TSO report on balancing
Article 60
1. At least once every two years, each TSO shall publish a report on balancing covering the previous two calendar years, respecting the confidentiality of information in accordance with Article 11. 2. The report on balancing shall: (a) include information concerning the volumes of available, procured and used specific products, as well as justification of specific products subject to conditions pursuant to Article 26; (b) provide the summary analysis of the dimensioning of reserve capacity including the justification and explanation for the calculated reserve capacity requirements; (c) provide the summary analysis of the optimal provision of reserve capacity including the justification of the volume of balancing capacity; (d) analyse the costs and benefits, and the possible inefficiencies and distortions of having specific products in terms of competition and market fragmentation, participation of demand response and renewable energy sources, integration of balancing markets and side-effects on other electricity markets; (e) analyse the opportunities for the exchange of balancing capacity and sharing of reserves; (f) provide an explanation and a justification for the procurement of balancing capacity without the exchange of balancing capacity or sharing of reserves; (g) analyse the efficiency of the activation optimisation functions for the balancing energy from frequency restoration reserves and, if applicable, for the balancing energy from replacement reserves. 3. The report on balancing shall either be in English or at least contain an executive summary in English. 4. Based on previously published reports, the relevant regulatory authority in accordance with Article 37 of Directive 2009/72/EC shall be entitled to require changes to the structure and content of the next TSO report on balancing.