Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management Guideline

The guideline sets out the methods to calculate how much space can market participants use on cross border lines without endangering system security. It also harmonises how cross border markets operate in Europe. It is the cornerstone of a European single market for electricity.

Below shows local proposals in Northern Ireland on the Forward Capacity Allocation Guideline.

Fallback procedures

Article 44 of the guideline requires a proposal for robust and timely fallback procedures. This ensures efficient, transparent and non-discriminatory capacity allocation if the single day-ahead coupling process is unable to produce results.

Article 7 of the guideline requires a plan to jointly set up and perform the MCO functions.

Article 69 of the guideline requires a common proposal for a single day-ahead firmness deadline.