Operational and availability schedules

AVAILABILITY 

Guidelines for submission of availability and operational schedules - Updated document will soon be vailable in English

Following revisions to regulations C3 and F, the submission of operational schedules and availability will be changed to ensure that Energinet receive all the information necessary to underpin the common European grid model.

The former 4-week schedules and daily forecasts will no longer apply when the submission of availability moves to the new system.

Availability plans must be submitted for all demand and generation facilities connected to the transmission grid as well as for all generation facilities of 25 MW or higher.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING AVAILABILITY SCHEDULES

Schedules must be submitted in CIM format, as described in more detail in our Implementation Guide Availability Data (link in right-hand column). We will prepare an example file for the upcoming development process, which can also be downloaded from this page.

When we open for testing in 'preprod', it will be possible to carry out tests of submission of schedules through ECP as well as control of – and acknowledgement of – the plans for availability. Initially, however, it will not be possible to test schedule submission via a drop zone.

In order to be able to submit availability plans in the new format, all balance-responsible parties must be registered with Electricity Market Service. This is done by contacting electricitymarket@energinet.dk. If you are already exchanging operational schedules, you will not need to be created again.

Registration requires the name, email and telephone number of the user(s) to be added as well as the name of the balance-responsible party.

SCHEDULE

The new rules for submitting availability schedules are expected to enter into force in late 2024 or early 2025, following a prior test process. The deadline is coordinated with the parties that have participated in the dialogue with Energinet in connection with improvements of descriptions in the Implementation Guide. If you, as a balance-responsible party, wish to influence the time schedule and have not been in dialogue with Energinet about availability plans, you are welcome to contact us.

We expect to open up for testing of availability submission in pre-prod this autumn.

 

OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES 

The new operational schedules are now used.

With this type of operational schedule, all balance-responsible parties must submit schedules for generation facilities and selected demand facilities in their portfolios.

We are working on developing a solution where balance-responsible parties with only DSO-connected solar and wind power facilities without mFRR deliveries can submit schedules via a drop zone on the Electricity Market Service portal. These balance-responsible parties may also use ECP to submit schedules. We are considering supplementing with a solution where each balance-responsible party can download a '0 plan' from the Electricity Market Service portal if there is a demand for this.

In order to be able to submit operational schedules in the new format, all balance-responsible parties must be registered with Electricity Market Service. Register by contacting electricitymarket@energinet.dk. We hope that you will prioritise this registration.

Registration requires the name(s), e-mail(s), and telephone number(s) of the user(s) to be added as well as the name of the balance-responsible party.

Guidelines for submission of operational schedules

Schedules must be submitted in a new format which is described in more detail in our Implementation Guide (link to the right) - also see the section on SAMPLE FILES below.

It is now possible to test submission via ECP and control of – as well as acknowledgement of – operational schedules. Submission of schedules via a drop-zone is also available now, with acknowledgement of submission given on the portal.

However, requirements that Energinet submitted for approval for direct lines, for submission of structural data, and for selecting DSO-connected weather-dependent RE facilities for submission of power schedules instead of shutdown schedules are not part of this implementation. Requirements are specified in Energinet’s market regulation C3.

TEST OF SUBMISSION OF OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES

It is possible to test schedule submission and acknowledgement receipts via an ECP connection. How to configure ECP correctly is described on the How to get started with ECP page.   

Energinet will check the format and content of the operational schedule and via ECP return an acknowledgement receipt and - if there are no errors in the submitted schedule - an approved schedule from Energinet to the balance-responsible party.

SAMPLE FILES

We have created an example file (SampleResourceSchedule). The file can be downloaded under Implementation Guides on the right-hand side in a zip format, which also includes a two-page explanation (Resource Schedule Example).

• The file formats are defined by ENTSO-E. The ENTSO-E zip.file, also available under Implementation Guides on the right, contains schema files, and the following two files are useful when setting up the correct schedule format.
  
  Planned Resource Schedule is IEC 62325-451-7. Filnavn: iec62325-451-7-plannedresourceschedule_v6_2.xsd - Note: file updated in April 2022
• Resource Schedule Confirmation is IEC 62325-451-7. Filnavn: iec62325-451-7-resourcescheduleconfirmation_v6_1.xsd - Note: file updated in April 2022

The zip file also includes a file for setting up acknowledgement of receipt. This is the file: iec62325-451-1-acknowledgement_v8_1.xsd

To create sample files, we recommend using Electricity Market Service to download a 0 value plan, or, as an alternative, use XMLSpy to generate XML files. In XLPSpy, you can use the XSD file as your starting point and have it create your sample file, and you then insert the correct attributes that we need in the file.

If you unzip the attached file on a file drive, you can load XSD files directly into XMLSpy and use it as the basis for your sample files.

 

LIST OF CHANGES

Date	Change
02-07-2021	THE FIRST VERSION OF PAGE PUBLISHED
20-01-2022	REVISION – TIME SCHEDULE FOR TESTS – OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES
05-04-2022	REVISION – TIME SCHEDULE FOR TESTS AND CORRELATION WITH OTHER PROJECTS, AS WELL AS NEW IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE AND NEW VERSIONS OF SCHEMA FILES
03-05-2022	REVISION - CORRELATION WITH POWER IMBALANCE, RE PLANS, AND CHANGES TO ACTIVATION OF MFRR
03-10-2022	REVISION IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES: CORRECTIONS TO TABLE 1, PLANNED RESOURCE SCHEDULE
02-12-2022	REVISION – TEST OF CONTENT OF OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES AVAILABLE, REVISED IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES
20-12-2022	REVISION – MFRR TIME SERIES SPECIFIED, REVISED IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES ON THIS TOPIC, ELECTRICITY MARKET SERVICE ACCESIBLE
02-03-2023	REVISION - IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES REVISED, TECHNICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 'CONFIRMEDRESOURCESCHEDULE' REMOVED.
30-03-2023	REVISION - USE HYPHEN IN MESSAGE TYPES
04-04-2023	REVISION – THE OPTION TO MOVE TO NEW OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, EXCEPTION IN CASE OF SHUTDOWN SCHEDULES WITHOUT SHUTDOWN
30-05-2023	REVISION - IN CREATEDDATETIME, INDICATION OF SECONDS WAS ADDED
03-07-2023	TEXT REVISED DUE TO NEW OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES NOW IN USE
25-01-2024	REVISION - TEST OF SUBMISSION VIA ECP AND CONTROL OF, AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF, OPERATIONAL SCHEDULES IS NOW AVAILABLE, AS IS SUBMISSION OF SCHEDULES VIA A DROP-ZONE WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SUBMISSION GIVEN ON THE PORTAL.
21-06-2024	REVISION OF SECTION ON AVAILABILITY PLANS, IMPLEMENTATION GUID AVAILABILITY TO BE UPDATED, DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY.
02-07-2024	IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE AVAILABILITY DATA ADDED: ROLETYPE A08 REPLACES A06. GENERAL EXPLANATION OF THE USE OF DATA; GRID CONGESTION MUST BE INCLUDED IN REPORTS. SENDER_MARKETPARTICIPANT.MARKETROLE.TYPE CHANGED TO A08. DEMAND (CONSUMPTION) ADDED IN EXPLANATIONS THROUGH-OUT.