SECTION IV INTEGRATED SCHEDULING PROCESS
CHAPTER 12 BALANCING ENERGY OFFERS TO THE ISP
Article 12.2 Content and Form of Balancing Energy Offers to the ISP

  1. The upward and downward ISP Balancing Energy Offers for each Balancing Service Entity and for each Dispatch Period shall consist of individual steps. Each step shall contain the price of the Balancing Energy Offer in €/MW, accurate to two (2) decimal places, and a quantity representing the generation/load level of the Balancing Service Entity in MW, accurate to one (1) decimal place. The minimum quantity of the Offer shall be equal to one (1) MW.

  2. The upward ISP Balancing Energy Offer shall include between one (1) and ten (10) steps. The price of the ISP Balancing Energy Offer for each successive step may not be reduced in relation to the price of the Offer for the preceding step. For the Balancing Service Entities for which a Technically Minimum Generation is applied, the quantity of the first step of the upward ISP Balancing Energy Offer in MW shall be equal to, at least, the Technically Minimum Generation.

  3. The downward ISP Balancing Energy Offer shall include between one (1) and ten (10) steps. The price of the ISP Balancing Energy Offer for each successive step may not be increased in relation to the price of the Offer for the preceding step. For the Balancing Service Entities for which a Technically Minimum Generation is applied, the quantity of the last step of the downward ISP Balancing Energy Offer in MW shall be equal to, at least, the Technically Minimum Generation.

  4. ISP Balancing Energy Offer prices must be within the Balancing Energy Offer Maximum Price and the Balancing Energy Offer Minimum Price, as in force for the Dispatch Period to which the Balancing Energy Offer corresponds.

  5. The numerical values of the Balancing Energy Offer Minimum Price and the Balancing Energy Offer Maximum Price are specified in the Technical Decision “Technical limits on bidding and clearing prices in the Balancing Market”. This Technical Decision shall be issued at least two (2) months prior to the date of enforcement of the new values of the above limits.

  6. In stepped ISP Balancing Energy Offers for mFRR of Dispatchable Load Portfolios, Balancing Service Providers shall have the right to include a specific quantity per step, which is offered as a single set and can therefore either be accepted in its entirety or rejected in its entirety by the ISP. The above right is granted to Balancing Service Providers after approval by the HETS Operator following the submission of justification and technical documentation by the Balancing Service Providers.