit of 100 GWh within the OTE DAM was exceeded on November 16, 2021, reaching 100.5 GWh. This also shows a growing interest in trading on OTE platforms, a trend that cannot be connected only with the significant fluctuations in short-term electricity prices.</p> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/snimek-obrazovky-2021-11-16-v-17-41-34.png/@@images/ef9e8f11-d11b-4951-a534-6a603165dc31.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" data-linktype="image" title="Screen" data-val="5c42e23e030541e1a3adff1b3c8813eb" data-scale="large" alt="Screen" class="image-inline" />More information can be found in the attached press release <a data-val="47fa0ea0e2fb469dbedfe5cfc086844e" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2021_11_16_trading-on-short-term-electricity-markets-hits-new-historical-highs.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</h3> <p> </p>

<p>In accordance with Decree No. 408/2015 Coll., on the Electricity Market Rules, the market operator announces, <br />that it suspends the activity of Ray Energy a.s., ID 03630749, EAN 8591824203934, in its system due to the loss of the possibility to supply electricity, based on the notification of this company received by the market operator on 16 November 2021 at 15:40.</p> <p>In accordance with Decree No 408/2015 Coll., on the Electricity Market Rules, market participants may submit an application for an accelerated change of supplier pursuant to Section 59 of the Decree through the market operator\'s information system by 24:00 on 16 November 2021. In the event that the customers do not make an accelerated change of supplier, the supply of electricity by the supplier of last resort will be initiated to the respective customers.</p> <p>The supplier of last resort (DPI) is a tool that protects consumers in the event of bankruptcy of any energy supplier. It kicks in immediately and people can take energy from it for up to six months. At any time during this period, they can choose a new regular supplier and switch to it without any restrictions. Even if they had a fixed-term contract with their original supplier, this is no longer valid under the DPI.</p> <p>The market operator acts in accordance with the applicable regulations and with the aim of minimising negative impacts on the electricity market.</p>

<p>OTE, a.s., the Czech electricity and gas market operator, announces in accordance with Section 118(5) of the Public Notice No. 349/2015 Coll., on the Gas Market Rules, that it is suspending the activity of a company <strong>Ray Energy a.s., ID 03630749, EIC 27X-RAY-ENERGY-S</strong>, in CS OTE system due to the loss of its possibility to supply gas, based on a notification of this company received by the market operator on 16 November 2021 at 15:40.</p> <p>In line with the Market Rules, a fast change of supplier will be possible from 17.11.2021 08:00 to 19.11.2021 08:00. Delivery of gas from the Supplier of Last Resort (or any other supplier following the fast change of supplier) will start from 20.11.2021 06:00. Delivery from the Supplier of Last Resort doesn’t apply to customers whose gas consumption during the last 12 months exceeded 630 MWh.</p> <p>The Supplier of Last Resort (SLR) serves as a way to protect customers in case of any supplier’s failure to operate. A SLR steps in immediately after such an incident and customers can use the SLR as an interim supplier for a maximum of 6 months. During this time the customer should select a new proper supplier and switch to it without any restrictions. Even if a customer had a fixed-term contract with the original supplier, this will not be valid with the SLR.</p> <p>The Market Operator is following the national legislation in force, with the aim to minimize the negative impact of such events on the gas market.</p>

<p>New approved Terms and Conditions of OTE, a.s., for the gas industry - Revision 19 - October 2021, approved by the Energy Regulatory Office on 21 October 2021 and effective on 27 October 2021, have been published on the website .</p> <p>Direct link to the downloadable file::</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/smluvni-vztahy-plyn/obchodni-podminky" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/smluvni-vztahy-plyn/obchodni-podminky">Terms and Conditions of OTE, a.s., for the gas industry</a></li> </ul> <p>The link is only to the Czech version for now, the English version is in process and will be added here later.</p>

<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">With the inclusion of the Bulgarian-Romanian border, the geographical loop has been closed and the SEE (South-East Europe) region is now fully integrated into the Single Day-Ahead Coupling. The market coupling operations for the Bulgarian-Romanian border in SDAC were successfully launched today, the 27th of October 2021 with the first delivery day on the 28th of October 2021. As of today, the day-ahead cross-zonal capacity between Romania and Bulgaria is implicitly allocated via the Euphemia algorithm.</span></p> <p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></p> <p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><img class="image-inline" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="../../../../cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/sdac-1.png" alt="" data-linktype="externalImage" data-scale="large" data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/sdac-1.png" /><br /></span></p> <p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"> </p> <p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">More information can be found in the press release <a data-val="75d764ac396e4bb78a7e405142a83d86" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/211027-pr-successful-go-live-bg-ro-border-1.pdf" data-linktype="internal"><em>here</em></a>. </span></p>

<p>The monthly electricity and gas market report is available in PDF format <a data-val="dd511c2f98444787a3c2a9e977b8545f" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_09_2021_.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>We would like to inform market participants, that OTE, a.s., has received information from the distribution system operator PREdistribuce, a.s., about the termination of the contract for distribution services between PREdistribuce, a.s., and EAGLE ENERGY a.s. (registered market participant number 33197, EAN 8591824319734) for points of delivery in the defined area of PREdistribuce, a.s., as of October 19, 2021, 24:00.</p>

<p> </p> <p class="callout">Under the rule of the government provides no. 363/2016 Coll. about the ending of daylight saving (summer) time which will come up this year on October 31st 2021, the conditions for the delivery of contracted and metered data to the CS OTE during the change to Central European time are attached <a data-val="4787515f966f4c14be80b6b935f5242c" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/the_time_change_in_the_cs-ote_on_october_31st_2021.doc" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">OTE, a.s., the Czech electricity and gas market operator, announces in accordance with Section 118(5) of the Public Notice No. 349/2015 Coll., on the Gas Market Rules, that it is suspending the activity of a company Kolibřík energie, a. s., ID: 27735001, EIC: 27XKOLIBRIK-EN-K, in CS OTE system due to the loss of its possibility to supply gas as of 19 October 2021, based on a notification of this company received by the market operator on 15 October 2021 at 18:00.</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In line with the Market Rules, a fast change of supplier will be possible from 16.10.2021 08:00 to 18.10.2021 08:00. Delivery of gas from the Supplier of Last Resort (or any other supplier following the fast change of supplier) will start from 19.10.2021 06:00. Delivery from the Supplier of Last Resort doesn’t apply to customers whose gas consumption during the last 12 months exceeded 630 MWh.</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Supplier of Last Resort (SLR) serves as a way to protect customers in case of any supplier’s failure to operate. An SLR steps in immediately after such an incident and customers can use the SLR as an interim supplier for a maximum of 6 months. During this time the customer should select a new proper supplier and switch to it without any restrictions. Even if a customer had a fixed-term contract with the original supplier, this will not be valid with the SLR.</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Market Operator is following the national legislation in force, with the aim to minimize the negative impact of such events on the gas market.</p>

<p><strong><span data-ogsc="rgb(51, 51, 51)">GULANS ENERGY s.r.o. </span></strong><span lang="EN" data-ogsc="rgb(51, 51, 51)">was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party as of 15. 10. 2021. Currently the short-term power market has 116 members and the short-term gas market 111 members.</span></p>

<p>OTE, a.s., the Czech electricity and gas market operator, suspends from 22.10.2021, in accordance with Section 118(5) of the Public Notice No. 349/2015 Coll., on the Gas Market Rules, activities for company A-PLUS Energie obchodní, ID: 03695581, EIC: 27X-A-PLUS-EN--I, due to the lost possibility to supply.</p> <p>In line with the Market Rules, a fast change of supplier will be possible from 19.10.2021 08:00 to 21.10.2021 08:00. Delivery of gas from the Supplier of Last Resort (or any other supplier following the fast change of supplier) will start from 22.10.2021 06:00. Delivery from the Supplier of Last Resort doesn’t apply to customers whose gas consumption during the last 12 months exceeded 630 MWh.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Supplier of Last Resort (SLR) serves as a way to protect customers in case of any supplier’s failure to operate. An SLR steps in immediately after such an incident and customers can use the SLR as an interim supplier for a maximum of 6 months. During this time the customer should select a new proper supplier and switch to it without any restrictions. Even if a customer had a fixed-term contract with the original supplier, this will not be valid with the SLR.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Market Operator is following the national legislation in force, with the aim to minimize the negative impact of such events on the gas market.</p>

<p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Core Flow-Based Market Coupling project organises an introductory workshop to Core Flow-Based Market Coupling on 22 November 2021</span></strong></p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></strong></p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;">In order to prepare market participants for the Core Day Ahead Flow-Based go-live, Core Flow-Based Market Coupling project parties will organise an online workshop on 22 November 2021. This workshop will mainly focus on the basics of flow-based capacity calculation and has the aim to inform market participants that are new to the subject. The agenda is attached to the communication note.</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"> </p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Should you want to participate in the webinar, please register by sending an email to </span></strong><span style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;" data-ogsc="rgb(5, 99, 193)"><a href="mailto:CoreCG@magnus.nl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">CoreCG@magnus.nl</a> </span></p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"><span style="color: #00549f;" data-ogsc="rgb(0, 84, 159)"> </span></p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The next milestones in the Core Flow-Based Market Coupling project</span></strong></p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;">As of November 2020, Core NEMOs and TSOs have started a public testing phase to prepare themselves and market participants for the implementation of Flow-Based Market Coupling. With having started this 15 months before the planned Go Live date, this is well in line with the legal obligation pursuant to Article 20 (8) of the CACM Regulation that requires that concerned TSOs, shall test the flow-based methodology alongside the existing capacity calculation and allocation regimes currently applied in the Core capacity calculation region during the period of at least six months.  The project parties involved in the day-ahead Core Flow-Based Market Coupling project (Core FB MC) announce that as of Business Day 28th of August 2021 the external parallel run reached the next level of maturity.</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"> </p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;">The project parties entered the joint testing in the second half of September 2021. Furthermore, project parties expect to launch the joint testing of the Single Day Ahead Coupling (SDAC) procedures at the beginning of 2022. The involvement of market participants is also envisaged at the beginning of 2022. Separate information on this involvement will follow duly in time.</p> <p style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;">Attachment available here:</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/core-fb-mc-external-parallel-run-next-level-of-maturity-1.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/core-fb-mc-external-parallel-run-next-level-of-maturity-1.pdf">Results of Core Flow-Based Market Coupling projects’ external parallel run reach a high level in maturity</a></li> <li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/core-fb-mc-project_workshop-introduction-core-fb-mc.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/core-fb-mc-project_workshop-introduction-core-fb-mc.pdf">The Core Flow-Based Market Coupling project organises An introductory workshop to Core Flow-Based Market Coupling</a></li> </ul>

<p>Pursuant to Regulation No. 408/2015 Coll., on the Electricity Market Rules, the Market Operator announces that from October 13, 2021, it shall suspend all activities on its systems due to the loss of the possibility to supply electricity for the following companies:</p> <pre><strong>BOHEMIA ENERGY entity s.r.o.</strong>, IČ 27386732, EAN 8591824094006,<br /><br /><strong>COMFORT ENERGY s.r.o.</strong>, IČ 28393538, EAN 8591824313008,<br /><br /><strong>Energie ČS, a.s.</strong>, IČ 24256692, EAN 8591824668207,<br /><br /><strong>Europe Easy Energy a.s.</strong>, IČ 28603001, EAN 8591824493304,<br /><br /><strong>X Energie, s.r.o.</strong>, IČ 24817872, EAN 8591824573709</pre> <p> upon notification by these companies, which the Market Operator received on the 13. 10. 2021 at 4:30 p.m.</p> <p>In line with Section 59 of the Market Rules, registered market participants can submit a request for a quick change of supplier via the Market Operator’s information system until 13. 10. 2021 24:00. Customers who won’t change their supplier by this time will be provided with electricity supplies by the Supplier of Last Resort.</p> <p>The Supplier of Last Resort (SLR) serves as a way to protect customers in case of any supplier’s failure to operate. An SLR steps in immediately after such an incident and customers can use the SLR as an interim supplier for a maximum of 6 months. During this time the customer should select a new proper supplier and switch to it without any restrictions. Even if a customer had a fixed-term contract with the original supplier, this will not be valid with the SLR.</p> <p>The Market Operator is following the national legislation in force, with the aim to minimize the negative impact of such events on the electricity market.</p> <p>For more information, please check the press releases of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Energy Regulatory Office below (available in Czech only):</p> <p><a href="https://www.mpo.cz/cz/rozcestnik/pro-media/tiskove-zpravy/zakazniky-skupiny-bohemia-energy-entity-prebiraji-dodavatele-posledni-instance--263945/">Zákazníky skupiny Bohemia Energy entity přebírají dodavatelé poslední instance | MPO</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.eru.cz/cs/-/zakazniky-skupiny-bohemia-energy-entity-prebiraji-dodavatele-posledni-instance">ERÚ - Zákazníky skupiny Bohemia Energy entity přebírají dodavatelé poslední instance - Detail článku (eru.cz)</a></p>

<p>Pursuant to Section 118 (5) of Notice No. 349/2015 Coll., on the Gas Market Rules (as amended), the Market Operator announces that it shall suspend all activities on its systems due to the loss of the possibility to supply gas for the following companies:</p> <pre><strong>BOHEMIA ENERGY entity s.r.o.,</strong> IČ 27386732, EIC 27XG-BEE-CZ----Q,<br /><br /><strong>COMFORT ENERGY s.r.o.,</strong> IČ 28393538, EIC 27X-COMFORT-EN-D,<br /><br /><strong>Energie ČS, a.s.,</strong> IČ 24256692, EIC 27X-ERSTE-CZ---Q,<br /><br /><strong>Europe Easy Energy a.s.</strong> IČ 28603001, EIC 27XG-3E--------1,<br /><br /><strong>X Energie, s.r.o.,</strong> IČ 24817872, EIC 27XG-XENERGIE—T</pre> <p>upon notification by these companies, which the Market Operator received on the 13. 10. 2021 <br /> at 4:30 p.m.</p> <p>In line with the Market Rules, a quick change of supplier will be possible from 14. 10. 2021 08:00 to <br /> 16. 10. 2021 08:00. Delivery of gas from the Supplier of Last Resort (or any other supplier following the quick change of supplier) will start from 17. 10. 2021 06:00. Delivery from the Supplier of Last Resort doesn’t apply to customers whose gas consumption during the last 12 months exceeded 630 MWh.</p> <p>The Supplier of Last Resort (SLR) serves as a way to protect customers in case of any supplier’s failure to operate. An SLR steps in immediately after such an incident and customers can use the SLR as an interim supplier for a maximum of 6 months. During this time the customer should select a new proper supplier and switch to it without any restrictions. Even if a customer had a fixed-term contract with the original supplier, this will not be valid with the SLR.</p> <p>The Market Operator is following the national legislation in force, with the aim to minimize the negative impact of such events on the gas market.</p> <p>For more information, please check the press releases of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Energy Regulatory Office below (available in Czech only):</p> <p><a href="https://www.mpo.cz/cz/rozcestnik/pro-media/tiskove-zpravy/zakazniky-skupiny-bohemia-energy-entity-prebiraji-dodavatele-posledni-instance--263945/">Zákazníky skupiny Bohemia Energy entity přebírají dodavatelé poslední instance | MPO</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.eru.cz/cs/-/zakazniky-skupiny-bohemia-energy-entity-prebiraji-dodavatele-posledni-instance">ERÚ - Zákazníky skupiny Bohemia Energy entity přebírají dodavatelé poslední instance - Detail článku (eru.cz)</a></p>