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Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

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ANNEX IU.K.TASKS OF REGIONAL COORDINATION CENTRES

1.Coordinated capacity calculationU.K.

1.1Regional coordination centres shall carry out the coordinated calculation of cross-zonal capacities.U.K.

1.2Coordinated capacity calculation shall be performed for the day-ahead and intraday timeframes.U.K.

1.3Coordinated capacity calculation shall be performed on the basis of the methodologies developed pursuant to the guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management adopted on the basis of Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009.U.K.

1.4Coordinated capacity calculation shall be performed based on a common grid model in accordance with point 3.U.K.

1.5Coordinated capacity calculation shall ensure an efficient congestion management in accordance with the principles of congestion management defined in this Regulation.U.K.

2.Coordinated security analysisU.K.

2.1Regional coordination centres shall carry out a coordinated security analysis aiming to ensure secure system operation.U.K.

2.2Security analysis shall be performed for all operational planning timeframes, between the year-ahead and intraday timeframes, using the common grid models.U.K.

2.3Coordinated security analysis shall be performed on the basis of the methodologies developed pursuant to the system operation guideline adopted on the basis of Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009.U.K.

2.4Regional coordination centres shall share the results of the coordinated security analysis with at least the transmission system operators in the system operation region.U.K.

2.5When as a result of the coordinated security analysis a regional coordination centre detects a possible constraint, it shall design remedial actions maximising effectiveness and economic efficiency.U.K.

3.Creation of common grid modelsU.K.

3.1Regional coordination centres shall set up efficient processes for the creation of a common grid model for each operational planning timeframe between the year-ahead and intraday timeframes.U.K.

3.2Transmission system operators shall appoint one regional coordination centre to build the Union-wide common grid models.U.K.

3.3Common grid models shall be performed in accordance with the methodologies developed pursuant to the system operation guideline and the capacity allocation and congestion management guideline adopted on the basis of Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009.U.K.

3.4Common grid models shall include relevant data for efficient operational planning and capacity calculation in all operational planning timeframes between the year-ahead and intraday timeframes.U.K.

3.5Common grid models shall be made available to all regional coordination centres, transmission system operators, ENTSO for Electricity and, upon request, to ACER.U.K.

4.Support for transmission system operators' defence and restoration plans with regard to the consistency assessmentU.K.

4.1Regional coordination centres shall support the transmission system operators in the system operation region in carrying out the consistency assessment of transmission system operators' defence plans and restoration plans pursuant to the procedures set out in the network code on electricity emergency and restoration adopted on the basis of Article 6(11) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009.U.K.

4.2All transmission system operators shall agree on a threshold above which the impact of actions of one or more transmission system operators in the emergency, blackout or restoration states is considered significant for other transmission system operators synchronously or non-synchronously interconnected.U.K.

4.3In providing support to the transmission system operators, the regional coordination centre shall:U.K.

(a)

identify potential incompatibilities;

(b)

propose mitigation actions.

4.4Transmission system operators shall assess and take into account the proposed mitigation actions.U.K.

5.Support the coordination and optimisation of regional restorationU.K.

5.1Each relevant regional coordination centre shall support the transmission system operators appointed as frequency leaders and the resynchronisation leaders pursuant to the network code on emergency and restoration adopted on the basis of Article 6(11) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of system restoration. The transmission system operators in the system operation region shall establish the role of the regional coordination centre relating to the support to the coordination and optimisation of regional restoration.U.K.

5.2Transmission system operators may request assistance from regional coordination centres if their system is in a blackout or restoration state.U.K.

5.3Regional coordination centres shall be equipped with the close to real time supervisory control and data acquisition systems with the observability defined by applying the threshold referred to in point 4.2.U.K.

6.Post-operation and post-disturbances analysis and reportingU.K.

6.1Regional coordination centres shall investigate and prepare a report on any incident above the threshold referred to in point 4.2. The regulatory authorities in the system operation region and ACER may be involved in the investigation upon their request. The report shall contain recommendations aiming to prevent similar incidents in future.U.K.

6.2Regional coordination centres shall publish the report. ACER may issue recommendations aiming to prevent similar incidents in future.U.K.

7.Regional sizing of reserve capacityU.K.

7.1Regional coordination centres shall calculate the reserve capacity requirements for the system operation region. The determination of reserve capacity requirements shall:U.K.

(a)

pursue the general objective to maintain operational security in the most cost effective manner;

(b)

be performed at the day-ahead or intraday timeframe, or both;

(c)

calculate the overall amount of required reserve capacity for the system operation region;

(d)

determine minimum reserve capacity requirements for each type of reserve capacity;

(e)

take into account possible substitutions between different types of reserve capacity with the aim to minimise the costs of procurement;

(f)

set out the necessary requirements for the geographical distribution of required reserve capacity, if any.

8.Facilitation of the regional procurement of balancing capacityU.K.

8.1Regional coordination centres shall support the transmission system operators in the system operation region in determining the amount of balancing capacity that needs to be procured. The determination of the amount of balancing capacity shall:U.K.

(a)

be performed at the day-ahead or intraday timeframe, or both;

(b)

take into account possible substitutions between different types of reserve capacity with the aim to minimise the costs of procurement;

(c)

take into account the volumes of required reserve capacity that are expected to be provided by balancing energy bids, which are not submitted based on a contract for balancing capacity.

8.2Regional coordination centres shall support the transmission system operators of the system operation region in procuring the required amount of balancing capacity determined in accordance with point 8.1. The procurement of balancing capacity shall:U.K.

(a)

be performed at the day-ahead or intraday timeframe, or both;

(b)

take into account possible substitutions between different types of reserve capacity with the aim to minimise the costs of procurement.

9.Week-ahead to at least day-ahead regional system adequacy assessments and preparation of risk reducing actionsU.K.

9.1Regional coordination centres shall carry out week-ahead to at least day-ahead regional adequacy assessments in accordance with the procedures set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 and on the basis of the methodology developed pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/941.U.K.

9.2Regional coordination centres shall base the short-term regional adequacy assessments on the information provided by the transmission system operators of system operation region with the aim of detecting situations where a lack of adequacy is expected in any of the control areas or at regional level. Regional coordination centres shall take into account possible cross-zonal exchanges and operational security limits in all relevant operational planning timeframes.U.K.

9.3When performing a regional system adequacy assessment, each regional coordination centre shall coordinate with other regional coordination centres to:U.K.

(a)

verify the underlying assumptions and forecasts;

(b)

detect possible cross-regional lack of adequacy situations.

9.4Each regional coordination centre shall deliver the results of the regional system adequacy assessments together with the actions it proposes to reduce risks of lack of adequacy to the transmission system operators in the system operation region and to other regional coordination centres.U.K.

10.Regional outage planning coordinationU.K.

10.1Each Regional coordination centre shall carry out regional outage coordination in accordance with the procedures set out in the system operation guideline adopted on the basis of Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 in order to monitor the availability status of the relevant assets and coordinate their availability plans to ensure the operational security of the transmission system, while maximising the capacity of the interconnectors and the transmission systems affecting cross-zonal flows.U.K.

10.2Each Regional coordination centre shall maintain a single list of relevant grid elements, power generating modules and demand facilities of the system operation region and make it available on the ENTSO for Electricity operational planning data environment.U.K.

10.3Each Regional coordination centre shall carry out the following activities related to outage coordination in the system operation region:U.K.

(a)

assess outage planning compatibility using all transmission system operators' year-ahead availability plans;

(b)

provide the transmission system operators in the system operation region with a list of detected planning incompatibilities and the solutions it proposes to solve the incompatibilities.

11.Optimisation of inter-transmission system operator compensation mechanismsU.K.

11.1The transmission system operators in the system operation region may jointly decide to receive support from the regional coordination centre in administering the financial flows related to settlements between transmission system operators involving more than two transmission system operators, such as redispatching costs, congestion income, unintentional deviations or reserve procurement costs.U.K.

12.Training and certification of staff working for regional coordination centresU.K.

12.1Regional coordination centres shall prepare and carry out training and certification programmes focusing on regional system operation for the personnel working for regional coordination centres.U.K.

12.2The training programs shall cover all the relevant components of system operation, where the regional coordination centre performs tasks including scenarios of regional crisis.U.K.

13.Identification of regional electricity crisis scenariosU.K.

13.1If the ENTSO for Electricity delegates this function, regional coordination centres shall identify regional electricity crisis scenarios in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/941.U.K.

The identification of regional electricity crisis scenarios shall be performed in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/941.

13.2Regional coordination centres shall support the competent authorities of each system operation region upon their request in the preparation and carrying out of biennial crisis simulation in accordance with Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/941.U.K.

14.Identification of needs for new transmission capacity, for upgrade of existing transmission capacity or their alternativesU.K.

14.1Regional coordination centres shall support transmission system operators in the identification of needs for new transmission capacity, for an upgrade of existing transmission capacity or for their alternatives, to be submitted to the regional groups established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 and to be included in the ten-year network development plan referred to in Article 51 of Directive (EU) 2019/944.U.K.

15.Calculation of the maximum entry capacity available for the participation of foreign capacity in capacity mechanismsU.K.

15.1Regional coordination centres shall support transmission system operator in calculating the maximum entry capacity available for the participation of foreign capacity in capacity mechanisms taking into account the expected availability of interconnection and the likely concurrence of system stress between the system where the mechanism is applied and the system in which the foreign capacity is located.U.K.

15.2The calculation shall be performed in accordance with the methodology set out in point (a) of Article 26(11).U.K.

15.3Regional coordination centres shall provide a calculation for each bidding zone border covered by the system operation region.U.K.

16.Preparation of seasonal adequacy assessmentsU.K.

16.1If the ENTSO for Electricity delegates this function pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2019/941, regional coordination centres shall carry out regional seasonal adequacy assessments.U.K.

16.2The preparation of seasonal adequacy assessments shall be carried out on the basis of the methodology developed pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/941.U.K.

ANNEX IIU.K.REPEALED REGULATION WITH LIST OF THE SUCCESSIVE AMENDMENTS THERETO

Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39)

Point (a) of Article 8(3)

Point (a) of Article 8(10)

Article 11

Article 18(4a)

Article 23(3)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 543/2013 of 14 June 2013 on submission and publication of data in electricity markets and amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 163, 15.6.2013, p. 1)Points 5.5 to 5.9 of Annex I

ANNEX IIIU.K.CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EC) No 714/2009This Regulation
Article 1(a)
Article 1(b)
Article 1(a)Article 1(c)
Article 1(b)Article 1(d)
Article 2(1)Article 2(1)
Article 2(2)(a)Article 2(2)
Article 2(2)(b)Article 2(3)
Article 2(2)(c)Article 2(4)
Article 2(2)(d)
Article 2(2)(e)
Article 2(2)(f)
Article 2(2)(g)Article 2 (5)
Article 2 (6) to (71)
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 13
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16(1) to (3)Article 16(1) to (4)
Article 16(5) to (8)
Article 16(4) to (5)Article 16(9) to (11)
Article 16(12) and (13)
Article 17
Article 14(1)Article 18(1)
Article 18(2)
Article 14(2) to (5)Article 18(3) to (6)
Article 18(7) to (11)
Article 19(1)
Article 16(6)Article 19(2) and (3)
Article 19(4) and (5)
Article 20
Article 21
Article 22
Article 8(4)Article 23(1)
Article 23(2) to (7)
Article 25
Article 26
Article 27
Article 4Article 28(1)
Article 28(2)
Article 5Article 29 (1) to (4)
Article 29(5)
Article 8(2) (first sentence)Article 30(1)(a)
Article 8(3)(b)Article 30(1)(b)
Article 30(1)(c)
Article 8(3)(c)Article 30 (1)(d)
Article 30 (1)(e) and (f)
Article 30(1) (g) and (h)
Article 8 (3)(a)Article 30(1)(i)
Article 8(3)(d)Article 30(1)(j)
Article 30(1)(k)
Article 8(3)(e)Article 30(1)(l)
Article 30(1)(m) to (o)
Article 30(2) and (3)
Article 8(5)Article 30(4)
Article 8(9)Article 30(5)
Article 10Article 31
Article 9Article 32
Article 11Article 33
Article 12Article 34
Article 35
Article 36
Article 37
Article 38
Article 39
Article 40
Article 41
Article 42
Article 43
Article 44
Article 45
Article 46
Article 47
Article 8(10)Article 48
Article 13Article 49
Article 2(2) (final subparagraph)Article 49(7)
Article 15Article 50(1) to (6)
Annex I point 5.10Article 50(7)
Article 3Article 51
Article 52
Article 53
Article 54
Article 55
Article 56
Article 57
Article 58
Article 8(6)Article 59(1)(a), (b) and (c)
Article 59(1)(d) and (e)
Article 59(2)
Article 6(1)Article 59(3)
Article 6(2)Article 59(4)
Article 6(3)Article 59(5)
Article 59(6)
Article 6(4)Article 59(7)
Article 6(5)Article 59(8)
Article 6(6)Article 59(9)
Article 8(1)Article 59(10)
Article 6(7)
Article 6(8)
Article 6(9) and (10)Article 59(11) and (12)
Article 6(11)Article 59(13) and (14)
Article 6 (12)Article 59(15)
Article 8(2)Article 59(15)
Article 60(1)
Article 7(1)Article 60(2)
Article 7(2)Article 60(3)
Article 7(3)
Article 7(4)
Article 61(1)
Article 61(2)
Article 18(1)Article 61(3)
Article 18(2)
Article 18(3)Article 61(4)
Article 18(4)
Article 18(4a)Article 61(5)
Article 18(5)Article 61(5) and (6)
Article 19
Article 21Article 62
Article 17Article 63
Article 64
Article 20Article 65
Article 22Article 66
Article 23Article 67
Article 24
Article 68
Article 69
Article 25Article 70
Article 26Article 71

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