<p><strong>Sysel Energie a.s. </strong>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 1 December 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 119 members and the short-term gas market has 103 members.</p>

<p>On the <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/tdd-documentation" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/tdd-documentation">Documentation - Gas</a>-documentation page, the TDD model version 3.11 for 2021 was updated.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>A successful year has passed since the Czech Republic joined the European SIDC project</strong>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">November 19, 2020 marked the first year since the Czech intraday electricity market, organized by the market operator in cooperation with the transmission system operator ČEPS, a.s., coupled with the pan-European intraday market. “Looking back at it, we can conclude that this has had positive effects on both Czech and European markets,” says Jakub Šrom, head of Energy Markets department.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The recent trade development confirmed the upward trend that has been established since connecting to the pan-European market. During the first year of operation, 1,278,844 trades were concluded within the interconnected markets, with a total volume of 4,440 GWh.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">“As the market operator, we appreciate the opportunity this European project has brought us. We hope that in the following period, our trading platform can provide market participants with even more business options, thus contributing to the further development of short-term markets,” adds Member of the Board OTE, a.s., Igor Chemišinec.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The intraday market coupling fulfills the objectives of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management. Cross-border trading helps secure free trade and leads to the development of electricity markets.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Learn more at <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../" data-linktype="external">www.ote-cr.cz</a>, <a data-val="en/about-ote/ote-news/integration-of-ote-to-the-cross-border-trading-on-ote-intra-day-market-in-the-frame-of-sidc" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/integration-of-ote-to-the-cross-border-trading-on-ote-intra-day-market-in-the-frame-of-sidc" data-linktype="external">https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/integration-of-ote-to-the-cross-border-trading-on-ote-intra-day-market-in-the-frame-of-sidc?set_language=en</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a data-val="8adeb0facbf545fe9cb8fa479abda7c8" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/202011_20_sidc_one_year_of_operation.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Press release.pdf</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>

<p><a data-val="83c93d9444fc49a895708dd0487ec923" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/monthly_market_report_10_2020.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Monthly report OTE for October 2020.pdf</a></p>

<p>11 November 2020</p> <p><br />Start of publication<br />The project parties involved in the day-ahead Core Flow-Based Market Coupling<br />project (Core FB MC) hereby announce the progressive transition towards the external<br />parallel run, which provides the publication of the first flow-based capacity calculation<br />data and of related simulated market coupling results. The publication of these<br />simulated results will allow market participants to get acquainted with the Core flow-based<br />day-ahead results and to start their preparations towards the Core FB MC golive.</p> <p><br />The project parties will initially publish only selected days (between 0 and 7 per week),<br />whenever the results are deemed sufficiently representative.<br />Core project parties will focus in the coming months on the stabilisation of the tooling<br />and will announce when the reliable publication of 7 business days per week can be<br />initiated.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information you can find in the press news <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/core-fbmc_mm_publication-core-fb-da-results-final.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/core-fbmc_mm_publication-core-fb-da-results-final.pdf">HERE</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/ote_press_news.png/@@images/0925ae85-bc60-4926-bf43-45216f592758.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" data-linktype="image" title="ote_press_news.png" data-val="608202b8c0714f38b1def1bd421f1872" data-scale="large" alt="ote_press_news.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p><img class="image-inline" src="www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/ote_press_news.png/@@images/943e6783-2a91-4dcd-9bbe-ddbc1e42b803.png" alt="" data-linktype="externalImage" data-scale="large" data-val="www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/ote_press_news.png/@@images/943e6783-2a91-4dcd-9bbe-ddbc1e42b803.png" /></p>

<p><strong>Elektrárna Počerady, a.s. </strong>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 1 December 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 118 members and the short-term gas market has 103 members.</p>

<p>The Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) from Austria, Germany, Poland and the 4M Market Coupling (4M MC) countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, hereby inform stakeholders about the current status and planning of the project following the guidance received from European Commission (EC) on 22^nd September 2020 and from Interim Coupling National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) on 26^th October 2020, and the way forward as agreed with concerned NRAs.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information can be found in the enclosed press release <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/icp_press-release_20201109.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/icp_press-release_20201109.pdf">HERE</a>.</p> <p>Press Release of 12 November 2020 you can find <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/201112-sdac-press-release-on-icp-status_final.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/201112-sdac-press-release-on-icp-status_final.pdf">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>Under the rule of the government provision no. 363/2016 Coll. about the ending of daylight saving (summer) time which will come up this year on October 25th 2020, the conditions for the delivering of contracted and metered data to the CS OTE during the change to Central European time are attached.</p> <p>More information you can find <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/the_time_change_in_the_cs-ote_on_october_25th_2020_v01.doc" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/the_time_change_in_the_cs-ote_on_october_25th_2020_v01.doc">HERE</a>.</p>

<p><a data-val="edb248e488bc4f12873d27b60eaa32d8" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/monthly_market_report_09_2020.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Monthly report OTE for September 2020.pdf</a></p>

<p>On October 7,2020 the next Core Consultative Group meeting will take place. These meetings, organized by Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and the Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) of the Core Capacity Calculation region1, aim to share up-to-date information on the Core development projects.</p> <p>More information you can find in the press release:</p> <p><a data-val="40d8f75e43414ae7be5efc8eb55b72e8" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/press_release_invitation_for_external_parallel_run_workshop_of_the_core_day.pdf" data-linktype="internal">PressRelease.pdf</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>In the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2020, the volume of electricity traded on the intraday electricity market was three times greater than in the entire year 2019 (1,111 GWh).<img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/01-ote.png/@@images/7956bb06-6118-4a2a-9ade-e01ba9705eba.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" data-linktype="image" title="01.OTE.png" data-val="76639b6239be4898b7c5c1c5068dce73" data-scale="large" alt="Traded volumes on OTE IM power" class="image-inline" /></p> <p>More information about trading on the OTE short-term markets you can find <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2020_10_02_ote-volumes-q3.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2020_10_02_ote-volumes-q3.pdf">HERE</a>.</p>

<p><strong>BV POWER SOLUTION s.r.o. </strong>has been registered in the central system OTE as a Balance Responsible Party with access to the nominations and short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 2. 10. 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 117 members and the short-term gas market 103 members.</p>

<p><strong>Energobridge, s.r.o. </strong>has been registered in the central system OTE as a Balance Responsible Party with access to the nominations and short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1. 10. 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 117 members and the short-term gas market 102 members.</p>

<p><strong>CORASTA s.r.o. </strong>has been registered in the central system OTE as a Balance Responsible Party with access to the nominations and short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1. 10. 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 117 members and the short-term gas market 101 members.</p>

<p><strong>Entri a.s., </strong>has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with the access to the short-term markets organized by OTE as of 1. 10. 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 117 members and the short-term gas markets have 100 members.</p>

<p>On 22.09.2020 the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) from Austria, Germany, Poland and the 4M Market Coupling (4M MC) countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia received the guidance from the European Commission (DG ENER) for the Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) participating in the DE-AT-PL-4M MC Project (also known as the “Interim Coupling Project” or “ICP”) which sets the priority to timely implement the ICP solution.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information you can find in the press release:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/pressrelease_icp_prioritisation_continuous-project-4m-mc.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/pressrelease_icp_prioritisation_continuous-project-4m-mc.pdf">PressRelease.pdf</a></p>

<p><strong>Second Foundation a.s. </strong>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 1 October 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 116 members and the short-term gas market has 99 members.</p>

<p><a data-val="bb7105d9e8e947b19f2c2ca075240427" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/monthly_market_report_08_2020.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Monthly report OTE for August 2020 you can download here</a></p>

<p><strong>VNG Handel &amp; Vertrieb GmbH </strong>has been registered in the central system OTE as a Balance Responsible Party with access to the nominations and short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 17 September 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 115 members and the short-term gas market 99 members.</p>

<p><em>Vienna, Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, Bratislava</em></p> <p><em>11^th September 2020</em></p> <p>The Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) from Austria, Germany, Poland and the 4M Market Coupling (4M MC) countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, hereby inform stakeholders about the current status of the project.</p> <p>The DE-AT-PL-4M MC Project, also referred to as Interim Coupling project, has completed the design phase and entered its implementation phase in the end of 2019, with an envisaged go-live date in September 2020. The project aims to connect the borders of 4M MC with the Europe-wide Multi-Regional Coupling (MRC) by introducing NTC-based implicit capacity allocation on six borders (PL-DE, PL-CZ, PL-SK, CZ-DE, CZ-AT, HU-AT).  </p> <p>However, in Q1 2020 local implementation bottlenecks have been identified by several project parties due to interdependencies between ongoing parallel projects, resulting in a delay of Interim Coupling implementation activities by several months. Interim Coupling will not be able to go live in September 2020. The National Regulatory Authorities have requested the European Commission to provide guidance on the way forward for the project. Such guidance from the Commission is expected to be received in the upcoming weeks. Market participants will be informed about the next steps as soon as possible.</p> <p><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/picture.png/@@images/1cb749fa-5419-49f6-b398-5140667c9cba.png" data-linktype="image" title="picture.png" data-val="31c05e503d0d46aaa2f3ecc12a25f281" data-scale="large" alt="picture.png" class="image-inline" /></p>