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Leading service provider for Transmission System Operators (TSOs) in the European electricity market.

Through our single trading platform we auction cross-border transmission capacity rights. We also provide accounting (clearing and settlement), contracting, reporting, project support and IT services.

 

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On behalf of TSOs, we organize long and short-term auctions of transmission capacity rights.

We offer the following products: yearly, seasonal, quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily and intraday.

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UPDATE: Capacity Curtailment on the DE-BE border for delivery period 12-01-2026

by JAO

1. TSO(s)*:

ELIA

2. Identification of affected Long Term Transmission Rights:

DE-BE

3. Triggering event:

Curtailment to ensure operation remains within Operational Security Limits

4. Affected volume in MW / hour for each concerned period:

12-01-2026 08:00 - 09:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 16:00 - 17:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 17:00 - 18:00 500 MW

5. Amount of LTTR remaining after curtailment:

12-01-2026 08:00 - 09:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 16:00 - 17:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 17:00 - 18:00 0 MW

6. Information on exact operational security limit(s) that are expected to be violated in the absence of curtailment*:

Expected violation of operational security limits of physical transmission assets.

7. Why alternative measures are not sufficient to avoid the expected violation of operational security limit(s)*?

Reason for this curtailment is a forced outage on the ALEGrO DC interconnector which is the only tie-line between Belgian and German bidding zones.

*According to section 57.3 of the EU HAR, this field can be filled in within 24 hours after the initial publication

UPDATE: Capacity Curtailment on the BE-DE border for delivery period 12-01-2026

by JAO

1. TSO(s)*:

ELIA

2. Identification of affected Long Term Transmission Rights:

BE-DE

3. Triggering event:

Curtailment to ensure operation remains within Operational Security Limits

4. Affected volume in MW / hour for each concerned period:

12-01-2026 08:00 - 09:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 16:00 - 17:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 17:00 - 18:00 500 MW

5. Amount of LTTR remaining after curtailment:

12-01-2026 08:00 - 09:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 16:00 - 17:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 17:00 - 18:00 0 MW

6. Information on exact operational security limit(s) that are expected to be violated in the absence of curtailment*:

Expected violation of operational security limits of physical transmission assets.

7. Why alternative measures are not sufficient to avoid the expected violation of operational security limit(s)*?

Reason for this curtailment is a forced outage on the ALEGrO DC interconnector which is the only tie-line between Belgian and German bidding zones.

*According to section 57.3 of the EU HAR, this field can be filled in within 24 hours after the initial publication

UPDATE: Capacity Curtailment on the IT-GR border for delivery period 11-01-2026

by JAO

1. TSO(s)*:

TERNA

2. Identification of affected Long Term Transmission Rights:

IT-GR

3. Triggering event:

Curtailment to ensure operation remains within Operational Security Limits

4. Affected volume in MW / hour for each concerned period:

11-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 500 MW

5. Amount of LTTR remaining after curtailment:

11-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 0 MW

6. Information on exact operational security limit(s) that are expected to be violated in the absence of curtailment*:

HVDC cable ARACTHOS – GALATINA

7. Why alternative measures are not sufficient to avoid the expected violation of operational security limit(s)*?

During the CC process, all the remedial actions provided by the TSOs are already considered by the CC

*According to section 57.3 of the EU HAR, this field can be filled in within 24 hours after the initial publication

Capacity Curtailment on the ME-IT border for delivery period 11-01-2026

by JAO

1. TSO(s)*:

TERNA, CGES

2. Identification of affected Long Term Transmission Rights:

ME-IT

3. Triggering event:

Curtailment to ensure operation remains within Operational Security Limits

4. Affected volume in MW / hour for each concerned period:

11-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 400 MW

11-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 400 MW

11-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 400 MW

11-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 400 MW

11-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 400 MW

11-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 400 MW

11-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 400 MW

5. Amount of LTTR remaining after curtailment:

11-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 0 MW

6. Information on exact operational security limit(s) that are expected to be violated in the absence of curtailment*:

HVDC Monita

7. Why alternative measures are not sufficient to avoid the expected violation of operational security limit(s)*?

During the CC process, all the remedial actions provided by the TSOs are already considered by the CCC

*According to section 57.3 of the EU HAR, this field can be filled in within 24 hours after the initial publication

2026 Auction Calendar update

by JAO

We would like to inform you that as per TSOs request, the 2026 Auction Calendar has been updated on the corridor EL1.

For more details, please refer to the Auction Calendar on our webpage http://www.jao.eu/auctions#/calendar/table to find its latest version.

UPDATE: Capacity Curtailment on the GR-IT border for delivery period 11-01-2026

by JAO

1. TSO(s)*:

TERNA

2. Identification of affected Long Term Transmission Rights:

GR-IT

3. Triggering event:

Curtailment to ensure operation remains within Operational Security Limits

4. Affected volume in MW / hour for each concerned period:

11-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 500 MW

11-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 500 MW

5. Amount of LTTR remaining after curtailment:

11-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 0 MW

11-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 0 MW


6. Information on exact operational security limit(s) that are expected to be violated in the absence of curtailment*:

HVDC cable ARACTHOS – GALATINA


7. Why alternative measures are not sufficient to avoid the expected violation of operational security limit(s)*?

During the CC process, all the remedial actions provided by the TSOs are already considered by the CCC

*According to section 57.3 of the EU HAR, this field can be filled in within 24 hours after the initial publication

Capacity Curtailment on the BE-DE & DE-BE border for delivery period 12-01-2026

by JAO

1. TSO(s)*:

Amprion, Elia

2. Identification of affected Long Term Transmission Rights:

BE-DE & DE-BE

3. Triggering event:

Curtailment to ensure operation remains within Operational Security Limits

4. Affected volume in MW / hour for each concerned period:

12-01-2026 08:00 - 09:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 500 MW

12-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 500 MW

5. Amount of LTTR remaining after curtailment:

12-01-2026 08:00 - 09:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 09:00 - 10:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 10:00 - 11:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 11:00 - 12:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 12:00 - 13:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 13:00 - 14:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 14:00 - 15:00 0 MW

12-01-2026 15:00 - 16:00 0 MW

6. Information on exact operational security limit(s) that are expected to be violated in the absence of curtailment*:

Expected violation of operational security limits of physical transmission assets.

7. Why alternative measures are not sufficient to avoid the expected violation of operational security limit(s)*?

Reason for this curtailment is a forced outage on the ALEGrO DC interconnector which is the only tie-line between Belgian and German bidding zones.

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