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ETSO views on TransparencyUrban KeussenUrban Keussen

Member of ETSO Steering CommitteeMember of ETSO Steering CommitteeHead of Task Force on Congestion ManagamentHead of Task Force on Congestion Managament

ERGEG Public Hearing6th July 2006

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Objective

Facilitate the IEM

by

Optimal use of interconnection capacity between countries/regions

by

Maximise available firm capacity for market participants without negative impact on operational security

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TSO’s role

TSO have to forecast available capacity;

react on any intra day changes

data needed

Structure of data:

time line: year/ month/ day ahead, intra day

origin: TSO’s, market participants

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TSO as data collector

TSO

Generators,Traders

NeighbouringTSO‘s

- Installed capacity- Maintanance schedules- Generation schedules- outages- trader schedules- etc.

long termmid termD-1intra-day TSO

- Grid development- Unavailability- Expected balance- Transformer settings- wind generation- capacity nomination- etc.

long termmid termD-1intra-day

confidentialconfidential

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TSO as data provider

TSO

Competitivemarket participants

NeighbouringTSO‘s

- aggregated NTC values - available capacity (long/-/mid-term,D-1,D)- conditions (firm or not)- economic figures- …- …

- relevant grid data- generation data- trading data- flow data- …- …

confidentialconfidentialpublicpublic

to be discussedto be discussed

aspects:aspects:-legallegal-operationaloperational-added valueadded value

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LegalSome data is confidential and cannot be published

i.e. generation data in some countries legal framework to be discussed and changed

Aspects

OperationalSome of the data is not available to TSO

i.e. load data of the whole system

definition of data to be discussed and modified

added valueSome data are questionable due to added value

i.e. some extensive close to real time ex-post data

list of data to be discussed and modified

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ETSO data platform ‘GridView’

Vision Establish: a European data platformBasis: TSO data for market participantsExtension: Market data for market participants

Project Project: launched by ETSO in June 2006Target: operational in November 2006Data: stepwise approach (flows etc)Access: via internet free of charge

Dialog ETSO conference on transparency

17th of November 2006 in Brussels

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ETSO views on TransparencyUrban KeussenUrban Keussen

Member of ETSO Steering CommitteeMember of ETSO Steering CommitteeHead of Task Force on Congestion ManagamentHead of Task Force on Congestion Managament

ERGEG Public Hearing6th July 2006