Tendering procedure of grid losses
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.
The german regulator (Bundesnetzagentur) has fixed the details of the tendering process and the determination method for grid losses on October 21st, 2008 within the published specification BK6-08-006. Therefore binding guidelines exist for the tendering process.
For Transmission System Operators (TSO) the above mentioned specification of the Bundesnetzagentur contains a structuring of the grid losses into a long-term and a short-term component.
To procure the long-term component a tender procedure as well as a procurement which is independently carried out by the TSO at a Power Exchange is allowed.
According to the specification of the Bundesnetzagentur Amprion GmbH will provide all information in terms of number of lots, amount of energy and structure of each lot three weeks before each tender date at the latest.
Following the links below you will find further details on current and former tender procedures.
CURRENT TENDERING PROCEDURE
FORMER TENDERING PROCEDURES
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.