With consultation document no. 2/2024, GME has published the draft of the regulation of the TIME SHIFTING CONTRACT MARKET (MTS), with a view to gathering comments and suggestions from interested parties about its proposed model of operation of the MTS.

GME has formulated its proposal taking into account the technical requirements and constraints laid down by TERNA under article 18 of Legislative Decree no. 210 of 8 November 2021 (Legislative Decree 210/2021) in the framework of the rules governing the mechanism of forward procurement of new electricity storage capacity – MACSE, approved by the Minister of Environment and Energy Security with Decree no. 346 of 10 October 2024.

All interested parties are invited to submit their comments in writing to GME – Governance no later than 11.12.2024, the closing date for this consultation, to the following e-mail address :

1. e-mail: info@mercatoelettrico.org

Parties who intend to safeguard the confidentiality or secrecy of the documentation sent, in whole or in part, are required to state which parts of their documentation must be considered as confidential.

DCO n. 2/2024

Following the notice date 19 January 2018, it is hereby announced that the "time window" relating to the collection of data on the monthly storage and transit capacity of mineral oils referred to first quarter of 2025, is scheduled between 2^nd and 20^th December 2025 from Monday to Friday, from 09:30 am to 5:30 pm.

Specifically, in the aforementioned period, the persons subject to the notification obligation referred to in Article 2, paragraph 2.1, of the Ministerial Decree of 5 July 2017, no. 17433 are required to send to GME - through the Mineral-oil storage and transit capacity data reporting platform (PDC-oil) – the data on the monthly storage and transit capacity of mineral oils referred to the period January-April 2025.

Please note that, as provided for by the Ministry of Economic Development with Circular Letter no. 0014614 dated 05 June 2018, the notification of data relating to LPG depots for automotive purposes is excluded from the monthly data collection of the monthly storage and transit capacity of mineral oils.

The parties subject to the notification obligation which are not yet registered on the PDC-oil must access the platform and carry out the registration procedure described in the “PDC-oil participant’s guide”.

For further information, please contact the following e-mail address logistica@mercatoelettrico.org or contact the telephone numbers 06 8012 4337/4500.

Circular Letter no. 1612 of 19 January 2018

Annex A Monthly Collection of Available Storage CapacityAnnex B Monthly Collection of Available Transit Capacity

Having received a request of activation of a trading session of the MLT-Flex from the DSO Areti S.p.A., GME informs Market Participants, under art. 23, para. 23.2 of the MLF Regulations, that:

1. the trading session will be held on 30/10/2024;
2. the preliminary information about the MLT-Flex session, necessary for carrying out the trades, will be made available in the MLF information system on 29/10/2024;
3. the sitting for submission of offers will be opened at 09:00 on 30/10/2024;
4. the sitting for submission of offers will be closed at 15:30 on 30/10/2024;
5. the preliminary results of the session will be communicated and published in the MLF information system within 16:00 on 30/10/2024;
6. the final results of the session, after the technical validation of offers by the DSO, will be communicated and published within 17:00 on 30/10/2024.

Webinar with Market Participants

Monday, 14 October 2024

AGENDA

Presentation (Italian version only):

Introduzione al TIDE: impatti sulle piattaforme di mercato

Further to its communication of 1 August 2024, GME announces the timetable of the sessions of blank tests, which will involve GME, Terna, and Market Participants. The test sessions, consisting of different stages, will enable participants to familiarise with the new features that have been introduced into the Electricity Market (ME) and the Forward Account Registration Platform (PCE) with a view to implementing TIDE.

To give support to Market Participants in carrying out the blank tests, GME has published the Technical Rules associated with the ME Rules and the PCE Rules for merely informational purposes, Indeed, the Technical Rules will take effect at the same time as the entry into force of the amended ME Rules and PCE Rules.

Planning of testing activities – general information

The tests will take place in the period from 22 October to 20 December 2024. Their detailed programme will be made known on a weekly basis, through an appropriate notice published on GME’s test platforms involved in the tests, i.e. PCE, IPEX, and XBID_PN.

For additional requests or queries concerning the test sessions, please write proveME@mercatoelettrico.org.

How to access the test platforms

For participation in the tests, GME’s digital platforms will be available from 21 October 2024 at the following addresses:

https://proveipextide.ipex.it/euwa (IPEX portal)

https://proveipextide.ipex.it/euwa/registration.aspx (registrations of users of IPEX/XBID_PN)

https://proveipextide.ipex.it/euws/service.asmx (IPEX WS)

https://provepcetide.ipex.it/ceuserinterface (PCE portal)

https://provepcetide.ipex.it/ceuserinterfacews/service.asmx (PCE WS)

https://provexbidtide.ipex.it/ltsweb (XBID_PN portal)

https://provexbidtide.ipex.it/ltswebapi/swagger/index.html (API/JSON XBID_PN)

https://provexbidtide.ipex.it/ltsws/service.asmx (WS XBID_PN)

Information about Users and identification data of Market Participants will be aligned with that already present on GME’s live platforms upon 1 October 2024.

In this regard, GME points out that Users not yet enabled for the test platforms may, from 17 October 2024, request registration with the platforms by writing to proveME@mercatoelettrico.org.

The data entered during the tests will not be used for operational purposes.

The documentation supporting the tests is available at the following links: ME RulesTechnical Rules MEPCE RulesTechnical Rules PCE

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

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)

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.