EU and Energy Community TSOs

Regional Cooperation under ENTSO-E

- Bridging the Gap
Sonya Twohig | ENTSO-E

24th Athens Forum Electricity – 28 May 2019

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The Challenge – Energy Transition

Of the generating capacity from

50% variable RES by 2030

Additional GW of wind and PV

350 to be connected by 2030
Wind

Hydro
Higher installed variable RES
20% capacity compared to peak Solar

demand
Countries with wind and solar
14 outputs likely higher than 80%
demand already in 2025

20% Reduction of dispatchable

capacity margin over peak load Flow
Flow
North-East
North-south
South-West
ENTSO-E represents

43 TSOs
operating electricity systems &
facilitating power markets in
36 countries incl. 8 Non
EU
EU network codes: Rulebook for the smart system of the
future

3 Market
2 Operation
3 Connection

• Capacity calculation • Emergency and • HDVC

• Capacity Allocation and Restoration • Demand connection
Congestion Management • System Operation • Requirements for
All approved by (CACM)
FULL
generators
Member States • Electricity Balancing implementation

2017 2023
6 years
 Leadership ENTSO-E Key Strategic
Coordinate
future power 2019-2023
and facilitate
system and
regional
facilitate market
development
design solutions

Full focus on Infrastructure

Implementation and Resource
Adequacy

ENTSO-E
Bridge to Develop a
solid
Develop 2023 governance
Transparency for ENTSO-E
& trust including long
term financial
planning
 How to facilitate the Energy Transition?
Enhance existing
Implement the EU codes - EU and EnC Strengthen the grid cooperation at all levels
Countries

EU

Stakeholders National

REGIONAL
COOPERATION

Regulators &
Distribution
ACER
Enabling more flow based Regional security
RES & coordinators
bidding zones
TSOs &
demand response ENTSO-E

connections review
Including links inside
countries
 European Regional Developments
MARKET
Internal Energy Market started regional: DA, ID, FCA, CCRs,
Balancing. Voluntary projects now CACM implementation
CCRs are important for implementation of all three market
Codes and SO GL

OPERATIONS
Regional Security Coordinators already existing with established or
about to be established functions

PLANNING
Regional investment plans in the 10 year network development plan
Balancing platforms per product/process
No common
platform for Each process has
FCR foreseen different specifications
in EB GL

Each process has

different timing

Each process has

different geographical
scope

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Regional Security Coordination

CORESO (2008)

TSC (2008)

SCC (2016)

Nordic RSC (2016)

Baltic RSC (2016)

TSO in TSC and Nordic RSC

TSO in TSC and CORESO

• ESO and IPTO
TSO are shareholders and procuring services currently
from TSC
procure services
Started voluntarily in 2008 SCC

Extended voluntarily in all Europe as of

2015
Mandatory through EU Network Codes Sep 2017
RSCs SupportsThe grid
TSOs decision timeframes
in Operational Planning Time-Frames
Operational Dispatch/
Long term planning: > 1 year planning Real time

Note CEP provides for additional Services for

Regional Coordinators
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Decisions taken in one timeframe influence decisions taken in other time-frames

Synchronous Area Framework Agreement
(SAFA) for TSOs of Continental Europe
Synchronous Area Framework Legal Agreement
entered into force on 14 April 2019

Policy on Load- Policy on Policy on Policy on

Frequency- Policy on Accounting Coordinated Emergency and Policy on Data
Control and Scheduling and Settlement Operational Restoration Exchange
Reserves Planning

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Future Cooperation and Regional Energy Forums
1
Decision-making
1 triangle
Regional TSO
2
cooperation
Member Policy regions
3
states

2
Other
3
parties

Regulators System Regional

Operators Coordination
Centres

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Back up

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CEP Risk Preparedness Regulation –
Key
ENTSO-E
Methodology for Identification of regional TSOs
electricity crises scenarios All

1. 2. 3. 4.

Article 7: Identify Article 8: Identify Article 9: Evaluate Article 10: Rank Article 11:
national elecricity regional elecricity regional scenarios regional scenarios Presentaion of
crisis scenarios crisis scenarios at a national level by impact scenarios

Article 13: Handing of sensitive information

Article 14: Publication and implementation
Article 12: Review
Article 15: Language
About
‘REGIONALISM’ IN THE POWER MARKET: A SUCCESS STORY

1990s 11/2006: 11/2011: 02/2014: 05/2014:

Nord Pool TLC CWE NWE MRC

05/2015: MRC
02/2015:
CWE Flow-Based
MRC
Capacity
+ CSE
Calculation
Regional Cooperation – System Operations
FROM VOLUNTARY TO MANDATORY COORDINATION
The System Operation Guideline makes operational
MANDATORY ROLE FOR RSCS coordination mandatory through RSCs but TSOs remain
responsible for security in their area

RSCs do regional security assessment & propose a list

COORDINATED SYSTEM OPERATIONS of coordinated actions (SOGL Art 78)

ENTSO-E publishes an Annual Report on

MONITORING AND REPORTING
Regional Coordination (SOGL Art 17)

COORDINATED EMERGENCY RSCs assess the consistency of measures taken by

PREPAREDNESS TSOs in emergency situations (E&R Art 6)

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Develop a Synchronous Area
Operation Agreement
pursuant to the SO GL Article
118.
Provide the necessary
agreements with the TSOs not
bound by EU law
Replace and supersede the
2005 Multilateral Agreement
Operation Handbook (MLA
OH)
Scope SO GL and NC ER in
their entirety
Settlement rules for the intended
and unintended exchange of
energy pursuant article 50(3)
and article 51(1) of the
Electricity Balancing Guideline
Additional contractual
arrangements, applicable to all
Parties, developed in order to
safeguard the operational
security of the interconnected
electricity system.
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