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Standard terms and conditions for network services 10.08.2014
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348 KBUnder the Electricity Market Act there may be only one company in Estonia that provides an electricity transmission service as a Transmission System Operator or TSO. The Estonian Competition Authority has issued the licence for this to Elering.
In its service area, Elering provides the following network services to consumers, producers, power line operators or other network companies:
A network connection is an electrical connection between a network and other electrical equipment.
Use of a network connection means using network services through the network connection.
Transmission means passing electricity through the main grid network.
Elering signs a contract with its clients for the sale of transmission services, which covers:
The network operator that provides the network services charges for:
In its decision no. 7-3/2021-088, the Estonian Competition Authority confirmed Elering’s new network services price list. The new network fees come into effect on 1st of April 2022.
Category | Name |
Network fee (without VAT) |
Unit |
---|---|---|---|
A1 | Transmission fee for a voltage of 110 kV (peak time)* | 16.4 | EUR/MWh |
A2 | Transmission fee for a voltage of 110 kV (non-peak time)** | 8.2 | EUR/MWh |
A3 | Transmission fee for the 110 kV low-voltage side of a transformer (peak time)* | 17.82 | EUR/MWh |
A4 | Transmission fee for the 110 kV low-voltage side of a transformer (non-peak time)** | 8.91 | EUR/MWh |
A5 | Transmission fee for a voltage of 330 kV | 6.53 | EUR/MWh |
R | Reactive energy fee | 1.76 | EUR/Mvarh |
* Peak time: 1 October – 31 March 07:00-23:00
** Non-peak time: times other than peak time
Elering buys and sells reactive energy at a price of 0.88 EUR/Mvarh from voltage regulation service providers when the voltage maintenance function in power stations is activated.
VAT is added to all prices as required by law.
The information about renewable electricity charges.
The standard terms for provision of network services define clearly the rights and obligations of the network company under the network agreement in providing network services to the client and the rights and obligations of the client under the network agreement.
The standard terms and conditions for the provision of network services are an inseparable part of the network contract and will apply to network contracts concluded from August 10, 2014 as well as to existing network contracts irrespective of whether the terms and conditions have been added to the network contract or not.
Under the Electricity Market Act, the Competition Authority oversees whether market participants are complying with the Electricity Market Act and related laws.
Regulation No. 42 of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications of 06.04.2005 confirmed the quality requirements for network services, which was amended by Regulation No 51 of 09.06.2006.
The requirements for security of the electricity supply set the time limits for repairs if there is an outage caused by a fault. In this case Elering should restore power after the outage within two hours if the power supply to the point of consumption is carried by two or more 110 kV transformers or lines, and within 120 hours if the power supply to the point of consumption is carried by only one 110 kV transformer or line.
Quality requirements for network services are set by Regulation No. 104 of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications:
The most important criterias of the quality of the network service are the number of outages and energy not served.
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |
Outages, pcs | 100 | 108 | 113 | 126 | 87 | 116 | 100 | 133 | 166 | 261 |
Energy not served, MWh | 49,7 | 13,8 | 10,5 | 216,5 | 18,5 | 44,2 | 67,5 | 11,9 | 27,6 | 58,4 |
The network operator that provides the network services charges for:
In its decision no. 7-3/2021-088, the Estonian Competition Authority confirmed Elering’s new network services price list. The new network fees come into effect on 1st of April 2022.
Category | Name |
Network fee (without VAT) |
Unit |
---|---|---|---|
A1 | Transmission fee for a voltage of 110 kV (peak time)* | 16.4 | EUR/MWh |
A2 | Transmission fee for a voltage of 110 kV (non-peak time)** | 8.2 | EUR/MWh |
A3 | Transmission fee for the 110 kV low-voltage side of a transformer (peak time)* | 17.82 | EUR/MWh |
A4 | Transmission fee for the 110 kV low-voltage side of a transformer (non-peak time)** | 8.91 | EUR/MWh |
A5 | Transmission fee for a voltage of 330 kV | 6.53 | EUR/MWh |
R | Reactive energy fee | 1.76 | EUR/Mvarh |
* Peak time: 1 October – 31 March 07:00-23:00
** Non-peak time: times other than peak time
Elering buys and sells reactive energy at a price of 0.88 EUR/Mvarh from voltage regulation service providers when the voltage maintenance function in power stations is activated.
VAT is added to all prices as required by law.
The information about renewable electricity charges.
The standard terms for provision of network services define clearly the rights and obligations of the network company under the network agreement in providing network services to the client and the rights and obligations of the client under the network agreement.
The standard terms and conditions for the provision of network services are an inseparable part of the network contract and will apply to network contracts concluded from August 10, 2014 as well as to existing network contracts irrespective of whether the terms and conditions have been added to the network contract or not.
Under the Electricity Market Act, the Competition Authority oversees whether market participants are complying with the Electricity Market Act and related laws.
Regulation No. 42 of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications of 06.04.2005 confirmed the quality requirements for network services, which was amended by Regulation No 51 of 09.06.2006.
The requirements for security of the electricity supply set the time limits for repairs if there is an outage caused by a fault. In this case Elering should restore power after the outage within two hours if the power supply to the point of consumption is carried by two or more 110 kV transformers or lines, and within 120 hours if the power supply to the point of consumption is carried by only one 110 kV transformer or line.
Quality requirements for network services are set by Regulation No. 104 of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications:
The most important criterias of the quality of the network service are the number of outages and energy not served.
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |
Outages, pcs | 100 | 108 | 113 | 126 | 87 | 116 | 100 | 133 | 166 | 261 |
Energy not served, MWh | 49,7 | 13,8 | 10,5 | 216,5 | 18,5 | 44,2 | 67,5 | 11,9 | 27,6 | 58,4 |
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