Electricity Regional Initiative Central Eastern European Region Draft Report on Transparency for the CEE-Region Dr. Frank-Peter Hansen Bundesnetzagentur CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting November 7th, 2007

2 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Framework for the report Based on Congestion Management Guidelines ERGEG GGP-IMT Goal: Implementation of Congestion Management Guidelines (cf. chapter 5) Special national obligations of publication are not considered in this report

3 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 List of definitions Five chapters on different topics Load Transmission and Interconnectors Generation Balancing Wholesale Market In most cases obligation of publication according to chapter 5 of the Congestion Management Guidelines Otherwise voluntary publication is proposed (e. g. data on wholesale market)

4 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Location of publication General rule: publication on a common TSO website envisaged Obligation to publish is on TSOs ETSOVista as option Information could be published at websites of PEX, but no voluntary publication scheme, i.e. information about all power plants > 100 MW is published open to all market participants, not only participants of PEX

5 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Data Provision TSO is responsible for publication Market participants obliged to provide TSOs with relevant data Provision of data of market participants not connected to TSOs grid Data available to DSOs Obligation of DSOs to provide TSOs with this data Enforceable by NRAs or other competent authority

6 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Implementation schedule (1/2) Publication on national homepages of TSOs (power exchanges) load transmission and interconnection balancing generation until March 1st, 08 until January 1st, 09

7 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Implementation schedule (2/2) Publication on common European website (e.g. ETSO Vista) load transmission and interconnection balancing Voluntary publication of information regarding wholesale markets until January 1st, 09

8 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Legal issues Transparency Report is not a legal act by itself BUT: Demonstrates common interpretation of CEE NRAs concerning transparency rules of binding Congestion Management Guidelines (cf. chapter 5) Compliance with these guidelines will be monitored on basis of this common interpretation

9 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Public consultation Public consultation of CEE Transparency Report Started beginning of October Ended October 31st, 2007 Comments received: 13 4 TSOs 3 generators 1 cartel office

10 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Topics addressed 1/2 Data confidentiality Aggregation per bidding area/ control area does not prevent disclosing of business secrets in some small CEE markets No publication of disaggregated values concerning consumption units Surveillance/ sanctions Both are seen necessary to further functioning of markets

11 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Topics addressed 2/2 Detailed proposals on generation (e.g. no publication of ex post values unit by unit) on balancing (e.g. concerning responsibility for publication: TSO or Market Operator?) Transparency should be harmonized within Europe No excessive demands from TSOs and DSOs Transparency is not to be confused with market surveillance

12 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Further steps in the CEE - Region Evaluation of the comments by stakeholders provided in November 2007 Discussion of open issues in IG Transparency (December 4th, 2007) Finalisation and publication of the Report early 2008

13 ERI Central Eastern Europe CEE Stakeholder Group Meeting, 7th November 2007 Thank you for your attention! Dr. Frank-Peter Hansen Head of Section Transmission Network Access and Cross-border Trade in Electricity Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railways Tulpenfeld 4, Bonn Tel: