<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;"><strong>LC grid s.r.o. </strong>was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the power market as of <span style="color: black;">30th </span>November 202<span style="color: black;">3</span>. The company did not have access to the organised short-term power market. Currently the short-term power markets have 143 members and the short-term gas market 132 members.</p>

<p>Within the Single Day-ahead Market Coupling (\'SDAC\'), a Second Auction procedure is applied when electricity prices reach a pre-defined threshold in the affected bidding areas. The Second Auctions allow market participants to modify their bids in order to improve the market situation. The Second Auction is organized according to local or regional processes and is the responsibility of the respective Nominated Electricity Market Operator (\'NEMO\'). Countries currently able to activate the Second Auction mechanism include Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.</p> <p>Since Second Auctions have led to an increase in operational risks in recent years and at the same time their originally expected benefit has been negligible or even zero one, as evidenced by the results of Second Auctions over the past few years, <strong>all NEMOs have decided to consider the possibility of Second Auction mechanism removal in a coordinated manner</strong>. All NEMOs also recommend the removal of Second Auction mechanism in preparation for the introduction of 15-minute products and the associated increase in calculation time from the current 17 minutes to 30 minutes, optimization of the market coupling process and preserving the operational reliability of the SDAC.</p> <p><strong>OTE, a.s.</strong> as NEMO in the Czech Republic <strong>invites all interested market participants to contribute their views on the proposal to remove of Second Auction mechanism through the public consultation</strong>, which is <strong>available</strong> on the ALL NEMO Committee website <a href="https://www.nemo-committee.eu/public-consultations/open-public-consultation-on-the-potential-removal-of-the-so-called-second-auctions"><strong>at this link</strong></a> until January 8, 2024. The outcome of this consultation will be carefully assessed and will contribute to defining a coordinated position of all NEMOs in regard to the Second Auctions and their possible removal.</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="fda2476c3d2344ca939e98b78c09bb25" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_10_2023.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>Zelený plyn s.r.o. 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 the 1th of December 2023. Currently the short-term power market has 143 members and the short-term gas market 132 members.</p>

<p>Direct Energy, 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 2023. Currently the short-term power markets have 143 members and the short-term gas market has 131 members.</p>

<p>A presentation from the webinar to introduce a 15-minute settlement interval, a schedule of testing, and deployment of an optimized CDSDATA message format can be downloaded <a href="https://ote-cr.cz/cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-elektrina/2023_11_21-webinar-ote-prechod-na-optimalizovany-format-cdsdata_fin.pptx" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://ote-cr.cz/cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-elektrina/2023_11_21-webinar-ote-prechod-na-optimalizovany-format-cdsdata_fin.pptx">here</a> (CZECH ONLY).</p> <p>Information regarding the technical description of the changes and the schedule of testing is available <a href="https://ote-cr.cz/dokumentace/dokumentace-elektrina/15minut" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://ote-cr.cz/dokumentace/dokumentace-elektrina/15minut">here</a> (CZECH ONLY).</p>

<p>Torreol, s. r. o. 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 the 9th of November 2023. Currently the short-term power market has 142 members and the short-term gas market 131 members.</p>

<p>OTE, a.s., informs electricity market participants that <strong>on December 1, 2023, testing of the switching to a 15-minute settlement and trading period <a href="https://portal.sand.ote-cr.cz/otemarket/">in the test environment (Sandbox)</a></strong> <strong>will begin</strong>.</p> <p>We kindly ask market participants to pay attention to <strong>the overall testing schedule</strong> and the information <strong>published on the link</strong> <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-elektrina/15minut">https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-elektrina/15minut</a> and participate in the relevant parts of the testing related to their activities.<br /> Under above mentioned link the market participants can get knowledge about overall testing plan and also about introduction of new CDSDATA format for transmitting data from measurements which will be introduced in CS OTE system with effect from February 1st, 2024, and, in the future, continuous measurement data will be transmitted in this format in 15-minute resolution. Testing of the optimized CDSDATA format will be enabled in <a href="https://portal.sand.ote-cr.cz/otemarket/">the test environment (Sandbox)</a> from December 1st, 2023.</p> <p><strong>We remind you that the switching to a 15-minute settlement (and trading) period in the Czech Republic is planned for July 1, 2024. Testing of individual systems requires cooperation not only on the side of the market operator, but also on the side of market participants communicating with the market operator.</strong></p>

<p><span lang="EN">OTE, a.s., published the new version of OTE Business Terms for the Gas Sector (Revision 23 – November 2023). The new version was approved by the Energy Regulatory Office on 2</span>^{<span lang="EN">th</span>}<span lang="EN"> November 2022 <strong>and became effective as of 18</strong></span>^th<strong><span lang="EN"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN">November</span></strong><span lang="EN"> <strong>2023</strong><strong>.</strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN" data-ogsc="rgb(51, 51, 51)">Please note that this translation is provided for informative purposes only. Only the original Czech versions are legally binding.</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="x_MsoListParagraph" data-ogsc="rgb(0, 84, 159)"><span lang="EN"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../registration-and-agreements/gas-agreements/business-terms" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ogsc="" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="9">https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/registration-and-agreements/gas-agreements/business-terms</a></span></li> </ul> <p><span lang="EN">The Czech version is available <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/smluvni-vztahy-plyn/obchodni-podminky" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/smluvni-vztahy-plyn/obchodni-podminky" data-linktype="external">here</a>.</span></p>

<p>Bonett Gas Investment, 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 2nd November 2023. Currently the short-term power markets have 142 members and the short-term gas market has 130 members.</p>

<p>Download the Monthly Electricity and Gas Market Report <a data-val="3d3974639ebf4b9aaa7a509f94b417bd" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_09_2023.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>Sev.en Industry Supply a.s. 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 the 1th of November 2023. Currently the short-term power market has 141 members and the short-term gas market 130 members.</p>

<p>Europe Commodities s.r.o. 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 the 1th of November 2023. Currently the short-term power market has 141 members and the short-term gas market 129 members.</p>

<p>Michal Puchel, chairman of the Board of Directors of OTE, was elected by the General Assembly as a</p> <p>member of the Board of Directors of the Association of European Market Operators EUROPEX on</p> <p>October 20, 2023. His mandate is two years. OTE has been a member of the association since 2003.</p> <p>More information can be found in the attached press release <a data-val="7b22f143e4864ce79ce7540556480f98" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/231023_m-puchel_was-elected-as-the-member-of-the-board.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p>The gas Load Profiles model v3.14 valid for 2024 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>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 29th 2023, 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="112e92ee451946b9be46fef987186fcf" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/the_time_change_in_the_cs-ote_on_october_29th_2023.doc" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p>Respect Energy Fuels sp. z o.o. 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 the 13th of October 2023. Currently the short-term power market has 141 members and the short-term gas market 128 members.</p>

<p>We would like to invite market participants to the fourth Market Coupling Consultative Group meeting (MCCG), which takes place on October 20, 2023 from 9:00 to 16:00. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss and share views with the NEMOs* and TSOs on the current developments in the Single Day-Ahead and Intraday Couplings (SDAC, SIDC) such as intraday auctions or the introduction of 15-minute market time unit. Detailed agenda can be found <a data-val="24c62276555a4c31ae7102def0cc72e2" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/fourth-mccg-agenda-is-available.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p> <p>Should you wish to join the MCCG, please click <a href="https://event.gotowebinar.com/event/65513141-67dd-4453-93b2-e1495efbcd3a">here </a>to register.</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> </p>

<p>Centrica Energy Limited 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 the 1st of October 2023. Currently the short-term power market has 141 members and the short-term gas market 127 members.</p>

<p> Download the Monthly Electricity and Gas Market Report <a data-val="050f6845223d41c08c6cba49a71f699d" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/monthly_market_report_07_2023.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>