<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>

<p>In connection with the amendment to Decree No. 344/2012 Coll., on the State of Emergency in the Gas Industry and the Method of Ensuring the Security Standard of Supplies, a <a href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/../../statistics/security-standard-of-supplies-gas-sss?set_language=en">table</a> showing the possibility of the gas trader to take measures regarding the security standard of supplies according to the conditions set out in Annex 3 of the above mentioned Decree has been made available on the OTE public website in the section Statistics =&gt; Security Standard of Supplies – GAS.</p>

<p>EP Commodities AG 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 145 members and the short-term gas market has 134 members.</p>

<p>Download the monthly electricity and gas market report <a data-val="071dd15ff8a74e88854cf45e07e6a79b" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/monthly_market_report_08_2024-1.pdf" data-linktype="internal">HERE</a>.</p>

<p>On September 23, 2024, the NEMO Committee’s 2nd Annual Conference took place in Athens, welcoming representatives from the energy sector. The conference was organized by Nominated Electricity Market Operators (‘NEMOs’) from across Europe. Ondřej Máca, Head of Market Development at OTE, a.s. and Chairman of the NEMO IDSC (Nominated Electricity Market Operator Intraday Steering Committee), also actively participated in the panel titled "20 YEARS OF INTEGRATED MARKETS IN EUROPE: WHAT\'S NEXT?". The meeting provided a comprehensive overview of the progress in integrating European electricity markets, challenges faced, and key topics for the upcoming period.</p> <p>Crucial discussions centered around the future development of the Single Day-Ahead Coupling (‘SDAC’) and Single Intraday Coupling (‘SIDC’) markets, particularly in light of the European electricity market reform (‘EMD’), which came into effect in July this year, as well as the expectations for the upcoming CACM 2.0 Regulation (‘CACM,’ Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of July 24, 2015, establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management).</p> <p>The conference also provided an opportunity to present <a href="https://www.nemo-committee.eu/assets/files/cacm-annual-report-2023.pdf">the 2023 CACM Annual Report</a>. In the closing session related to the integration of non-EU countries, particularly those associated through the Energy Community (‘EnC’), the status and complexity of future integration of EnC members into the Single Day-Ahead and Intraday Coupling (‘SDAC‘ a ‘SIDC‘) was discussed. During the panel discussion, Ondřej Máca emphasized that open dialogue and continuous cooperation among all stakeholders are essential to ensuring the stability and efficiency of the European electricity market.</p> <p>Further details can be found in the official NEMO Committee press release <a href="https://www.nemo-committee.eu/assets/files/the-all-nemo-committee-celebrated-its-second-annual-conference.pdf">here</a>.</p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">Enki Trading 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 September 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 144 members and the short-term gas market 133 members.</span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">PMP Energy, 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 power markets as of 30th September 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 144 members and the short-term gas market 134 members.</span></p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto;">Ekologické Zdroje Energie 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 power markets as of 30th September 2024. Currently the short-term power markets have 145 members and the short-term gas market 134 members.</span></p>

<div class=" relative ml-[2px] -mt-[4px] "> <div class="prose dark:prose-invert " style="width: 622px;"> <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 just published a new version of the templates for suggestions.</p> <p>The new version of the ISOTEDATA template, which will be deployed to the CS OTE production environment on<strong> September 23, 2024</strong>, is now available for testing in the Sandbox testing environment.</p> <p>For more information, please visit the aforementioned page.</p> </div> </div>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The development of trading on the day-ahead electricity market (DAM) organized by OTE, a.s. contributes to the price reduction. In the spring and summer months of 2024, there was an increase in trades at a negative price. This increases the number of hours when the customer does not pay for the consumption of electricity, but on the contrary gets paid, and thus its costs are reduced. Almost 50 days between April and August, electricity was traded at a negative price on the day-ahead market, which is almost three times as many cases as in the same period last year. The highest negative price achieved was - 138.75 EUR/MWh on 12.5. 2024. </strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The most hours with a negative price were during April to June. This confirms the fact that the production from photovoltaic power plants (PVE) is strongly influenced not only by the number of hours when the sun shines, but also by the outdoor temperature. The efficiency of PV production decreases with increasing temperature (in summer, during days with high temperatures, PV plants achieve lower efficiency than in spring or autumn).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">“I welcome that OTE\'s short-term markets contribute to achieving lower prices and greater business opportunities. Negative prices and price volatility in general can motivate market participants to greater activities within the energy markets, implementation and development of accumulation and provision of flexibility on the consumption side as well," says Michal Puchel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OTE.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Short-term electricity markets organized by OTE, a.s. successfully help the electricity market not only in situations where there is a shortage of electricity, but also in situations where there is a significant surplus of energy on the market due to weather conditions. As a result, trading on short-term markets organized by OTE contributes not only to consumers, but also to the reduction of energy procurement costs, allows traders to reduce imbalance costs and is a suitable tool for increasing supply reliability in times of surplus production from renewable energy sources (sun, wind). For the sake of interest, it is also important to mention the fact that when trading on the day-ahead electricity market, there are also hours in which the electricity price is zero. This occurred 26 times in the period from April to August 2024. Prices also develop in the intraday electricity markets organized by OTE in a similar way to the daily market.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The development of trading at negative prices on the day-ahead electricity market compared to the average price achieved on the day-ahead electricity market is shown in the following figure.</p> <p> <img src="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/pr_increase-in-negative-pricing-hours-on-the-day-ahead-electricity-market-in-2024.png/@@images/9e8fe203-a6fc-46c9-a1ff-9ce7094006a5.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" data-linktype="image" title="PR_Increase in Negative Pricing Hours on the Day-Ahead Electricity Market in 2024.png" data-val="a57d3a5a5365493c883d0e5214e31c91" data-scale="large" alt="PR_Increase in Negative Pricing Hours on the Day-Ahead Electricity Market in 2024.png" class="image-inline" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">The press release in PDF format is available <a data-val="77fc8dd30ce144cfa75c906b78f3162f" href="https://www.ote-cr.cz/en/about-ote/ote-news/pr_increase-in-negative-pricing-hours-on-the-day-ahead-electricity-market-in-2024.pdf" data-linktype="internal">here</a>.</p>