Following its previous communications of 8 July 2024 and 24 July 2024, GME informs market participants that, as of today, with their publication on GME’s website, amendments to the Integrated Text of the Electricity Market Rules (ME Rules), Natural-Gas Market Rules (MGAS Rules) and Regulations of the Platform for the Trading of Bids/Offers of Natural Gas (P-GAS Regulations) will enter into force.

Concurrently, with their publication on GME’s website today, also the new versions of the Technical Rules for the ME, the M-GAS, and the P-GAS will enter into force. These Technical Rules have been updated in view of the implementation of the above-mentioned amendments to the ME and MGAS Rules and to the P-GAS Regulations.

ELECTRICITY MARKET

1. Integrated Text of the Electricity Market Rules (ME Rules)
2. Technical Rule no. 3 ME
3. Technical Rule no. 4 ME
4. Technical Rule no. 8 ME
5. Technical Rule no. 10 ME

NATURAL-GAS MARKET

1. Natural-Gas Market Rules (MGAS Rules)
2. Technical Rule no. 14 MGAS
3. Technical Rule no. 16 MGAS
4. Technical Rule no. 19 MGAS
5. Technical Rule no. 22 MGAS

PLATFORM FOR THE TRADING OF BIDS/OFFERS OF NATURAL GAS

1. Regulations of the Platform for the Trading of Bids/Offers of Natural gas (P-GAS Regulations)
2. Technical Rule no. 3 P-GAS
3. Technical Rule no. 11 P-GAS

For any queries, please write to ompr@mercatoelettrico.org

As announced on 2 May 2024 and on 1 July 2024, GME’S NEW WEBSITE will become GME’s only official reference portal as of today.

From now on, the new website will be available at both https://www.mercatoelettrico.org and https://gme.mercatoelettrico.org

The NEW WEBSITE is intended to improve the capability of GME to disseminate information to its users, enhancing its identify and mission.

All the contents published until 30 September 2024 will continue to be available also on GME’s Historical website, which will remain accessible via a link in the footer of the NEW WEBSITE,and at https://storico.mercatoelettrico.org until its complete deactivation on 31 December 2024.

Further to its communication of 9 September 2024 , GME is sending the agenda for the webinar to be held on 14 October at 10:30.

Registrations for the webinar – organised on the Microsoft Teams platform – will be accepted until 12:00 on 11 October 2024 at the latest.

Access to the platform will be granted only after registration by filling in the appropriate online form.

The technical details for participating in the webinar will be provided to registered participants.

Webinar with Market Participants

Monday, 14 October 2024

AGENDA

Further to its communication of July 8, 2024 GME informs market participants of what set forth below.

In compliance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1106 amending Regulations (EU) No 1227/2011 and (EU) 2019/942 as regards improving the Union’s protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market (so-called REMIT), GME will unilaterally amend the Data Reporting Service Contract pursuant to REMIT. Such amendments have the purpose of eliminating from said contract the Data Reporting and Download services, i.e. the transmission to ACER of orders and transactions made by market participants in GME’s regulated markets, and the download of such orders and transactions by such participants, respectively.

In view of the above, in compliance with art. 9.1 of the Data Reporting Service Contract pursuant to REMIT that is currently in force with GME (“Contract”), such Contract shall remain valid and effective, starting from October 1, 2024, exclusively with regard to the External Data Upload service.

If a market participant does not intend to accept such amendments, he/she/it may withdraw from the Contract as set forth in art. 9.1 thereof.

Following its communication of 1 August 2024, GME informs market participants that, on 14 October 2024 at 10:30, it will hold a second workshop, in the form of a webinar, to present the procedure for carrying out blank tests on the features introduced into the Electricity Market and the Forward Account Registration Platform (PCE) to implement the provisions of TIDE.

Registrations for the workshop – organised on the Microsoft Teams platform – will be accepted by 12:00 of 11 October 2024 at the latest.

Access to the platform will be allowed only after registration via the appropriate webform.

The technical details for participation in the workshop will be provided to registered participants.

The detailed programme of the webinar will be made known with a subsequent communication.

To provide Market Participants with an update about the implementation of the provisions of Testo Integrato del Dispacciamento Elettrico (Integrated Text of Electricity Dispatching Rules - TIDE), adopted by ARERA with its Resolution 345/2023/R/eel, GME is publishing, solely for informational purposes, the revised versions of the Integrated Text of the Electricity Market Rules (ME Rules) and of the Rules governing the Forward Account Registration Platform (PCE Rules), pending their approval by the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and ARERA, respectively. The two documents have been updated on the basis of the results of the relevant consultation process (Consultation Document no. 01/2024) and of Resolution 304/2024/eel, adopted by ARERA, concerning provisions on the Replacement of the national single price and amendments to the Integrated Text of Electricity Dispatching Rules (TIDE) in view of its entry into operation on 1 January 2025.

GME will make the final versions of the ME and PCE Rules available in a timely manner, at the end of their approval process, so that Market Participants may become aware of the relevant provisions well ahead of their entry into force.

Moreover, GME will organise blank tests in order to enable Market Participants to test the new features introduced into the Electricity Market and the PCE as a result of the implementation of TIDE. The instructions for attending the tests and their timetable will be made known through a subsequent communication.

Finally, to support Market Participants in carrying out the blank tests, GME will publish the Technical Rules (accompanying the ME and PCE Rules), solely for informational purposes, before the start of the tests. However, the Technical Rules will enter into force at the same time as the amendments to the ME and PCE Rules.

1. ME Rules (Italian version only)
2. PCE Rules (Italian version only)

GME informs market participants that ARERA communication concerning the “publication of inside information on capacity unavailability of electricity generating units” (Pubblicazione delle informazioni privilegiate relative a indisponibilità di capacità di unità di produzione di energia elettrica) is available at the following link.

Following its communication of 8 July 2024, GME announces that, as of today, its Organised Marketplace Reporting (OMPR) Platform is available at https://ompr.ipex.it.

Participants in the MPE, MTE, MP-GAS, MT-GAS, and P-GAS (“REMIT Markets”) are thus invited to complete the procedures specified in the above-mentioned communication of 8 July 2024 by 30 September 2024.

On 1 October 2024, the OMPR Platform will begin its Data Reporting Service for all Participants authorised to access the Platform.

For further information, please write to the following e-mail address of GME: ompr@mercatoelettrico.org.

Following some reports received by telephone and email to Gestore dei Mercati Energetici S.p.A. ("GME"), it seems that these telephone calls are made by a supposed "GME Office" and/or so-called GME operators, regarding proposals to change the electricity and/or gas supplier due to increases in cost of energy, not properly specified, or problems in the current supply, which were followed, in some cases, by emails with similar content.

It should be remembered that GME is completely unrelated to the event mentioned above. We would like to clearly state that we do not provide, in any way, commercial services such as those described above. Furthermore, we do not use communication methods with our clients such as those outlined above.

When in doubt, we always suggest to make sure of the above by contacting your current electricity and/or gas supplier according to the contact methods made available by the same. In any case, we suggest to avoid any possible follow up about proposals such as those highlighted above, in order not to face any unpleasant inconveniences.