<p><img class="image-inline" src="../../../../cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/all_nemo_logo.png/" alt="" data-linktype="externalImage" data-scale="large" data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/all_nemo_logo.png/" /></p> <p>We would like to invite you to a webinar, where the <strong>2020 CACM Annual Report</strong> will be presented. The seminar is organized by the Nominated Electricity Market Operators in cooperation with the Transmission System Operators and will take place on <strong>Thursday 14 October from 10:00 to 12:30</strong>.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>The agenda</strong> can be found on the <a href="http://www.nemo-committee.eu/publication-detail/-cacm-annual-report-2020">NEMO Committee web page</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>If you wish to attend, please <strong>register</strong> <a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2046332292991059212">here</a>.</p>

<p>The Monthly Electricity and Gas Market Report can be downloaded in PDF format <a data-val="6cc930dc73134115997fa3829e5f7196" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_08_2021.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/sidc_single_intraday.png/@@images/0fd710f7-65c8-494b-b4ba-38a667abcbc7.png" data-linktype="image" title="SIDC_single_intraday.png" data-val="e1e56d87005c4398a1b9916b7299a00f" data-scale="large" alt="SIDC_single_intraday.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p><span data-ogsc="black">The Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Local Implementation Project (LIP) 14 confirm the go-live date of 21st September for first deliveries on 22nd September. The LIP 14 aims to integrate the Northern Italian borders (IT-FR, IT-AT and IT-SI) as well as the Italian internal bidding zones borders into the already coupled intraday region.</span></p> <p><span data-ogsc="black"> </span></p> <p><span data-ogsc="black">In the meantime, plans for the integration of Greece and Slovakia have been decided by SIDC (Single Intraday Coupling). The integration should take place within 2022.</span></p> <p><span data-ogsc="black"> </span></p> <p><span data-ogsc="black">For more information please see the <em>Press Release <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/press-release-lip-14-go-live.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/press-release-lip-14-go-live.pdf">Here</a>.</em></span></p>

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-family: \'Calibri\',sans-serif;">Vitol Gas and Power B.V.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: \'Calibri\',sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">, </span></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 2021. Currently, the short-term power markets have 116 members and the short-term gas market has 111 members.</p>

<p>CEE 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 1. 9. 2021. Currently, the short-term power market has 115 members and the short-term gas market 111 members.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Erdal Trading LTD</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. 9. 2021. Currently the short-term power market has 115 members and the short-term gas market 110 members.</p>

<p><strong>Fosfa a.s.</strong> was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the power and gas market as of 31. 8. 2021. Currently the short-term power markets have 115 members and the short-term gas market 109 members.</p>

<h3>AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT <a data-val="e00ee8421622463aaf7d3dbd1e41b074" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/file-news/monthly_market_report_07_2021.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</h3>

<h3>AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT <a data-val="9447e5c57f8646aa99d2a79ed2b969cb" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_06_2021.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</h3>

<p><img class="image-inline" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="../../../../cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/all-nemo-committee.png" alt="" data-linktype="externalImage" data-scale="large" data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/all-nemo-committee.png" /><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/nemo_line.png/@@images/c0dc2101-d2c0-4fbb-afb2-e3bed6d200f2.png" data-linktype="image" title="Nemo_line.png" data-val="507a7affe4a54fe5983ed36aa51de828" data-scale="large" alt="Nemo_line.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p>The CACM Annual Report and CACM Cost Report prepared by the Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) in cooperation with Transmission System Operators (TSOs) monitors the implementation of the Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management Regulation (CACM Regulation) and the associated Algorithm methodology. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the single day-ahead coupling (SDAC) and single intraday coupling (SIDC) operations in 2020 and gives a broad outline of the current and future performance of market coupling algorithms and the R&amp;D activities undertaken.</p> <p>The annual report summarizes the work achieved by nominated market operators and transmission system operators in interconnection (\'SDAC\') and intraday (\'SIDC\') projects to ensure the successful functioning of interconnected markets. It also provides a comprehensive overview of SDAC and SIDC operations in 2020 and provides a broad insight into the current and future performance of market interconnection algorithms and R&amp;D activities. Regular and transparent evaluation of their operation and performance is the key to the ultimate goal of all projects - an efficient integrated energy market in the EU.</p> <p>The cost report provides a detailed overview of the costs of 2020 for the activities of NEMOs and/or TSOs in the framework of fulfilling the obligations arising from the CACM Regulation, in particular from the SDAC and SIDC projects. It also includes the costs of regional projects implemented by NEMOs and TSOs in relation to market interconnection and the outlook for 2021.</p> <p>The NEMO Committee organises a live webinar on the CACM Annual Report 2020 in September. The exact date and the agenda will be published soon.</p> <p><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/nemo_line.png/@@images/c0dc2101-d2c0-4fbb-afb2-e3bed6d200f2.png" data-linktype="image" title="Nemo_line.png" data-val="507a7affe4a54fe5983ed36aa51de828" data-scale="large" alt="Nemo_line.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p>More details can be found in the <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/cacm-annual_cost_report-2020_press-release_en.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/cacm-annual_cost_report-2020_press-release_en.pdf">NEMO Committee Press Release.</a></p> <p>The CACM Annual Report 2020 can be downloaded <a href="http://www.nemo-committee.eu/assets/files/NEMO_CACM_Annual_Report_2020_deliverable_1_pub.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.nemo-committee.eu/assets/files/NEMO_CACM_Annual_Report_2020_deliverable_1_pub.pdf">here.</a></p> <p>The CACM Cost Report 2020 can be downloaded <a href="http://www.nemo-committee.eu/assets/files/NEMO%20and%20TSO_CACM_cost_report_2020_web_Final-d1f6e37c820f35dd853e337901b14e0f.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.nemo-committee.eu/assets/files/NEMO%20and%20TSO_CACM_cost_report_2020_web_Final-d1f6e37c820f35dd853e337901b14e0f.pdf">here</a>.</p>

<p><img class="image-inline" src="../eng_logo.png/" alt="" data-linktype="externalImage" data-scale="large" data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/eng_logo.png/" /></p> <p><strong>Celebrating 20 years since the establishment of OTE, your reliable partner in the world of energy markets</strong></p> <p><br /><strong>OTE, a.s.</strong> (formerly known as Operátor trhu s elektřinou, a.s.) was established on June 2nd 2001 and has played an important role in the Czech energy sector ever since. Throughout its operation, the company has developed and carried out activities that contribute to the cultivation of both domestic and foreign electricity and gas markets and has provided reliable and quality services to all market participants in accordance with all legal requirements.<br /><br /></p> <p>Since its establishment, OTE has organized the Czech short-term electricity market and has played a key role in the financial settlement of imbalances, i.e. the difference between the agreed and the actually received/produced electricity volumes. Since 2005, the company has also carried out activities related to emissions trading, such as administering the National Register of Greenhouse Gas Emissions that provides records of allocated and surrendered allowances based on the national allocation plan and registers all transactions.</p> <p><br />In 2015, OTE was appointed as a nominated electricity market operator, an entity designated to couple the Czech electricity market with other European markets; this was again confirmed in 2019. The activities of OTE within the numerous international integration projects have led to the development of cross-border trade and international cooperation in the energy sector – this can be illustrated for example by the long-term efforts to couple the Czech day-ahead and intraday electricity markets with the rest of Europe, as part of the work towards a single European electricity market.</p> <p>All of the above-mentioned activities are carried out by an experienced team of experts who cooperate in order to deliver services to our market participants in a transparent and timely manner. About one-third of annual electricity consumption and one-quarter of annual gas consumption in the Czech Republic is currently traded on the OTE IT platform every year. The IT infrastructure is continuously developed in order to secure safe and transparent handling of the steady increase of executed trades and data flows, such as primary data validation, aggregation and providing access to data for relevant recipients. With its expertise, OTE contributes to the development of electricity and gas markets both at home and abroad.</p> <p><br />OTE has a number of ambitious goals for the future. We want to further expand our services based on market participants’ suggestions and needs and implement new requirements of Czech and international energy projects, following both domestic and European legislation and ensuring cybersecurity, availability and integrity of the managed data. Among the key projects for OTE in this regard are the implementation of the 15-minute imbalance settlement period, the deployment of smart metering (AMM), supporting solidarity in gas supply security, issuance of guarantees of origin and many other equally important energy projects.</p> <p> </p> <p>About OTE:</p> <p> <img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/eng_history.png/@@images/cb114b5d-5711-4f39-8126-454d80f3922a.png" data-linktype="image" title="eng_history.png" data-val="1e4cd4919bab4eafbfeed2dbd9ff1285" data-scale="large" alt="eng_history.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p> </p> <p>For more information on the activities of OTE, please visit: <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/main-reading-1?set_language=en" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/main-reading-1?set_language=en">www.ote-cr.cz</a><a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/main-reading-1" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../main-reading-1" data-linktype="external">.</a></p>

<p>On 29 June 2021, the Supervisory Board of OTE, a.s., at its regular meeting, dismissed Ing. Aleš Tomec from his position as a member of the Board of Directors of OTE. At an extraordinary meeting, the Management Board of OTE, a.s., elected Ing. Michal Puchel.</p> <p><br />Ing. Michal Puchel is a graduate of the University of Economics in Prague, E.ON Academy Energy Series and Prince Foundation 5th Edition. He has been working in the energy sector since 1999, i.e. his entire professional life. Among other things, he worked as an analyst at Accenture, director of Euroenergy, head of strategy and regulation at Západoslovenská energetika and as head of the department of transmission and<br />system services at CEPS. Since 1 April 2021 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of OTE, a.s.</p> <p> </p>

<p> </p> <p><strong>At the OTE\'s webpage Documentation/Gas Documentation/Information and Manuals we publish a document for traders describing a brief overview of changes in CS OTE for the gas sector as of 1 August 2021.</strong></p> <ul> <li> <pre><a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-plyn/prehled_zmen_csoteplyn_od_01-08-2021-v1.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-plyn/prehled_zmen_csoteplyn_od_01-08-2021-v1.pdf">Overview of changes in CS OTE for the gas from 1 July 2021</a> (ONLY CZECH VERSION)</pre> </li> </ul>

<p><strong>Magyar Földgázkereskedő Zrt. </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. 7. 2021. Currently the short-term power market has 116 members and the short-term gas market 110 members.</p>

<p>Gas market participants are hereby informed that GasNet, s.r.o. has declared an emergency on 25 June 2021 at 00:30 hours in accordance with Decree No. 344/2012 Coll, on the state of emergency in the gas industry and the method of ensuring the security standard of gas supply, as amended, a state of emergency on part of the distribution system, namely in the territories of the municipalities of Hrušky, Moravská Nová Ves, Mikulčice and Lužice (in the districts of Břeclav and Hodonín), due to a natural disaster. At the same time, an emergency level of consumption was declared in these areas.</p> <p>Traders supplying gas to customers in the area are advised that gas consumption at the respective consumption points may be affected by this disaster.</p> <p>This is NOT emergency state declaren on national level. The evaluation of imbalances takes place in standard mode.</p>

<p> </p> <p>As of 1 July 2021, OTE, a.s., will enable market participants to sign agreements for the electricity and gas markets and their possible amendments in electronic form.</p> <p>It is assumed that the contracting parties agree on this method of signing in advance and they use a qualified electronic signature.</p> <p>The possibility of signing the paper originals of the agreements manually still remains.</p> <p>The electronic signing of documents is regulated by Act No. 297/2016 Coll., On services creating a trust for electronic transactions, which in the case of legal action of a public signatory (which according to this Act is also the company OTE, a.s.) requires to sign an electronic document using only a qualified electronic signature.</p> <p>In accordance with this Act, OTE, a.s., as a public signatory, will provide the signed electronic document with a qualified electronic time stamp. A contractual partner who is not a public signatory does not have to use an electronic time stamp.</p>

<p>Respect Energy SPÓŁKA AKCYJNA was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the power market as of 30. 6. 2021. Currently the short-term power markets have 116 members and the short-term gas market 109 members.</p>

<p class="callout">THE MONTHLY ELECTRICITY AND GAS MARKET REPORT IS AVAILABLE <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/monthly_market_report_05_2021.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/monthly_market_report_05_2021.pdf">HERE</a>.</p>

<p><img class="image-inline" src="../../../cs/o-spolecnosti/files-novinky/ceps_ote.png" alt="" data-linktype="externalImage" data-scale="large" data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/files-novinky/ceps_ote.png" /></p> <p>Today, ČEPS and OTE (in cooperation with other European nominated electricity market operators<br />and transmission system operators of the Interim Coupling project) successfully implemented<br />implicit cross-border transmission capacity allocation on the German, Austrian and Polish border.<br />Selling/buying electricity and securing the necessary cross-border transmission capacity will now<br />be done in a single process, which will make international electricity trading more effective and<br />will increase the liquidity of European day-ahead markets.</p> <p><br />Until June this year, European day-ahead markets were operated as two separate coupled market areas<br />(MRC and 4M MC). In order to make a cross-border trade, one had to secure cross-border transmission<br />capacity and the electricity itself in two different places (so-called explicit auction). By implementing the<br />Interim Coupling project, explicit auctions were replaced by implicit allocation at six new borders (PLDE,<br />PL-CZ, PL-SK, CZ-DE, CZ-AT, HU-AT). Selling/buying electricity and securing the necessary crossborder<br />transmission capacity will now be done in a single process for all bidding zones of the project and<br />their respective borders. This marks a major milestone in the day-ahead market coupling, as bidding<br />zones of almost all EU Member States (including Norway) are now coupled.</p> <hr /> <p>For more information, see the attached press release <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/files-novinky/press-release_interim-coupling.pdf" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/files-novinky/press-release_interim-coupling.pdf">HERE</a> and the project press release <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/210617-press-release-successful-go-live-icp.pdf" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../../cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/210617-press-release-successful-go-live-icp.pdf" data-linktype="external">HERE</a>.</p>

<p><strong>free power s.r.o., </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 17. 6. 2021. Currently the short-term power markets have 117 members and the short-term gas markets have 109 members.</p>