The Crete-Peloponnese electricity interconnection is considered as a virtual Balance Responsible Entity which can absorb energy from the HETS and inject energy into the HETS. The virtual entity is connected to the HETS on the HV side of the substation of Chania (Chania I), which is the boundary of the HETS and the Small Interconnected System (SIS) of Crete. The above Balance Responsible Entity ‘Crete’ shall be automatically registered in the Registries kept by the HETS Operator when this Article enters into force. The virtual Balance Responsible Entity “Crete” is assigned the meter of the Peloponnese-Crete interconnection installed at the HV substation in Chania.

The Load Representatives operating in Crete, if not already registered, shall be registered in the HETS Operator’s Registry, in accordance with the specific provisions of this Rulebook.

The HETS Operator shall prepare, until 09:00 CET of calendar day D-1, the following forecasts for each Market Time Unit of the Physical Delivery Fulfillment Day D:

a) the load forecast of the SIS of Crete,

b) the forecast for the injection of RES Units of the SIS of Crete,

c) the available capacity of the Peloponnese-Crete interconnection, and

d) the upward and downward active power reserve requirements of the SIS of Crete.

The HETS Operator shall execute, by 10:00 EET of calendar day D-1, a Dispatch Schedule for the SIS of Crete for each Market Time Unit of the Physical Delivery Fulfillment Day D, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article, the availability of the Thermal Generating Units of the SIS of Crete, any available historical data, as well as the economic viability of the available alternative resources to cover all the load of the SIS of Crete.

The results of the Dispatch Schedule for the SIS of Crete shall include, for each Market Time Unit of the Physical Delivery Fulfillment Day D, the following:

a) an indicative absorption/injection schedule of the virtual Balance Responsible Entity “Crete”,

b) an indicative operating schedule of the thermal Generating Units of the SIS of Crete,

c) the upward and downward active power reserves allocated to the thermal Generating Units of the SIS of Crete.

Until 10:00 EET of calendar day D-1, the HETS Operator shall publish on its website the following information for each Market Time Unit of the Physical Delivery Fulfillment Day D:

a) the load forecast of the SIS of Crete,

b) the forecast for the injection of RES Units of the SIS of Crete,

c) the availability of the thermal Generating Units of the SIS of Crete,

d) an indicative absorption/injection schedule of the virtual Balance Responsible Entity “Crete”,

e) the indicative operating schedule of the thermal Generating Units of the SIS of Crete, and

f) the upward and downward active power reserves allocated to the thermal Generating Units of the SIS of Crete.

Until 10:00 EET of calendar day D-1, the HETS Operator shall transmit to the Energy Exchange the following information for each Market Time Unit of the Physical Delivery Fulfillment Day D:

a)the load forecast of the SIS of Crete corresponding to each Load Representative operating in Crete on the basis of the monthly ex-ante estimated representation rates of the Offtake Facilities of Crete sent by HEDNO pursuant to paragraph 9 of ‎Article 28.3this Rulebook,

b) an indicative absorption/injection schedule of the virtual Balance Responsible Entity “Crete”,

c) an indicative operating schedule of the thermal Generating Units of the SIS of Crete.

Until 10:00 EET of calendar day D-1, the HETS Operator shall transmit to DAPEEP for each Market Time Unit of the Physical Delivery Fulfillment Day D, the forecast of the injection of RES Units of the SIS of Crete.

The Energy Exchange shall transmit on the day following the Dispatch Day D to the HETS Operator, for each Balance Responsible Party p, and for each Market Time Unit t, of each Dispatch Day, the Market Schedule of the virtual Balance Responsible Entity “Crete”, $M{S}_{p,t}^{{\rm K}\rho ή\tau \eta }$, as it has resulted from the resolution of the relevant markets as follows:

a) For the Market Time Units t, for which the Market Schedule for the virtual Balance Responsible Entity “Crete” corresponds to energy absorption from HETS, the Energy Exchange shall transmit to the HETS Operator the above Market Schedule divided per Load Representative p, for each Market Time Unit. The aforementioned Market Schedule, $M{S}_{p,t}^{{\rm K}\rho ή\tau \eta }$, for each Load Representative shall be transmitted by the Energy Exchange separately from the corresponding Market Schedule of the same Load Representative corresponding to to the Offtake Facilities it represents in the HETS. 

b) For the Market Time Units, for which the Market Schedule for the virtual Balance Responsible Entity “Crete” corresponds to injection to the HETS, the Energy Exchange shall transmit to the HETS Operator the above Market Schedule for each Market Time Unit by assigning it to DAPEEP. The aforementioned Market Schedule corresponding to DAPEEP, $M{S}_{p,t}^{{\rm K}\rho ή\tau \eta }$, is transmitted by the Energy Exchange separately from the corresponding Market Schedule of the DAPEEP for the RES units it represents in the HETS.

Details regarding the preparation of the Dispatch Schedule of the SIS of Crete are provided in the Technical Decision “Dispatch Schedule of the SIS of Crete”.