<p>Nominated Market Operators and Transmission System Operators publish the updated implementation plan for the 15-minute Market Time Unit in the European Single Day-Ahead Coupling. More information can be found in the attached press release below:</p> <ul> <li><a data-val="c24f3714db00495a8d7fa6c3f866b2cc" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/sdac-15-min-products-updated-go-live-plan.pdf" data-linktype="internal">PR: SDAC 15min - go-live plan</a></li> </ul> <p> In addition to the joint press release above, the Market Operator will provide further details on the main changes in OTE systems resulting from the introduction of 15-minute products on the Day-Ahead electricity market. This information will be available in a presentation, which will be published on the Market Operator\'s website in sections  <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/ote-news?set_language=en">“OTE News”</a> and “ <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/electricity-documentation/information-to-switch-to-15-min-interval?set_language=en">Documentation</a>” at the beginning of January.</p>

<p>Dear Business Partners,</p> <p>We sincerely thank you for your continued cooperation and wish you a joyful holiday season and much success in 2025.</p> <p>We already look forward to resuming our joint activities and achieving our goals together after the holiday period.</p> <p>Wishing you wonderful festive days full of peace and happiness. 🎄✨</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Your OTE, a.s.</p> <hr /> <p><img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/pf-ote-2025-1.png/@@images/40aed388-5eaf-4156-9cbd-eb6c878c9555.png" data-linktype="image" title="PF OTE 2025-1.png" data-val="7e61efd0f7b549ce809c4b1422abf338" data-scale="large" alt="PF OTE 2025-1.png" class="image-inline" /></p>

<p>Although modern and decentralized energy is greener, it also brings with it its pitfalls or, from another point of view, opportunities. Even energy traders have been aware of this in recent years. They have to deal with ever greater and less predictable price movements in markets where the number of days with very expensive or, conversely, extremely cheap electricity is constantly increasing. The year 2024 saw a record number of days when electricity fell into the negative.<br />More information can be found in the attached press release below:</p> <p><a data-val="5a8dcc8eb15249578d11d4debcf71c25" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/20241216_tz_weather-effects-on-electricity-prices-1.pdf" data-linktype="internal">PR: Weather impacts on electricity prices.pdf</a></p>

<p>MET Česká republika a.s. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term power and gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 15th December 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 150 members and the short-term gas market has 142 members.</p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">Next Kraftwerke GmbH</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;"> was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in power markets as of 31st December 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 149 members and the short-term gas market 141 members.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">AGF Energy, a.s. 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 the 1st od January 2025. Currently the short-term power market has 150 members and the short-term gas market 141 members.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">CPI Energo, a.s. 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 the 7th of December 2024. Currently the short-term power market has 150 members and the short-term gas market 140 members.</span></p>

<p>Dear Users,</p> <p>We would like to inform you that, effective <strong>December 17, 2024</strong>, the format of generated data on the public OTE website will change.</p> <p>Until <strong>December 17, 2024</strong>, the data will remain available in the <strong>.xls</strong> format. After this date, once the data is regenerated, files will be provided in the <strong>.xlsx</strong> format.</p> <p>This change will not affect users who download data manually. However, users who download and process the data automatically may need to adjust the corresponding URLs to accommodate the new format.</p> <p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>

<p>MET Česká republika a.s. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term power and gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st December 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 150 members and the short-term gas market has 139 members.</p>

<p>ZenGrid s.r.o. 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 1st December 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 149 members and the short-term gas market has 138 members.</p>

<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">Nitrofer GmbH 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 the 1st of December 2024. Currently the short-term power market has 148 members and the short-term gas market 138 members.</span></p>

<p>GreenSync s.r.o. 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 1st December 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 148 members and the short-term gas market has 137 members.</p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">ZANGAS CZ s.r.o. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in gas markets as of 30th November 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 147 members and the short-term gas market 137 members.</span></p>

<p>The gas Load Profiles model version 3.15 valid for 2025 is published on the OTE website. <br />The source files for the model, normalized gas Load Profiles and computed gas Load Profiles can be found on the page <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/gas-documentation/tdd-documentation?set_language=en">Documentation - Gas-documentation</a></p>

<p>Delta Green s.r.o. 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 1st December 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 147 members and the short-term gas market has 138 members.</p>

<p>On the page <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services/xml-message-formats-xsd-templates-for-suggestions" class="state-published navTreeCurrentItem navTreeCurrentNode active contenttype-document" title="">XML message formats, XSD templates for suggestions</a> we have published a new version of templates for comments. Along with them, message formats for electricity and gas are also available.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Deadline for comments</strong>: Until December 4, 2024</li> <li><strong>Planned deployment to the production environment</strong>: December 17, 2024</li> </ul> <p>More information can be found on the page mentioned above.</p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="d086e4894738414995fd388cd23c2b93" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_10_2024-1.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE.</a></p>

<p>We would like to inform you that on the page <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services" class="state-published navTreeCurrentItem navTreeCurrentNode active navTreeFolderish contenttype-folder" title=""> XSD, WSDL, OTE public web services</a> we have published XSD and WSDL templates, which will be deployed in the production environment during the system downtime on <strong>November 19, 2024</strong>.</p>

<p>On behalf of NEMOs and TSOs OTE, a.s. is pleased to invite all market participants to the seventh online <strong>meeting of the Market Coupling Consultative Group</strong> (‘MCCG’), which will take <strong>place on Friday, November 8, 2024, from 9:00 to 12:30</strong>.</p> <p>The meeting will focus on key topics related to the development, implementation, and operation of the Single Day-Ahead and Intraday Electricity Markets (‘SDAC’ and ‘SIDC’), including the progress of the process for introducing 15-minute products in short-term electricity markets.</p> <p>You can find the detailed agenda <a data-val="80071b5800c4449d81585a860843e5f9" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/seventh-mccg-agenda-and-registration.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>, and to register, please use this <a href="https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6f836411-6964-4665-b031-ad13a7203d6e@0c38bf71-99b7-4edf-a2e6-70803930efe7">link</a>.</p> <p>We look forward to your participation!</p> <p><em>*OTE, a.s. as a Nominated Electricity Market Operator (‘NEMO‘) in the Czech Republic has been a member of the All NEMO Committee since 2015.</em></p> <p> </p>

<p>Energas Energy Solutions s.r.o. has been registered in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party with access to the short-term gas markets organized by OTE with effect from 1st November 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 146 members and the short-term gas market has 138 members.</p>