<p>Under the rule of the government provision no. 348/2021 Coll. About the set-up of daylight saving (summer) time which will come up this year on March 30th 2025, the conditions for the delivering of contracted and metered data to the CS OTE during the change from Central-European time to the daylight saving (summer) time are attached.</p> <p>More information can be found <a data-val="d2afef5b00634619ae456d4d9966a3b9" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/the-time-change-in-the-cs-ote-on-march-30th-2025.doc" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="16e7f54f9bc44f55b47ef5d50009b539" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_02_2025.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE.</a></p>

<p><strong>After the successful integration of the Czech intraday electricity market into the Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC) in 2019 and enabling trading in 15-minute trading periods on the Czech-Slovak, Czech-German, and Czech-Austrian cross-border interconnectors in 2024, the trading period was successfully switched to 15-minute for the last Czech-Polish interconnector on March 18, 2025. This was completed in the implementation wave that also included transition to 15-minute in Norway (all bidding zones), Portugal, Spain, and Poland. At the same time, the Romanian-Hungarian and Romanian-Bulgarian borders were integrated into the European Intraday Auctions (IDA).</strong></p> <p>The successful rollout of the 15-minute MTU across nearly all of Europe’s internal bidding zones and interconnectors marks a major milestone. Years of collaboration, planning and technical innovation, combined with a carefully coordinated go-live windows approach, has ensured a smooth transition covering almost the whole European Intraday Market  from 18 March 2025.</p> <p>Official press release regarding the successful implementation of 15-minute resolution across nearly all remaining internal bidding zones and their cross-border interconnectors in the Single Intraday Market in Europe can be found <a data-val="417d05d94eda4d83ab87da17bac53c81" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/sidc-announces-the-launch-of-15-minute-products-in-several-further-bidding-zones-and-bidding-zone-borders.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here.</a></p> <p><strong>This step also marks the successful completion of the transition to a 15-minute resolution on all Czech borders within the single intraday market.</strong></p> <p>The Greek borders will go-live in June, due to the Greek requirement that SDAC and SIDC go-live on 15-minute MTU, simultaneously.</p> <p>The market operator is actively involved in integration activities that strengthen the electricity market in the Czech Republic while also enhancing the reliability of electricity supply to Czech customers. In the area of the Day-Ahead Electricity Market, the market operator is preparing the transition to trading 15-minute products within the framework of the European Single Day-Ahead Market. More information about the upcoming change can be found <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/electricity-documentation/information-to-switch-to-15-min-interval?set_language=en">here.</a></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">Falcon Energy s.r.o. was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in gas markets as of 31st March 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 153 members and the short-term gas market 144 members.</span></p>

<p>The company OTE, a.s., organized an online webinar on March 5, 2025, focused on the ongoing changes related to the introduction of 15-Minute Products on the Day-Ahead Electricity Market, which attracted more than 200 representatives from the market participants.</p> <p>During the webinar, the market participants were given a detailed overview of all the key changes and innovations that the introduction of 15-Minute Products will bring in the coming months. In addition, enough time was reserved for answers to individual questions that market participants could ask during the webinar.</p> <p>We would like to thank all participants for their attendance, interest in the subject matter, and for the questions asked during the webinar.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/electricity-documentation/202501_dam_15min_ote_eng.pdf">The presentation</a> and the <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../documentation/electricity-documentation/q-a-ote-dam-15min-eng.pdf">"Questions and Answers"</a> document, updated with the questions from the webinar, are now available for download on the <a href="https://ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/electricity-documentation/information-to-switch-to-15-min-interval" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://ote-cr.cz/en/documentation/electricity-documentation/information-to-switch-to-15-min-interval">OTE website dedicated to the introduction of 15-Minute Products</a><a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../../cs/dokumentace/dokumentace-elektrina/15minut">.</a></p>

<p>The operator of the energy market, OTE continues its commitment to be a socially responsible company that supports climate protection and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in the long term. Therefore, even in 2025, OTE plans to cover its electricity consumption exclusively from renewable energy sources. This approach is an integral part of the company\'s strategy, which focuses on ecological sustainability and reducing the impact on the environment.<br /><br />More information you can see at press release <a data-val="28c0024b6ba74158b5c1c5e96ac1b7dd" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/tz_20250305_ote-confirms-its-responsibility.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p>ELGAS, s.r.o. 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 5th March 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 153 members and the short-term gas market has 145 members.</p>

<p>Volta Energy DAC 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 4th March 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 153 members and the short-term gas market has 144 members.</p>

<p>C-energy 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 March 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 153 members and the short-term gas market has 143 members.</p>

<p>HODIE 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 March 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 152 members and the short-term gas market has 143 members.</p>

<p>ENGIE Energy Management CZ s.r.o. was terminated in the central system OTE as a balance responsible party in the power and gas market as of 28th February 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 151 members and the short-term gas market 143 members.</p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="43c6949ca05e431aaa78a2fc3c6c122e" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_01_2025.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE.</a></p>

<p>Electricity prices are one of the main topics of professional and lay discussions. The public is interested in their development, price formation and the reasons for their volatility. There are also myths circulating that the price per megawatt hour in the Czech Republic is significantly higher than in neighboring European countries. Whether this hypothesis is true can be seen if we compare individual electricity price statistics. At this point, it should be emphasized that each European country has a different policy for calculating the price of electricity for end customers, the final price is greatly influenced by regulated components. This fact must be taken into account when comparing prices in neighboring countries and the Czech Republic</p> <p>More information can be found in the attached press release <a data-val="bed4427f4c05416aaa7cee1e4acff676" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/press-release-20250221_greater-competition-and-transparent-electricity-prices.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p>SYNTHOS DWORY 7 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 1st March 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 152 members and the short-term gas market has 144 members.</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>February 18, 2025</strong>.</p>

<p>Nidhog ApS 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 8th February 2025. Currently the short-term power markets have 152 members and the short-term gas market has 143 members.</p>

<p>In 2024, the number of applied guarantees of origin (GOs) increased significantly to 6,511,811 units, which exceeded the previous year by 32%, according to the just published statistics of the market operator. This number corresponds to 6,511,811 MWh of supplied energy. Cross-border transfers of guarantees of origin also increased: incoming by 44%, outgoing by 98%.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information can be found in the attached press release <a data-val="077a2b8e13e040f499b822f2a4bcda21" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/tz_20250207_overview-of-guarantee-of-origine-transactions-for-2024.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>

<p>We would like to invite all market participants to the online workshop organized by <strong>Market Coupling Consultative Group </strong> (MCCG). The session will be held on <strong>14th February 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.</strong> The workshop will focus on the introduction of the 15minute Market Time Unit (MTU) in the Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC).</p> <p> Detailed agenda including the registration instruction can be found <a href="https://www.nemo-committee.eu/assets/files/MCCG-14February2025-agenda-ee1939d5357d6ddb9d9116ece3e66961.pdf">here</a>.</p> <p>Furthermore, we would like to remind you that OTE, a.s. is organizing <strong>a webinar on the introduction of 15-Minute Products on the Day-Ahead Electricity Market in the Czech Republic. </strong> The webinar will be held on 5th March from 10:00 to 11:30 (in Czech language). You can find detailed information about this upcoming change in the Czech Republic, as well as the webinar invitation, <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/information-on-the-introduction-of-15-minute-products-on-the-day-ahead-electricity-market-in-the-czech-republic?set_language=en">here</a>.</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>OTE a.s., together with other Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMO) cooperating within the Single day-ahead coupling (SDAC), informs market participants about the removal of the second auction on the day-ahead electricity market, effective from January 29, 2025 (for the delivery day of January 30, 2025).</p> <p>In the event of reaching or exceeding the threshold values of marginal prices during the Market Coupling process, the day-ahead market will not be reopened, meaning that the <strong>Second Auction will not be declared</strong>. In these cases, the market operator will therefore not apply respective provisions of the Business Terms of OTE, a.s., for the Power Sector. A similar approach will be applied to other markets in Europe within the SDAC except for the Baltic states, where the option to declare a second auction will remain until 15-minute products are introduced on the day-ahead market in this region.</p> <p>This change follows the results of the public consultation related to the potential removal of the second auctions (the Consultation Report is available for download on the <a href="https://www.nemo-committee.eu/public-consultations/open-public-consultation-on-the-potential-removal-of-the-so-called-second-auctions">Nemo Committee website</a>), launched at the beginning of 2024 by NEMOs cooperating within the SDAC.</p> <p>Official NEMO Committee communication note can be found <a data-val="d854199d7b01433b92db09a2ecb3a057" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/second-auction-decommissioned-in-sdac.pdf" data-linktype="internal"><u>here</u></a>.</p>

<p>The updated Business Terms of OTE, a.s., for the Power Sector (Revision 37 – November 2024) have been published on OTE website. The updated OTE Business Terms for the power sector were approved by Energy Regulatory Office on 16^th January 2025 and will be <strong>effective </strong><strong>on</strong> <strong>31^st January</strong><strong> 202</strong><strong>5</strong><strong>.</strong></p> <p>The annex No. 1, 2 and 3 of OTE Business Terms have been changed by this revision as well.</p> <p>Please note that this translation is provided for informative purposes only. Only the original Czech versions are legally binding. Currently in editing progress, temporarily only in the Czech version <a href="http://www.ote-cr.cz/cs/registrace-a-smlouvy/smluvni-vztahy-plyn/obchodni-podminky?set_language=cs">HERE</a>.</p>