Ukraine – Slovakia Intraday Auctions Go-Live

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Dear Market Participants,

We would like to inform you that explicit intraday auctions on the Ukraine – Slovakia (UA<>SK) border will go live on JAO’s allocation platform for delivery day 12 November 2026.

The first auction (ID1) will take place on 11 November 2026, with bidding open from 16:45 to 17:00 CET.

The auctions are governed by the Rules for intraday capacity allocation on Ukrainian borders, including Annex 2 – Border specific annex for Ukraine – Slovakia, available on our website: Rules for intraday capacity allocation on Ukrainian borders.

Auction set-up:

•             Hourly Physical Transmission Rights in both directions (UA-SK and SK-UA), allocated in two daily auctions:

◦             ID1 – hours 00:00–24:00 of D: bidding D-1 16:45–17:00 CET

◦             ID2 – hours 12:00–24:00 of D: bidding D 08:45–09:00 CET

•             Offered capacity is published by 16:42 (ID1) and 08:42 (ID2).

•             Allocated rights are subject to the Use-It-Or-Lose-It principle, without compensation for non-nominated capacity.

Registration:

Market Participants already registered with JAO:

please download the latest version of the Amendment to the Participation Agreement from our website
(Documents > Resource Center > Registration > Registration and Modification Forms: https://www.jao.eu/resource-center/registration), select the Ukraine – Slovakia border under the Rules for intraday capacity allocation on Ukrainian borders, and submit the signed Amendment via JAO Support Hub (support.jao.eu) to receive entitlements.

New Market Participants:

please select the above rules and border during registration via JAO Support Hub (support.jao.eu).

To participate in the auctions, Market Participants must hold either:

•             an Agreement on the settlement of imbalances with NPC Ukrenergo; or

•             a Framework Agreement on Electricity Transmission through Connecting Lines with SEPS and an Agreement on Settlement of Imbalances with OKTE.

Please ensure sufficient collaterals are in place ahead of the first auction.

Should you have any questions, please contact us via JAO Support Hub (support.jao.eu).

Kind regards,

JAO Operations