Balancing energy gate closure time
Article 24
1. As part of the proposals pursuant to Articles 19, 20 and 21, all TSOs shall harmonise the balancing energy gate closure time for standard products at the Union level, at least for each of the following processes: (a) replacement reserves; (b) frequency restoration reserves with manual activation; (c) frequency restoration reserves with automatic activation. 2. Balancing energy gate closure times shall: (a) be as close as possible to real time; (b) not be before the intraday cross-zonal gate closure time; (c) ensure sufficient time for the necessary balancing processes. 3. After the balancing energy gate closure time, the balancing service providers shall no longer be permitted to submit or update their balancing energy bids. 4. After the balancing energy gate closure time, balancing service providers shall report to the connecting TSO any unavailable volumes of balancing energy bids without undue delay in accordance to 158(4)(b) and 161(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485. If the balancing service provider has a connection point to a DSO, and if required by the DSO, the balancing service provider shall also report any unavailable volumes of balancing energy bids to the DSO without undue delay. 5. By two years after entry into force of this Regulation, each TSO applying a central dispatching model shall define at least one integrated scheduling process gate closure time which shall: (a) enable balancing service providers to update their integrated scheduling bids as close as possible to real time; (b) be no longer than eight hours before real-time; (c) be set before the TSO energy bid submission gate closure time. 6. After each integrated scheduling process gate closure time, the integrated scheduling process bid may only be changed in accordance with the rules defined by the connecting TSO in the terms and conditions for balancing service providers set up pursuant to Article 18. Those rules shall be implemented before the connecting TSO joins any process for the exchange of balancing energy and shall allow balancing service providers to update their integrated scheduling bids to the extent possible until the intraday cross-zonal gate closure time, while ensuring: (a) the economic efficiency of the integrated scheduling process; (b) operational security; (c) consistency of all iterations of the integrated scheduling process; (d) fair and equal treatment of all balancing service providers in the scheduling area; (e) no negative effect on the integrated scheduling process. 7. Each TSO applying a central dispatching model shall establish the rules for using the integrated scheduling process bids prior to the balancing energy gate closure time in accordance with Article 18( 8) (c) in order to: (a) ensure that the TSO meets its reserve capacity requirements in real time; (b) ensure sufficient resources to solve internal congestions; (c) ensure the possibility of feasible dispatching of power generating facilities and demand facilities in real time.