<p>The energy market experienced a very dynamic year last year. Almost 600,000 electricity customers and more than 200,000 gas customers decided to change their energy supplier as the statistics of the market operator shows. It is a record year, with the exception of the crisis years 2021 and 2022, which were affected by the termination of the activities of some large suppliers of both commodities.</p> <p>More information can be found <a data-val="f6f7c3335ac048c588047a1b8398003d" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/tz_20250109_change-of-supplier_en.pdf" data-linktype="internal" target="_blank" title="Change of supplier 2024">here</a>.</p>

<p>In light of the upcoming introduction of a 15-minute trading interval on the day-ahead electricity market (DAM), we are providing more detailed information through a <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/electricity-documentation/202501_dam_15min_ote_eng.pdf">presentation</a> that outlines the key impacts of this change on trading activities within DAM in the Czech Republic.</p> <p>The go-live date for the 15-minute trading interval on DAM has been set, in collaboration with European nominated market operators (NEMOs) and transmission system operators (TSOs), for June 11, 2025, for the delivery day of June 12, 2025 (see the <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/15-minute-products-set-to-go-live-in-june-2025-in-the-european-single-day-ahead-coupling-sdac">joint NEMO and TSO press release</a> dated December 19, 2024).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>We are pleased to invite you to an online webinar on <u>March 5th, from 10:00 to 11:30</u></strong> (The webinar will be held in Czech only. An English version of the presented material will be made available afterwards). The webinar will provide the latest information on the introduction of 15-minute products on DAM in the Czech Republic.  An invitation to the webinar will be sent to market participants via CS OTE.</p> <p> </p> <p>Detailed information regarding the mentioned changes, including the presentation and related documentation, can be found on the OTE website:</p> <p><a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/electricity-documentation/information-to-switch-to-15-min-interval?set_language=en">Transition to a 15-minute settlement and trading period for the electricity commodity — English</a></p> <p>If you have any questions, please send them to the email address <a href="mailto:market@ote-cr.cz">market@ote-cr.cz</a> . Their summary can be found in the "<a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/electricity-documentation/q-a-ote-dam-15min-eng.pdf">Questions and Answers</a>" document.</p>

<p>The organized short-term electricity market operated by OTE, a.s. recorded a new record volume of closed electricity deals in 2024. Also, thanks to the introduction of new tools such as intraday auctions and the possibility to trade every quarter of an hour, there was an increase in traded electricity to 31,637 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity (a year-on-year increase of 0.4%). For comparison, this is the same as consumed by almost 12,700,000 households. Compared to previous years, prices also fell across markets, electricity was the cheapest since 2020.</p> <p>More information can be found <a data-val="9c9fbcee76934173a5d4aee7ca99e232" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/tz_20250106_trading-volumes_2024.pdf" data-linktype="upload" title="The year 2024 on OTE markets">here</a>.</p>

<p>Dear users,</p> <p>As of <strong>February 18, 2025</strong> (during the scheduled CS OTE downtime), data files on the public OTE website will be provided exclusively in the <strong>.xlsx</strong> format.</p> <p>Currently, there is an active redirection from <strong>.xls</strong> files to the new <strong>.xlsx</strong> format, ensuring their availability even when using older links. <br /> However, this redirection will be completely discontinued on the aforementioned date.</p> <p>Manual data downloads will remain unaffected. Users who process data using automated tools should ensure their applications and relevant URL addresses are updated to accommodate the new file format in time.</p> <p>This announcement follows the earlier notification: <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../cs-ote-rss/zmena-formatu-dat-z-xls-na-xlsx-na-webu-ote-od-17-12-2024-1"><strong>Change in data format from xls to xlsx on the OTE website as of December 17, 2024</strong></a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for your understanding and for making the necessary adjustments.</p> <p>ICT Services Department</p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="b35990a850504acb81bba904ff581775" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_11_2024.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<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>ELECTREE SMART s.r.o. 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>