<p>OTE, a.s., published a new version of the OTE Business Terms for the Power Sector (Revision 30 – May 2020) and a new version of the OTE Business Terms for the Gas Sector (Revision 18 – May 2020). The new versions were approved by the Energy Regulatory Office on the 28^th May 2020 and became effective as of the 3^th June 2020.<br /> <br />The documents can be found here only in Czech:</p> <ul> <li><a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/files-registrace-a-smlouvy/ope_rev30_cistopis.pdf" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/files-registrace-a-smlouvy/ope_rev30_cistopis.pdf" data-linktype="external">OTE Business Terms for the Power Sector.pdf</a></li> <li><a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/files-registrace-a-smlouvy/opp_rev18_cistopis.pdf" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/files-registrace-a-smlouvy/opp_rev18_cistopis.pdf" data-linktype="external">OTE Business Terms for the Gas Sector.pdf</a></li> </ul>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The trading time on the intraday electricity market organized by OTE, a.s., is extended with effect from 3 June 2020.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This change follows the successful integration of the OTE intraday electricity market within the SIDC in November last year. The trading period on the intraday electricity market is extended in the CS OTE system from 3 June 2020. From this day, it is possible to trade up to five minutes before the start of the delivery hour (instead of 60 minutes).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Trading time extension on the Czech intraday electricity market raises the standard of services provided through the platform CS OTE and, among other things, provides market participants with additional options to prevent imbalances as close as possible to the time of delivery. This approach is in line with trends in the other intraday markets in Europe.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">OTE is responding to the ideas raised by market participants in the consultation processes of our Business Terms. "We perceive this extension of trading time options as an important step towards the further development of short term electricity trading in the Czech Republic," says Jakub Šrom, Head of the Energy Markets Department.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Trading on the intraday electricity market will be in this new extended time (60 minutes to 5 minutes before the delivery hour) without the allocation of cross-border capacities, which are allocated by transmission system operators within 60 minutes before the start of the delivery hour.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a data-val="51d7c1f81a2a4b23a1e21ddc71f99c23" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/20200603_extension_of_trading_time.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Press release.pdf</a></p>

<p><strong>TrailStone GmbH </strong>was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party as of 31. 5. 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 115 members and the short-term gas market 95 members.</p>

<p><strong>VERBUND Trading Czech Republic s.r.o. </strong>was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in power markets as of 31. 5. 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 115 members and the short-term gas market 96 members.</p>

<p><strong>Česká energetická budoucnost s.r.o. </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 June 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 116 members and the short-term gas market has 96 members.</p>

<p><strong>Energana s.r.o. </strong>was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in power markets as of 31. 5. 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 115 members and the short-term gas market 96 members.</p>

<p><a data-val="57a47e2dfc624abb9cd1224bc77f7eb1" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/monthly_market_report_04_2020.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Monthly report OTE for April 2020.pdf</a></p>

<p><strong>ENERGA Slovakia s.r.o. </strong>was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with the access to short-term gas and power markets organized by OTE as of 30. 4. 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 116 members and the short-term gas market 96 members.</p>

<p>The following documents for electricity can be also found on the <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/electricity-documentation/electricity-documentation" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../documentation/electricity-documentation/electricity-documentation" data-linktype="external">Electricity documentation</a> page, valid from 26.5.2020.</p> <p>Directly links to the documents for electricity:</p> <ul> <li><a data-val="03f74f5084984d19a93c6f577d2fa17e" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/electricity-documentation/dokumentace-elektrina-1/d1-4-2_en_xml_message_formats_electricity_valid_from_26-5-2020.docx" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2 XML message formats.docx</a></li> <li><a data-val="7595797087fa497db651ca7f8d6e57a9" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/electricity-documentation/dokumentace-elektrina-1/d1-4-2_xsd_templates_electricity_valid_from_26-5-2020.zip" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2 XSD templates</a></li> <li><a data-val="8e053ed62f7e4638939c0fa26dc81b48" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/electricity-documentation/dokumentace-elektrina-1/wsdl_templates_electricity_valid_from_26-5-2020.zip" data-linktype="internal">WSDL templates</a><br /> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>The following documents for gas can be also found on the <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/gas-documentation" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../documentation/gas-documentation/gas-documentation" data-linktype="external">Gas documentation</a> page, valid from 26.5.2020.</p> <p>Directly links to the documents for gas:</p> <ul> <li><a data-val="f4ed83ec7a6e4377b18487e1f48801fb" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/gas-documentation-files/d1-4-2g_en_xml_message_formats_gas_valid_from_26-5-2020.docx" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2G XML message formats.docx</a></li> <li><a data-val="b82521f6abee4347b5d09844eb95eb8d" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/gas-documentation-files/d1-4-2g_xsd_templates_gas_valid_from_26-5-2020.zip" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2G XSD templates</a></li> <li><a data-val="50b87d9572164853a672fcaba4efe41a" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation/gas-documentation-files/wsdl_templates_gas_valid_from_26-5-2020.zip" data-linktype="internal">WSDL templates</a></li> </ul>

<p>In order to improve the quality of our services and to ensure a more reliable telephone connection, the market operator will switch to new telephone numbers from May 1, 2020. Current contacts are available at <a data-val="en/about-ote/contact" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/contact" data-linktype="external">https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/contact</a>.</p> <p>Please use only these telephone numbers to communicate with us. The original phone numbers will be available only until June 30, 2020.</p>

<p>OTE publishes XML message formats and XSD templates electricity on page Documentation <a data-val="b0954ed2688d4c2f8bf2a62afdb6bb55" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/electricity-documentation-for-suggestions" data-linktype="internal">Electricity for Suggestions</a>, valid from 26.5.2020, to market participants suggestions.</p> <p>Suggestions are to be sent to <a href="mailto:jhodanek@ote-cr.cz" data-linktype="email" data-val="jhodanek@ote-cr.cz">jhodanek@ote-cr.cz</a> until 13. May 2020 at the latest.</p> <p>Directly links to the documents:</p> <ul> <li><a data-val="b8cac53eeeff4181b06de8abf5159330" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/files-electricity-for-suggestions/d1-4-2_en_xml_message_formats_electricity_for_suggestions_until_13-5-2020.docx" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2 XML message formats for suggestions.docx</a></li> <li><a data-val="733eb6f7f6924baea0a68b38470f2c61" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/files-electricity-for-suggestions/d1-4-2_xsd_templates_electricity_for_suggestions_until_13-5-2020.zip" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2 XSD templates for suggestions</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>OTE publishes XML message formats and XSD templates gas on page Documentation <a data-val="678b214ddff64919999fdc238569ac95" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/gas-documentation-for-suggestions" data-linktype="internal">Gas for Suggestions</a>, valid from 26.5.2020, to market participants suggestions.</p> <p>Suggestions are to be sent to <a href="mailto:jnecesany@ote-cr.cz" data-linktype="email" data-val="jnecesany@ote-cr.cz">jnecesany@ote-cr.cz</a> until 13. May 2020 at the latest.<br /> <br />Directly links to the documents:</p> <ul> <li><a data-val="99554d42749b402896a10fa3a16b8257" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/files-gas-for-suggestions/d1-4-2g_en_xml_message_formats_gas_for_suggestions_until_13-5-2020.docx" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2G XML message formats for suggestions.docx</a></li> <li><a data-val="d948170c97f8436fa36e547313b54d36" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/files-gas-for-suggestions/d1-4-2g_xsd_templates_gas_for_suggestions_until_13-5-2020.zip" data-linktype="internal">D1.4.2G XSD templates for suggestions</a></li> </ul>

<p><a data-val="c52657707049435fa3e614d7540365ed" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/monthly_market_report_03_2020.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Monthly report OTE for March 2020.pdf</a></p>

<p><strong>AZ Energies 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 6 April 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 117 members and the short-term gas market 97 members.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) involved in the European Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC – formerly known as XBID) are pleased to announce that the intraday markets coupled by SIDC have grown significantly as a result of second wave go-live in November 2019. 36 million trades have been executed since first go-live in June 2018, with significant increases in traded volumes being seen - especially across the seven second wave countries - while the system continues to perform well. In the meantime, the project has further extended its scope with the accession of Slovak members OKTE (NEMO) and SEPS (TSO).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a data-val="023593313c77487298dfea661fe9ccb3" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/2020_03_24_draft_press_release_2nd_wave_impact.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Press release.pdf</a></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>OTE\'s intraday electricity market set another record in the amount traded on this trading platform organized by the market operator. On March 30, 2020, the traded volume exceeded figures of whole year 2019 (1,111 GWh).</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Trading in the first quarter of 2020 confirmed OTE\'s assumptions as a result of record trading volumes on the intraday market in the last months of 2019¹. Already in the period from 1 January to 9 February 2020, traded electricity volume exceeded the average of annual values from 2015 to 2018, ie 545 GWh.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">OTE intraday market continued to grow, with 1,130 GWh of electricity traded in the first quarter of 2020 with a weighted average price of 33. 30 EUR/MWh².</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Record volumes of traded electricity show that OTE\'s stated objectives of developing international cooperation and interconnection of intra-day markets across Europe within the framework of the European Inter-Day Electricity Interconnection (SIDC) are being met. The integration of the day-ahead electricity market and the intra-day electricity market contributes to the development of business opportunities, thus providing greater opportunities for electricity market traders, and also stability of supply and energy security in the Czech Republic.</p> <p align="center"><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/graf_vdt_elektro_en.png/@@images/930598f1-c446-413f-8f09-c32061f3acd3.png" data-linktype="image" title="graf_vdt_elektro_en.png" data-val="6d2cfe03997542fabbafb3ba9f277dec" data-scale="large" alt="graf_vdt_elektro_en.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The market operator also organizes the day-ahead market and block market for electricity and the intraday gas market. Currently, 117 participants have access to the short-term electricity markets and the short-term gas market has 96 participants.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a data-val="f8ff8bce614447b883e8cae4c6f12667" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/2020_04_01_the_volume_of_traded_electricity_on_the_intra-day_electricity_market_is_growing.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Press release.pdf</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">¹ <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/end-of-the-year-at-otes-organized-markets-marked-by-records" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/end-of-the-year-at-otes-organized-markets-marked-by-records" data-linktype="external">https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/end-of-the-year-at-otes-organized-markets-marked-by-records</a><br />² Data for the period 1. 1. 2020 – 31. 3. 2020</p>

<p><strong>Sunny Sky Power s.r.o. </strong>was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in power markets as of 31. 3. 2020. Currently the short-term power markets have 117 members and the short-term gas market 96 members.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">TSOs and NEMOs participating on the project DE-AT-PL-4M MC Project also known as Interim Coupling prepared document summarizing the most important information on the project for market participants. It details topics such as main changes brought by project, how will the market participants be able to participate in the testing, or high-level overview of the technical design.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The information paper can be downloaded under following link. Additional key information will be provided in the future by project parties via their webpages.</p> <p><a data-val="1bb6462faf1d45a5ba7bdd545664a4a5" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/information_paper_interim_coupling_march-2020_fin.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Information_paper_Interim_Coupling_March_2020.pdf</a></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Under the rule of the government provision no. 363/2016 Coll. about the set up of daylight saving (summer) time which will come up this year on March 29th 2020, the conditions for the delivering of contracted and metered data to the CS OTE during the change from Central-European time to the daylight saving (summer) time are attached.</p> <p><a data-val="2851e14242be4d069dc385d82867f8d8" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/the_time_change_in_the_cs_ote_on_march_29th_2020.doc" data-linktype="internal">The time change on March 29th 2020.doc</a></p>

<p><em>Despite the declared state of emergency in the Czech Republic, OTE, a.s., reliably ensures the performance of its activities for all electricity and gas market participants.</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Dear business partners, market participants, friends OTE,</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Czech Republic is experiencing a very critical period and it remains unpredictable when and how powerful the peak will occur and how far consequences and impacts of the pandemic will reach. Ensuring a secure and reliable energy supply without impacting the electricity and gas markets is one of the cornerstones of crisis management. OTE is well aware of its social responsibility. That is why OTE, a.s., has taken a set of decisions on how to prevent negative impacts on our markets and on processes imposed by Czech law and, last but not least, to minimize the potential health threat to our employees.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">After taking necessary operational, technical and safety measures in the area of work organization, we remain fully capable to provide all our services to the full extent and in the respective quality (including access to the CS OTE system and to our market platform). I strongly believe that these changes have been made without any negative impact on your business and that you might not even notice them. Thanks to the robust and stable IT solution, multiple communication security and excellent preparedness of our employees, the entire OTE team is able to work from home. We have been regularly practicing and preparing for such non-standard situations.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The working hours of the Market Department, the Electricity Balances Department and the Gas Balances Department have remained unchanged. For easier, faster and better communication, we have significantly strengthened contacts to Helpdesks of individual departments, which will allow you to contact us.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">We wish you mainly health and moral strength to overcome the crisis, and we sincerely hope to be able to work in standard operating mode soon.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">On behalf of the whole OTE team Mr. Aleš Tomec, the Chair of the Board</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a data-val="ccff6e4e0d5f47f8816f0cb458b780e7" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/ote_continues_to_provide_all_its_services_to_electricity_and_gas_market_participants.pdf" data-linktype="internal">Press Release.pdf</a></p>

<p><strong>EGO energie 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 April 2020. Currently the short-term power market has 117 members and the short-term gas market 96 members.</p>