<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>

<p>SPP Storage, 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 137 members.</p>

<p>ENETIQA Trading 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 136 members.</p>

<p>On the <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services/xml-message-formats-xsd-templates-for-suggestions" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services/xml-message-formats-xsd-templates-for-suggestions" data-linktype="external">XML Message Formats, and XSD templates for the comments</a> page we have just published a new version of the templates for suggestions until <strong>7.11.2024</strong> with a planned deployment to the production environment on <strong>19.11.2024</strong>.</p> <p>More information can be found on the above page.</p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="5432898593a3404188c3c84ac2917f1d" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_09_2024.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>Under the rule of the government provision <code>no. 348/2021 Coll.</code> about the ending of daylight saving (summer) time which will come up this year on <code>October 27th 2024</code>, the conditions for the delivering of contracted and metered data to the <code>CS OTE</code> during the change to Central European time are attached <a data-val="e9bc7ef082de45fe822d3c858041d0d7" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/the_time_change_in_the_cs-ote_on_october_27th_2024_js.doc" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Most companies in the Czech Republic that are part of the European system emissions trading system (EU ETS) have fulfilled their legal obligation and surrendered allowances in the amount corresponding to their greenhouse gas emissions by 30th September. For the record of emissions and allowances, the single Union registry is used. In the Czech Republic, the registry is administered by the joint-stock company OTE. The EU ETS is a cornerstone of the EU\'s climate policy and its key tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is the world\'s first carbon market and remains among the largest ones globally.</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Obligation to surrender allowances by 30th September of the calendar year in a quantity corresponding to their greenhouse gas emissions emitted into the atmosphere in the previous year calendar year specifically applies to the operators of the installations for each installation, which has been issued a permit by the Ministry of the Environment to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and aircraft operators for each aircraft that has an operating licence issued in the Czech Republic or falls under the administration of the Czech Republic according to the list of aircraft operators issued by the European Commission. This year, the obligation to surrender allowances has become mandatory for 6 aircraft operators and 221 stationary installations that are operated by 153 companies. Emissions for 2023 amounted to 46 934 736t CO2e, which is 18% less than in the previous year 2022.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />155 companies surrendered allowances by the legal deadline, which is 97.5% of the total number. The companies that did not comply will be fined of approximately €100 for each allowance not surrendered.<br />Details on individual operators will be published in the coming days by the European Commission and on <a href="http://www.povolenky.cz" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.povolenky.cz">www.povolenky.cz</a>.<br /><br /></p> <p><img class="image-inline" src="../../../cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/vyvoj-eu-ets-emisi.png" alt="" width="741" height="356" data-linktype="externalImage" data-scale="large" data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/o-spolecnosti/zpravy_ote/vyvoj-eu-ets-emisi.png" /></p> <hr /> <p>The press release is in PDF format available <a data-val="70829ef35b2748eb8b0f6e053208f387" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/20241001-surrendering-of-allowances-press-release-ote_en.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p>On the <a data-val="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services/xml-message-formats-xsd-templates-for-suggestions" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/xsd-wsdl-ote-public-web-services/xml-message-formats-xsd-templates-for-suggestions" data-linktype="external">XML Message Formats, and XSD templates for the comments</a> page we have just published a new version of the templates for comments with a planned deployment to the production environment on <strong>22.10.2024</strong>.</p> <p>More information can be found on the above page.</p>

<p>Manta Commodities SE 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 October 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 146 members and the short-term gas market has 135 members.</p>