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Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 of 23 November 2017 establishing a guideline on electricity balancing (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.This Regulation lays down a detailed guideline on electricity balancing including the establishment of common principles for the procurement and the settlement of frequency containment reserves, frequency restoration reserves and replacement reserves and a common methodology for the activation of frequency restoration reserves and replacement reserves.
2.This Regulation shall apply to transmission system operators (‘TSOs’), distribution system operators (‘DSOs’) including closed distribution systems, regulatory authorities, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (‘the Agency’), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (‘ENTSO-E’), third parties to whom responsibilities have been delegated or assigned and other market participants.
3.This Regulation shall apply to all transmission systems and interconnections in the Union except the transmission systems on islands that are not connected with other transmission systems via interconnections.
4.Where more than one TSO exists in a Member State, this Regulation shall apply to all TSOs in a Member State. Where a TSO does not have a function relevant to one or more obligations under this Regulation, Member States may provide that the responsibility to comply with those obligations is assigned to one or more specific TSOs.
5.Where a load-frequency control (‘LFC’) area consists of two or more TSOs, all TSOs of that LFC area may decide, subject to the approval by the relevant regulatory authorities, to exercise one or more obligations under this Regulation in a coordinated manner for all scheduling areas of the LFC area.
6.The European platforms for the exchange of standard products for balancing energy may be opened to TSOs operating in Switzerland on the condition that its national law implements the main provisions of Union electricity market legislation and that there is an intergovernmental agreement on electricity cooperation between the Union and Switzerland, or if the exclusion of Switzerland may lead to unscheduled physical power flows via Switzerland endangering the system security of the region.
7.Subject to the conditions of paragraph 6, the participation of Switzerland in the European platforms for the exchange of standard products for balancing energy shall be decided by the Commission based on an opinion given by the Agency and all TSOs in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraph 3 of Article 4. The rights and responsibilities of Swiss TSOs shall be consistent with the rights and responsibilities of TSOs operating in the Union, allowing for a smooth functioning of balancing market at Union level and a level-playing field for all stakeholders.
8.This Regulation shall apply to all system states defined in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485.
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