Flexibility Bid

A flexibility bid is a proposal from a Congestion Service Provider (CSP) to temporarily make flexible capacity available via redispatch on the congestion market, in order to help prevent or resolve grid congestion. A flexibility bid is a response to a market announcement and needs to include certain elements.

What elements does a flexibility bid need?
A flexibility bid typically includes:

• Location (the grid area where the capacity is active)
• Volume (for example: I can reduce or supply 2 MW)
• Time window (when the flexibility is available)
• Price (the compensation the CSP requests for offering the flexibility)

The buy or sell bid is submitted via a trading platform (ETPA or EPX SPOT) and can be accepted by the grid operator if the flexibility is needed at that time and location to solve a congestion issue.

What types of flexibility can be offered?

• Reduction or increase in consumption (for example: temporarily shutting down or ramping up a production process)
• Increase or decrease in generation (for example: supplying more or less electricity from a battery or CHP unit)

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