Tendering Procedure of grid losses 2009

The Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz) and Electricity Grid Access Ordinance (Netzzugangsverordnung Strom) oblige the grid system operators to procure energy required for the compensation of grid losses (loss energy) in a transparent, market-oriented and non discriminating manner.

Amprion has chosen the method of public tender for the purpose of covering it’s grid losses energy requirement for the year 2009. The procurement presumably takes place in several separate tenders.

The tender dates are as follows:

tender: 9th of July 2008

tender: 24th of July 2008

tender: 12th of August 2008

tender: 27th of August 2008

tender: 16th of  September 2008

tender: 8th of October 2008

The coverage of Amprion’s total requirement will presumably be divided into 9 equal parts per tender day. The profile of one part tender can be found in Excel-format (“Profile-Grid-Losses-2009”) on our website.

The general terms and conditions for tender participation including information concerning products, offer submission and award procedure can be found on our website. A prerequisite for participating in the call for tender process is the existence of a valid balance group of the participant in the Amprion control area.

Furthermore please find the offer file (“Tender-Grid-Losses”) as well as a draft of the electricity supply contract (Stromliefervertrag) to be used.

In case of interest in participation please contact the following e-mail address with reference to ‘Interest tender grid losses”: E-Mail to Amprion

Important notice

Referring to the subject to change of no. 2 of the bidding-terms Amprion intends for the tender on 8th October 2008 to auction a number of 3 lots which differs from the description in the standard terms and conditions.

Open tenders:

  1. tender: 9th of July 2008
    Period of submission: 25th of June 2008, 11 a.m. – 9th of July 2008 11 a.m.
  2. tender: 24th of July 2008
    Period of submission: 10th of July 2008, 11 a.m. – 24th of July 2008 11 a.m.
  3. tender: 12th of August 2008
    Period of submission: 29th of July 2008, 11 a.m. – 12th of August 2008 11 a.m.
  4. tender: 27th of August 2008
    Period of submission: 13th of August 2008, 11 a.m. – 27th of August 2008 11 a.m.
  5. tender: 16th of September 2008
    Period of submission: 2nd of September 2008, 11 a.m. – 16th of September 2008 11 a.m.
  6. tender: 8th of October 2008
    Period of submission: 24th of September 2008, 11 a.m. – 8th of October 2008 11 a.m.

Results of the tendering procedure:

  1. tender: 9th of July 2008
    - Average price:          89,16 €/MWh
    - Maximum price (of the awarded offers):      89,40 €/MWh
  2. tender: 24th of July 2008
    - Average price:          80,91 €/MWh
    - Maximum price (of the awarded offers):      81,20 €/MWh 
  3. tender: 12th of August 2008
    - Average price:          80,51 €/MWh
    - Maximum price (of the awarded offers):      80,62 €/MWh
  4. tender: 27th of August 2008
    - Average price:          87,59 €/MWh
    - Maximum price (of the awarded offers):      87,65 €/MWh
  5. tender: 16th of September 2008
    - Average price:          78,29€/ MWh
    - Maximum price (of the awarded offers):      78,40 €/MWh
  6. tender: 8th of October 2008
    - Average price:          79,71 €/MWh
    - Maximum price (of the awarded offers):      79,89 €/MWh

NB: Amprion reserves the right to amend and update all published information as and when necessary.

The German documents – especially the electricity supply contract – are the legally binding documents. The English documents and the English website are provided for convenience of reading only.

 

General terms and conditions grid losses (PDF | 25 KB)

Profile „Profile-Grid-Losses-2009“ (Download Excel-file)

Offer file - „Tender-Grid-Losses“ (Download Excel-file)

Electricity supply contract in German (Stromliefervertrag)(PDF | 47 KB)

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