1. ETSO main 2006 Issues for West-Central Europe Market Development
Brussels, 20 June 2006

2. Cross-border forward and day-ahead congestion management
Several significant developments materialized:
France-Belgium-Netherlands:
implicit allocation of daily capacities by market coupling (TLC F-B-NL) from October 2006 if regulatory approval
explicit auctions for month and year capacity on all borders
Germany (including Cegedel Net of Luxemburg being part of German control area):
Coordination of explicit auction on border with Switzerland, leading to significant congestion improvement on the C-W-E borders
Germany-France:
Coordinated explicit auctions for yearly, monthly and daily capacity on the border since 1st January.

3. Cross-border forward and day-ahead congestion management
Further developments in preparation
Secondary capacity market of capacity: features have been proposed to regulators
Four Markets Coupling Project (4MC Project)
Commitment between TLC (F-B-NL) partners and Statnett-Nordpool for day-ahead market coupling when NorNed cable operational
Research & Development towards extension of the day-ahead market coupling: Multi-Market Coupling (MMC)

4. On-going Intra-day developments on cross-border congestion management
Intra-day explicit capacity allocation mechanisms have been introduced on several borders
An intra-day trading platform has been set up between EEX and RWE
Implicit allocation by intra-day market to follow the day-ahead market coupling where applicable
Transparency
TSOs made proposals for publishing market relevant information, including aggregated load and generation data
ETSO to set up a Transparency platform (under preparation)