ČEPS launches and begins using the CMM tool in Czechia

ČEPS put the Capacity Management Module into permanent operation on 24. 10. 2023. The tool will manage cross-border capacity for the exchange of balancing energy among transmission system operators in Europe. This successfully concluded almost five years of preparations for this important milestone on the path towards a single European electricity market.

ČEPS completed all the necessary tests of the Capacity Management Module (CMM) in mid-September 2023, and technically commissioned CMM in early October. On Tuesday 24. 10. 2023, the tool entered continuous operation and served its intended users for the first time: the European balancing energy platforms TERRE, MARI, PICASSO and IGCC, as well as the first two connected users among European transmission system operators (TSOs).

“The successful launch of CMM enables us not only to meet our commitments to our European partners, but also further strengthens ČEPS’s importance and role in building a single European electricity market through its responsibility for CMM,” says Pavel Šolc, a member of the ČEPS Board of Directors responsible for the Energy Trading and Dispatching Division.

CMM is a central tool for managing cross-border capacity for the exchange of balancing energy for all operators and central platforms. In 2021, ČEPS was entrusted with implementing and operating the tool until 2027, with the possibility of renewing its mandate. Implementation began in December 2021, following the signing of a contract for the implementation and operation of CMM, which ČEPS signed with 28 European TSOs belonging to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).

In the coming months, ČEPS will focus not only on ensuring smooth operation and deploying additional functionalities, but also on gradually connecting the remaining European TSOs.