Balancing
Article 17
1. For their control areas, TSOs or where applicable operators of balancing markets, where such markets exist shall provide the following information to the ENTSO for Electricity: (a) rules on balancing including: — processes for the procurement of different types of balancing reserves and of balancing energy, — the methodology of remuneration for both the provision of reserves and activated energy for balancing, — the methodology for calculating imbalance charges, — if applicable, a description on how cross-border balancing between two or more control areas is carried out and the conditions for generators and load to participate; (b) the amount of balancing reserves under contract (MW) by the TSO, specifying: — the source of reserve (generation or load), — the type of reserve (e.g. Frequency Containment Reserve, Frequency Restoration Reserve, Replacement Reserve), — the time period for which the reserves are contracted (e.g. hour, day, week, month, year, etc.); (c) prices paid by the TSO per type of procured balancing reserve and per procurement period (Currency/MW/period); (d) accepted aggregated offers per balancing time unit, separately for each type of balancing reserve; (e) the amount of activated balancing energy (MW) per balancing time unit and per type of reserve; (f) prices paid by the TSO for activated balancing energy per balancing time unit and per type of reserve; price information shall be provided separately for up and down regulation; (g) imbalance prices per balancing time unit; (h) total imbalance volume per balancing time unit; (i) monthly financial balance of the control area, specifying: — the expenses incurred to the TSO for procuring reserves and activating balancing energy, — the net income to the TSO after settling the imbalance accounts with balance responsible parties; (j) if applicable, information regarding Cross Control Area Balancing per balancing time unit, specifying: — the volumes of exchanged bids and offers per procurement time unit, — maximum and minimum prices of exchanged bids and offers per procurement time unit, — volume of balancing energy activated in the control areas concerned. Operators of balancing markets shall be considered as primary owners of the information they provide. 2. The information laid down: (a) in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be published as soon as possible but no later than two hours before the next procurement process takes place; (b) in point (c) of paragraph 1 shall be published as soon as possible but no later than one hour after the procurement process ends; (c) in point (d) of paragraph 1 shall be published as soon as possible but no later than one hour after the operating period; (d) in point (e) of paragraph 1 shall be published as soon as possible but no later than 30 minutes after the operating period. In case the data are preliminary, the figures shall be updated when the data become available; (e) in point (f) of paragraph 1 shall be published as soon as possible but no later than one hour after the operating period; (f) in point (g) of paragraph 1 shall be published as soon as possible; (g) in point (h) of paragraph 1 shall be published as soon as possible but no later than 30 minutes after the operating period. In case the data are preliminary, the figures shall be updated when the data become available; (h) in point (i) of paragraph 1 shall be published no later than three months after the operational month. In case the settlement is preliminary, the figures shall be updated after the final settlement; (i) in point (j) of paragraph 1 shall be published no later than one hour after the operating period.