Public consultation on IFA Interconnector
The French and British electricity transmission systems are connected by a 2000MW HVDC link between Les Mandarins in France and Sellindge in England known as the Interconnexion France-Angleterre (IFA). This interconnector is jointly owned and operated by National Grid Interconnectors Limited (NGIL) and Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), and supports electricity trading in both the GB to France and France to GB directions.
The FCA Regulation mandates all TSOs to establish a Single Allocation Platform and consequently IFA is now working towards the transition of its current system (CMS) to the Joint Allocation Office (JAO). As JAO’s system is designed solely for the allocation of capacity at various timescales, IFA is developing a Regional Nomination Platform (RNP) to manage (among other functionalities) the nomination of physical transmission rights.
IFA has amended the document structure for the IFA Access Rules and made changes where applicable to the documents to outline the difference between IFA as the Allocation Platform and IFA as the Interconnector Operator. In addition, IFA has also made changes to reflect the evolving contractual framework whereby some documents will be governed under the Joint Allocation Office Participation Agreement and some documents will be governed under the Nomination Participation Agreement. We have endeavoured to minimise the changes required to the IFA Access Rules as a result of the move to SAP/RNP.
IFA are asking for your views on the following documents:
· Day Ahead and Intraday Nomination Rules Consultation
· IFA Intraday Allocation Rules Consultation
· IFA Border Specific Annex Consultation IFA
These IFA consultation documents can be obtained on NGIC’s and RTE’s website, as follows:
http://ifa1interconnector.com/notices/consultation/
NGIC and RTE would like to invite feedback from IFA Customers and Market Parties on the above consultation documents.
The latest date for responses to this consultation will be 18.00 CEST on 21 May 2018.
JAO on behalf of the TSOs