Aims to harmonize and align with international ambitions Wider the - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Aims to harmonize and align with international ambitions Wider the balancing markets Give better price signals Five party agreement signed on March 9 th 2018

How will tomorrows balancing concept work? Current Nordic balancing model – New balancing concept – 50 Hz for the whole region balanced ACE for each sub region

Concept responds to system changes and European frameworks Closure of thermal power plants Increased share of wind power Decommissioning of Swedish nuclear power plants Increased interconnector capacity out of the Nordic power system Alignment with EU network codes and integration with future European platforms taken into account

Balancing Concept Roadmap 2018 2019 2020 2021 SOGL to NRAs 14 Sep New SOA operational Nordic capacity Nordic energy Nordic capacity 15 min ISP market mFRR market aFRR market aFRR Proactive mFRR Dimensioning Nordic AOF for activation per LFC principles fully aFRR area implemented Nordic AOF for mFRR Manual operator decisions from the frequency leader Automatic optimization mFRR MARI Merit order activation aFRR PICASSO Pro-rata activation aFRR based on frequency Frequency based Balancing Partly ACE-based balancing (mFRR) ACE based Balancing Nordic aFRR procurement