Decision to grant National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (NGET) a derogation from Article 49 of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 establishing a guideline on electricity balancing

Decision

Publication date

Company

Industry sector

  • Generation and Wholesale Market
  • Transmission Network

Licence type

Electricity Transmission Licence

The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority is issuing this decision in response to the derogation request that was submitted by NGET to the Authority on 18 June 2018. We assessed the request for derogation and considered the aspects listed in Article 62(8) of the EBGL. Annex 1 summarises our assessment against these aspects. In light of this assessment, we have decided to grant the ESO with a derogation from the application of Article 49 of the EBGL. The derogation shall apply for a period of 16 months from 18 December 2018 until 18 April 2020.