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Redispatch Free Bidding (Intraday)

When bids are specifically requested (intraday) in congestion situations, this is referred to as voluntary bidding via redispatch, or simply redispatch.

Submitting bids for redispatch is done through a Congestion Service Provider (CSP) in combination with one of the trading platforms partnered with GOPACS.

Mandatory and Voluntary Bidding in Redispatch

If you offer your flexible capacity on the day it is needed, this is referred to as intraday and redispatch.
Within redispatch, there are two types of contracts:

  • Voluntary Market Bids (simply called redispatch); this page focuses on this topic.
  • Mandatory Redispatch (called bid obligation contracts).

Voluntary Market Bids Intraday

In redispatch, we generally talk about voluntary market bids. These bids occur intraday, meaning on the day the capacity is needed.

  • Market parties with an electricity connection in the congestion area can place a buy order on a connected energy trading platform (ETPA & EPEX SPOT). To participate, it is important that the market party has CSP recognition or operates through a CSP.
  • However, the balance of the electricity grid at the national level must not be disrupted by the aforementioned action. Therefore, the reduction of electricity production within the congestion area (buy order) is always paired with a sell order from a market party outside the congestion area. This means that even if your capacity is outside a congestion area, you can contribute to reducing congestion.
  • GOPACS quickly verifies that this order will not cause problems in other parts of the electricity grid managed by the participating network operators.
  • If all conditions are met, the network operators pay the price difference between the two orders so they can be matched on the trading platform, resolving the congestion situation.
  • The financial settlement is handled via the trading platform linked to GOPACS.

Frequently Asked Questions about Voluntary Bidding

Do you have additional questions? Contact us, check out our comprehensive guide, or visit the FAQ page.

What are flex bids?

If the supply of or demand for electricity is greater than the electricity grid in a given region can handle, the grid operator calls on the market to use or generate more or less electricity. The market includes parties such as energy suppliers and aggregators and wholesale customers.

These companies then indicate the price at which they wish to do so, called flex bid (also called congestion bid). If the flex bid is taken, the market participant receives a fee for it.

How do I know if my flex bid has been called for my grid operator?

You can see that in the congestion portal. In addition, all declines are also published on the grid operators’ websites and on GOPACS.eu

How many congestion areas/scarcity areas/bottlenecks are there?

De congestiegebieden worden weergegeven op de volgende webpagina:https://capaciteitskaart.netherlands.en/

Do flex bids exempt me from transportation restrictions?

Grid operators do as much as possible to avoid transportation restrictions. Unfortunately, due to huge demand, this is not always possible. In some cases, with the help of our customers who have flex available, we can mitigate the congestion situation. This often involves a short period such as a few weeks in winter, for example.

This prevents problems on the power grid. However, this does not mean that this will also make additional capacity available for companies to expand their electricity capacity. This is another step further that in many cases is unfortunately not possible until we have the power grid upgraded or expanded with an additional station.

I am interested in a capacity reduction contract. How can I arrange it?

For more information and to enter into a capacity reduction contract, please contact your system operator. This contract is negotiated directly between you and your network operator.

Redispatch Capacity Available?

Sign up at GOPACS through a Congestion Service Provider (CSP).

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