A Capacity Limiting Contract on Request, also known as dynamic capacity limitation, is an agreement between a large consumer or producer and the grid operator. The participant makes flexible capacity available, which the grid operator can activate when congestion threatens.
This means you do not know in advance on which days or at which times it will be needed. Notification is given at the latest the day before (day-ahead). During the agreed hours, you must limit or adjust your capacity.
A CLC-A provides a financial reward. Companies are compensated both for making their capacity flexibly available and for each time they are actually called upon. For businesses, this is attractive because it generates revenue from flexibility that would otherwise remain unused. At the same time, it helps reduce waiting lists for new connections and prevents congestion.
A CLC-A is especially suitable for companies with controllable processes or installations that can be relatively easily scaled back. Examples include manufacturing companies, cold stores, greenhouses with CHP units, or solar farms. It is attractive for companies with sufficient flexibility (usually >1 MW) and the willingness to use it occasionally, even when called upon unexpectedly. For businesses that prefer fixed times, a CBC-T is more suitable, while companies seeking more freedom may find redispatch a better fit.
Express your interest via the website or account manager of your grid operator. Or let GOPACS guide you through the registration process and required steps.
Agree with the grid operator on volumes, conditions, and compensation.
Ensure your connection is measurable and, if needed, install an Energy Management System (EMS) to automate activations.
The grid operator tests whether the agreed capacity can actually be delivered.
You will receive activation requests when congestion is expected and must reduce accordingly.
Afterward, the delivered flexibility is settled and paid out.
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A grower with a CHP unit signs a CLC-A with their grid operator for 2 MW of flexible capacity.
On a day in June, the grid operator foresees congestion. The grower receives notice one day in advance: “Tomorrow between 14:00 and 17:00 reduce to max. 70%.”
During the agreed time window, the grower adjusts the CHP via the EMS down to 1.4 MW.
After verification, the grower receives both an availability payment and a payment per activated MW.
Transport capacity is the amount of electricity that can be transported safely and reliably via the grid operator’s electricity network to and from a connection or area.
Congestion management is aimed at preventing and resolving congestion situations. It is applied when actual conditions require deviations from the planned electricity transport schedule (e-programme), resulting in a temporary local transport constraint.
A congestion situation arises when the electricity grid is required to transport more power at a given moment than is technically safe. This means there is a shortage of transport capacity.
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.
Flexibility is delivered at fixed, pre-agreed moments. This provides certainty and yields a fixed availability fee.
With every market request you are obliged to place a flex-bid. The income depends on market prices.
You offer flexibility whenever it suits you. Successful bids generate a fee per activated megawatt hour.
