# Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation 2015/1222 ยท adopted 24 July 2015 Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Objectives of capacity allocation and congestion management cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 NEMOs designation and revocation of the designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 NEMOs designation in case of a national legal monopoly for trading services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 NEMO designation criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 NEMO tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 TSOs' tasks related to single day-ahead and intraday coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Adoption of terms and conditions or methodologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Day-to-day management of the single day-ahead and intraday coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Stakeholder involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Confidentiality obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: REQUIREMENTS FOR TERMS, CONDITIONS AND METHODOLOGIES CONCERNING CAPACITY ALLOCATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT ### Chapter 1: Capacity calculation ### Section 1: General requirements ## 14 Capacity calculation time-frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Capacity calculation regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: The common grid model ## 16 Generation and load data provision methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Common grid model methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Individual grid model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Capacity calculation methodologies ## 20 Introduction of flow-based capacity calculation methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Capacity calculation methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Reliability margin methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Methodologies for operational security limits, contingencies and allocation constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Generation shift keys methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Methodology for remedial actions in capacity calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Cross-zonal capacity validation methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: The capacity calculation process ## 27 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Creation of a common grid model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Regional calculation of cross-zonal capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Validation and delivery of cross-zonal capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Biennial report on capacity calculation and allocation ## 31 Biennial report on capacity calculation and allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Bidding zone configuration ## 32 Reviewing existing bidding zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Criteria for reviewing bidding zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Regular reporting on current bidding zone configuration by ENTSO for Electricity and the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Redispatching and countertrading ## 35 Coordinated redispatching and countertrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: Algorithm development ## 36 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Algorithm development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: Single day-ahead coupling ### Section 1: The price coupling algorithm ## 38 Objectives of the price coupling algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Inputs and results of the price coupling algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Products accommodated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Maximum and minimum prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Pricing of day-ahead cross-zonal capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Methodology for calculating scheduled exchanges resulting from single day-ahead coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Establishment of fallback procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Arrangements concerning more than one NEMO in one bidding zone and for interconnectors which are not operated by certified TSOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: The single day-ahead coupling process ## 46 Provision of input data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Operation of single day-ahead coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Delivery of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Calculation of scheduled exchanges resulting from single day-ahead coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Initiation of fallback procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 6: Single intraday coupling ### Section 1: Objectives, conditions and results of single intraday coupling ## 51 Objectives of the continuous trading matching algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Results of the continuous trading matching algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Products accommodated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Maximum and minimum prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Pricing of intraday capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Methodology for calculating scheduled exchanges resulting from single intraday coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Arrangements concerning more than one NEMO in one bidding zone and for interconnectors which are not operated by certified TSOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: The single intraday coupling process ## 58 Provision of input data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Operation of single intraday coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Delivery of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Calculation of scheduled exchanges resulting from single intraday coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Publication of market information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Complementary regional auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Transitional intraday arrangements ## 64 Provisions relating to explicit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Removal of explicit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Provisions relating to intraday arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Explicit requests for capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 7: Clearing and settlement for single day-ahead and intraday coupling ## 68 Clearing and settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 8: Firmness of allocated cross-zonal capacity ## 69 Proposal for day-ahead firmness deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Firmness of day-ahead capacity and allocation constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Firmness of intraday capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Firmness in the event of force majeure or emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: COSTS ### Chapter 1: Congestion income distribution methodology for single day-ahead and intraday coupling ## 73 Congestion income distribution methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Redispatching and countertrading cost sharing methodology for single day-ahead and intraday coupling ## 74 Redispatching and countertrading cost sharing methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Capacity allocation and congestion management cost recovery ## 75 General provisions on cost recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Costs of establishing, amending and operating single day-ahead and intraday coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Clearing and settlement costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Costs of establishing and operating the coordinated capacity calculation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Costs of ensuring firmness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Cost sharing between NEMOs and TSOs in different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: DELEGATION OF TASKS AND MONITORING ## 81 Delegation of tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Monitoring of the implementation of single day-ahead and intraday coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 83 Transitional provisions for Ireland and Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1222 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1222 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.