<p>On 23 April 2026, OTE, a.s. held an online webinar for market participants to present the impacts of introducing flexibility and aggregation into processes managed by the market operator, and to outline related changes expected to také effect from 1 August 2026. The event attracted more than 450 participants.</p> <p>More information can be found <a data-val="dc96486d7bb04c6bbf6c4c8b5800eed5" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/news-release-ote-webinar-flexibility-and-aggregation-2026_04_24.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="webinar 24042026">here</a>.</p>

<p>OURLIVE MEDIA 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 May 2026. Currently the short-term power markets have 176 members and the short-term gas market has 141 members.</p>

<p>Impact Energy Trading 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 May 2026. Currently the short-term power markets have 175 members and the short-term gas market has 141 members.</p>

<p>Hydro Energo 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 May 2026. Currently the short-term power markets have 174 members and the short-term gas market has 141 members.</p>

<p> The <strong>OTE Web Services User Manual</strong> has been updated on the <a data-val="en/documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services" data-linktype="external">XSD, WSDL, OTE public web services</a> page.</p> <div> <div class="paragraph-in-scc-markdown-text ___1ngh792 ftgm304 f1iaxwol"> </div> <div class="paragraph-in-scc-markdown-text ___1ngh792 ftgm304 f1iaxwol">More details about the changes are available on the <a data-val="en/about-ote/cs-ote-rss/changes-in-the-ote-web-services-user-manual-1?set_language=en" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/cs-ote-rss/changes-in-the-ote-web-services-user-manual-1?set_language=en" data-linktype="external">following page</a>.</div> </div> <p> </p>

<div id="with-floating-menu" class="row with-floating-menu"> <div class="container"> <div class="content"> <article id="portal-column-content"> <article id="content"> <section id="content-core"> <div id="parent-fieldname-text" class=""> <p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="27136780add746b2bec8e0150b76e01e" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_03_2026.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="monthly market report 03/26">HERE</a>.</p> </div> </section> </article> </article> </div> </div> </div>

<p><strong>Over the past 25 years, OTE has built a market-coordination system that manages energy trades worth billions of Czech crowns and drives greater efficiency across the sector.</strong></p> <p>More in the press release <a data-val="2f3e613a42144e48b9b65d405e872afb" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2026_04_17-press-release-ote-25-years.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="pr20260417">here</a>.</p>

<p>More in the press release <a data-val="74c1aeb87f75404a8c8cd4dbd697a2a7" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2026_04_15-press-release-monika-peskova-cybersecurity-mcsc-2026_04_14.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="pr20260415">here</a>.</p>

<p>Norlys Energy Trading 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 16th April 2026. Currently the short-term power markets have 173 members and the short-term gas market has 141 members.</p>

<p>Dynasty Power Europe 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 16th April 2026. Currently the short-term power markets have 172 members and the short-term gas market has 141 members.</p>

<p><strong>Greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere in the Czech Republic fell by 1.3% in 2025 compared with 2024. </strong></p> <p>More in the press release <a data-val="345aa9631b3e41ecacc5705bbd44c932" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2026_04_14-press-release-co2-emissions-in-the-cz-in-2025.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="pr20260414">here</a>.</p>

<p>More in the press release <a data-val="a7a041aedc414c82a633f98b6ebf48ed" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2026_04_09-press-release-ote-suppliers-market-shares-by-pdts.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="pr20260409">here</a>.</p>

<p>At the OTE\'s webpage <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-plyn/bezpecnostni-standard">Documentation – Security Standard</a> (Czech only) we publish coefficients for Gas supply standard calculation. Coefficients are valid for the winter period 2026-2027. The publication is in accordance with the Public Notice No. 344/2012 Coll., on Emergency State in Gas Industry and Ensuring the Security of Gas Supplies, as amended.</p>

<p>Electricity prices on the day‑ahead and intraday markets reacted to sunny and windy weather combined with low consumption. More in the press release <a data-val="3409f66a59eb4a29a326117778949354" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2026_04_08-press-release-day-ahead-and-intraday-trading-over-easter.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="pr20260408">here</a>.</p>

<p>Under the rule of the government provision no. <span data-ogsc="black">348/2021 </span>Coll. about the set up of daylight saving (summer) time which will come up this year on <span data-ogsc="black">March </span><span data-ogsc="rgb(0, 84, 159)">29</span><span data-ogsc="black">th </span>20<span data-ogsc="black">2</span><span data-ogsc="rgb(0, 84, 159)">6</span>, the conditions for the delivering of contracted and metered data to the CS OTE during the change <span data-ogsc="black">from Central-European time to the daylight saving (summer) time</span> are <a data-val="d908a720204a439b92ae066870f9df63" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/the-time-change-in-the-cs-ote-on-march-29th-2026.doc" data-linktype="internal">attached</a>.</p>

<p>SYNTHOS DWORY 7 SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the gas market as of 31st March 2026. Currently the short-term power markets have 171 members and the short-term gas market 141 members.</p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="fb9924f771d7432bb9e57eec24f43dfa" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_02_2026_v1.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="monthly market report 02/26">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>More in the press release <a data-val="5f9e028dd1ab4cbeb9d31e530d2b3f16" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2026_03_16-press-release-new-member-of-the-bod-of-ote.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="pr20260316">here</a>.</p>

<p>Due to technology upgrade SAP, there will be an operational shutdown of the CDS system within CS OTE.  </p> <h1>System shutdown procedure</h1> <p> </p> <p>The shutdown will begin on Friday, March 27, 2026, at 3:30 p.m., during which the CDS system (application and communication server for electricity and gas) will be shut down. The CDS, Claims section for electricity and gas (including subordinate items) and the Gas Nomination section will be shut down within the OTE portal. Furthermore, in the POZE section, the registration of an electricity source and a gas production facility, as well as the submission of the monthly electricity report, will be restricted. The shutdown is expected to end on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m. We will announce the end of the shutdown and the restoration of the market operator\'s information system via the news page on the main page of OTE portal. After the shutdown, the system will be fully functional. Due to the expected time of system restoration and delayed receipt of metering data, the results of imbalances for the delivery day of March 27, 2026, may be published later on March 28, 2026.</p> <p> The market areas will not be affected by this outage.</p> <h1>Impact on individual entities during the shutdown</h1> <p> </p> <h4>Supplier and balance responsible party (in electricity and gas)</h4> <p> </p> <p>In the CS OTE Information System, no queries for data from the CDS system, i.e., metering data, billing data, imbalance results, and clearings, will be functional for electricity and gas. It will not be possible to submit requests for a change of supplier, handover the responsibility for imbalance at PDTs or to query the current status of these requests. </p> <p> </p> <p>Trading on short-term electricity and gas markets and sending realization diagrams for electricity will function without restriction.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the gas industry, the receipt and processing of all types of nominations will be suspended.</p> <p> </p> <p><em><u>Transport, distribution, and storage nominations - gas only</u></em></p> <p>We ask balance responsible parties to send nominations for transmission, distribution, and storage for the gas day Saturday, March 28, 2026, to the relevant systems by 2:00 p.m. on March 27, 2026, at the latest. Renominations for gas transmission for the gas days March 27, 2026 and 28 March 2026 will only be possible via the transmission system operator\'s system from 3:30 p.m. on Friday until the end of the shutdown. Renominations for storage for the same gas days will only be possible via the system of the relevant gas storage facility operator during the outage. </p> <p> </p> <p><u>Nomination of bilateral contracts (delivery and withdrawal commitments) – gas only</u></p> <p>We ask balance responsible parties, in case of need to renominate bilateral contracts during the shutdown for the gas day Friday, March 27, 2026, to contact OTE gas helpdesk at <a href="mailto:plyn@ote-cr.cz">plyn@ote-cr.cz</a> by 11:00 a.m. on March 28, 2026.  </p>

<p>At the February meeting of the European Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB), Martina Gabriel, Head of the Guarantees of Origin and Clean Mobility Department, was re-elected as Chair of the Electricity Scheme Group (ESG) within the association.  More in the press release <a data-val="242e4d5adee14937ae5b8eb135b68573" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/2026_03_06-press-release-m-gabriel-re-elected-as-the-chairperson-of-aib-esg.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="pr20260306">HERE</a>.</p>