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Article 55 Tasks of TSOs regarding system operation

United Kingdom

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Each TSO shall be responsible for the operational security of its control area and, in particular, it shall:

  1. (a)

    develop and implement network operation tools that are relevant for its control area and related to real-time operation and operational planning;

  2. (b)

    develop and deploy tools and solutions for the prevention and remedy of disturbances;

  3. (c)

    use services provided by third parties, through procurement when applicable, such as redispatching or countertrading, congestion management services, generation reserves and other ancillary services;

  4. (d)

    comply with the incidents classification scale adopted F1... in accordance with F2Article 30(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 as that provision applied in EU law immediately before IP completion day and submit to F3the F4transmission system operator the information required to perform the tasks for producing the incidents classification scale; and

  5. (e)

    monitor on an annual basis the appropriateness of the network operation tools established pursuant to points (a) and (b) required to maintain operational security. Each TSO shall identify any appropriate improvements to those network operation tools, taking into account the annual reports prepared by F5the transmission system operator based on the incidents classification scale in accordance with Article 15. Any identified enhancement shall be implemented subsequently by the TSO.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 55(d) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electricity Network Codes and Guidelines (System Operation and Connection) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/533), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 44(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 55(d) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Electricity Network Codes and Guidelines (System Operation and Connection) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/533), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 44(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 6(2)(3)(j)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 55(d) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Electricity Network Codes and Guidelines (System Operation and Connection) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/533), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 44(2)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in Art. 55 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2024) by The Energy Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/706), regs. 1(1), 44(b); S.I. 2024/957, reg. 2(a)

F5

Words in Art. 55(e) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Electricity Network Codes and Guidelines (System Operation and Connection) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/533), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 44(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1016, regs. 1(2), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)