Core projects parties regret to inform market participants that the go-live of the Core Flow-Based market coupling (FB MC), currently planned for the end of February 2022, will be postponed.

External dependencies delayed the timely start of the first phase of Core Joint Integration Testing. In addition, technical issues encountered during the first weeks of the Joint Integration Testing, require extending the testing phase to ensure the robustness of the systems.

Fixes are being prepared to commence the required re-testing. Project parties are working hard to minimise the delay. Due to the high complexity of the systems and necessary alignment with external parties, the current expectation is that the go-live would take place between the beginning of Q2 2022 at the earliest and before the end of Q2 2022 at the latest.

More details will be shared with the Market Participant at the Core Consultative Group on 29th November.

More information can be found here.