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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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Article 31U.K.Activation optimisation function
1.All TSOs shall establish an activation optimisation function in accordance with Article 29 and this Article for the optimisation of the activation of balancing energy bids from different common merit order lists. This function shall take into account at least:
(a)activation processes and technical constrains from different balancing energy products;
(b)operational security;
(c)all balancing energy bids included in the compatible common merit order lists;
(d)the possibility to net the counteracting activation requests from TSOs;
(e)submitted activation requests of all TSOs;
(f)available cross-zonal capacity.
2.Common merit order lists shall consist of balancing energy bids from standard products. All TSOs shall establish the necessary common merit order lists for the standard products. Upward and downward balancing energy bids shall be separated in different common merit order lists.
3.Each activation optimisation function shall use at least one common merit order list for upward balancing energy bids and one common merit order list for downward balancing energy bids.
4.TSOs shall ensure that the balancing energy bids submitted to the common merit order lists are expressed in euros and make reference to the market time unit.
5.Depending on the requirement for standard products for balancing energy, TSOs may create more common merit order lists.
6.Each TSO shall submit its activation requests for balancing energy bids to the activation optimisation function.
7.The activation optimisation function shall select balancing energy bids and request the activation of selected balancing energy bids from the connecting TSOs where the balancing service provider, associated with the selected balancing energy bid, is connected.
8.The activation optimisation function shall submit the confirmation of the activated balancing energy bids to the TSO requesting the activation of the balancing energy bids. The activated balancing service providers shall be responsible for delivering the requested volume until the end of the delivery period.
9.All TSOs that operate the frequency restoration process and the reserve replacement process to balance their LFC area shall strive to use all balancing energy bids from relevant common merit order lists to balance the system in the most efficient way, taking into account operational security.
10.TSOs that do not use the reserve replacement process to balance their LFC area shall strive to use all balancing energy bids from relevant common merit order lists for frequency restoration reserves to balance the system in the most efficient way, taking into account operational security.
11.Except in the normal state, TSOs may decide to balance the system using only the balancing energy bids from balancing service providers in its own control area if such decision helps alleviate the severity of the current system state. The TSO shall publish a justification for such decision without undue delay.
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