PSE Operator S.A. in its role of Auction Office conducted on 5th December - 12th December 2011 unilateral quarterly auction of transmission capacities on Polish-Ukrainian interconnection (line 220kV Zamość-Dobrotwór) for reservation period since 1 January 2012 till 31 March 2012. The auction was opened to participants on 5th December 2012. PSEO offered on auction for I quarter 2012 on Polish-Ukrainian interconnection transmission capacities in direction UKRENERGO - PSEO, in the amount of 220 MW. On 12th December 2011 at 12:00 the deadline for...

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4.12.2011) In relation to the information published in Spiegel Online dated 4th December 2011 on the plans by Polish Transmission System Operator that might put in danger the renewable energy in Germany, PSE Operator declares that the installation of phase shifters on the German-Polish border is not directed at all against the development of renewable generation in Germany. Just opposite, it will strengthen the secure flow of energy from the renewables. Huge amounts of...

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CEE TSOs recognize that the target model for the European electricity market is full price coupling based on Flow-Based Capacity Calculation and Allocation scheme (FBA). The well-thought decision taken by CEE TSOs to develop Flow based calculation methodology has been confirmed by European Regulators associated in ACER who have declared in draft Framework Guidelines on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management that the Flow Based method for...

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On the 11 March 2011, in the presence of European Coordinator, EC representatives, representatives of ministries and respective regulatory authorities from Germany and Poland — the representatives of 50 Hertz Transmission and PSE Operator Management Boards signed the General Agreement on the third interconnection between Poland and Germany. The Agreement sets out the rules of the cooperation between 50Hertz Transmission and PSE Operator, forming inter-TSOs project structure for preparatory and...

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Board On 14th October 2010, according to the decision by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, Mrs. Stefania Kasprzyk - President of the PSE Operator's S.A. Management Board and Mr. Ryszard Pacławski - Vice President of the PSE Operator's S.A. Management Board were dismissed from the Company's Management Board with effect from 15th October 2010. The same Extraordinary...

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CAO is starting the market participants’ registration for the CEE yearly auction 2011 on 24 November 2010. Offered capacities for the yearly auction will be published by 30 November 2010. The deadline for submission of bids for the yearly auction for physical transmission rights for 2011 is 7 December 2010, 12:00 (noon). The results will be published by 8 December 2010, 15:00. Offered capacities for the monthly auction for January will be published by 9 December 2010. The deadline for submission of bids for the monthly auction for January is 16 December...

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In March this year Polish and Swedish transmission system operators, PSE Operator and Svenska Kraftnät (SvK), signed a joint declaration to work for a market opening of SwePol Link, the 600 MW HVDC cable between the two countries, as soon as possible. The declaration was welcomed by the regulatory authorities in Poland and Sweden, who will supervise the process. An important step in achieving this will be the creation of a model for the Nordic...

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Due to the implementation of the new cross border scheduling principles planned for 1 September 2010, PSE Operator will update the specification of EDI standards (WIRE Standards) according to the requirements of FBA method. Therefore it will be necessary to ensure that the WIRE/UR systems of the Scheduling Coordinators (Operatorzy Rynku - OR) are consistent with the new WIRE Standards. The acceptance tests will be conducted using the test environments of the Scheduling Coordinators and TSO. It is also...

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Transmission System Operators 50Hertz and PSE Operator S.A. agree on action plan / Increase in line capacity between Krajnik and Vierraden through conversion from 220 to 380 kilovolts on its way and installation of Phase Shifter Transformers in substations Krajnik and Mikułowa/ Important stimulus for further development of a single European electricity market. Berlin/Warsaw — The development of the single European...

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Eleven companies responsible for providing a safe electricity supply to 170 million European citizens commit to further improve security of electricity supply across Europe Growing operational needs throughout Central Europe in the context of the integration of wind power, increased cross-border trading and electricity transport. New real-time Telepresence system to be introduced amongst Control Centres On 13 November 2009 eleven CEOs of...

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According to a decision from the 20 th Implementation Group Meeting in CEE, the CEE TSOs were requested to organize capacity auctions for the phase of 1 st of January 2010 till the time when Flow Based Allocation method will start (‘interim phase’) in a way, that formats of communication and other principles should not change in comparison to the set-up in 2009.

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Set of core documents for CEE capacity allocation published by CAO / Workshops organized to best prepare stakeholders to the implementation of the method / Interim solution under preparation to cope with the request of market participants to postpone the start of flow-based allocation in the CEE region The Central Allocation Office (CAO) which implements the new capacity allocation method for Central-Eastern Europe and...

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By signing a Letter of Intent in Brussels on 23 September 2009, PSE Operator S.A. and Vattenfall Europe Transmission (VE Transmission) scheduled all necessary steps directed to setting up a joint Project Development Company (PDC) to construct a third interconnector between the Polish and German electricity systems. Initiated by the Polish and German governments, this third link between Poland and Germany has met with widespread support from the EU...

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German Transmission System Operators (TSO) share their wind related data with all partners of the TSO Security Cooperation All wind data (forecast and near-to-realtime data) available to 11 TSOs in Central Europe since August 2009 Next milestone of TSC reached - after launch of Real-time Awareness and Alarm system (RAAS) and start of tendering for IT platform for data exchange and security...

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IT platform ensures performance jump to perform better security assessments in Central Europe IT platform to be operational mid 2010 IT platform next step, after launch of Real-time Awareness and Alarming system On July 31st 2009, TSO Security Cooperation (TSC) has launched the tendering process for a common European IT platform for data exchange and common security assessments. This will help to...

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Cooperation of eleven European TSOs sets milestone to strengthen system security Online system monitoring of Central Europe \"TSO RAAS\" now operational Global view of the status of the electricity system real-time available in 11 control centres TSO Security Cooperation (TSC) has now successfully launched a real-time monitoring system in Central Europe. RAAS, the TSO Real-time Awareness and Alarming System, provides a global view of the...

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High interest of electricity market participants in the new international capacity allocation method / Stakeholders got acquainted with methods / Common solution to foster market development for Central-East Europe should go live before the end of 2009 On 12 May 2009, the CAO Central Allocation Office GmbH (CAO) and the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) invited stakeholders interested in the transmission capacity allocation to a workshop in Munich, taking place under the...

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CAO Central Allocation Office GmbH (CAO), in cooperation with the TSOs of Central-Eastern Europe, invites stakeholders interested in the CEE transmission capacity allocation to the first workshop on May 12, 2009 in Munich under the auspices of the national regulators of the involved countries. Stakeholders and market participants will become acquainted with the principles of the new capacity allocation solution. The European electricity market is currently developing in seven European regions in...

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Successful cooperation between the two TSO goes ahead / Phase-shifter installation in Polish substations / Construction of third interconnector projected On 3rd March 2009 the Management Boards of the Transmission System Operators (TSO) Vattenfall Europe Transmission GmbH and PSE Operator S.A. met in Konstancin-Jeziorna (near Warsaw) to evaluate the outcome of the mutual cooperation to date and to define plans for the future. Topics identified for deeper cooperation included...

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Berlin, 22 December 2008 - Transmission System Operators (TSO) Verbund APG, TIWAG-Netz, VKW Netz (Austria), swissgrid (Switzerland), EnBW Transportnetze, E.ON Netz, RWE TSO, VE Transmission (Germany), TenneT TSO (The Netherlands), PSE Operator (Poland) and ČEPS (Czech Republic) launch an initiative to foster regional European cooperation for system security. The involved TSOs (covering an area with 170 million European citizens) agreed to start up a \"TSO System Security Cooperation\" with the aim to build up...

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