Market based congestion management
Glossary of terms
What is market based congestion management?
Market-based congestion management is voluntarily agreed arrangements between the grid operator(s) and market parties and/or connected parties on temporarily reducing transmission capacity to reduce congestion in the electricity grid.
It includes the following 4 products:
- Redispatch on the basis of free bids
- Obligation to bid contract
- Capacity-reducing contract with call
- Capacity limiting contract without call
GOPACS is an initiative of the Dutch grid operators:
Flex available?
Join GOPACS! Participating in GOPACS is interesting for every market party with the ability to influence electricity consumption or the generation of electricity, which can offer this flexibility to trade.
