The Commission for Protection of Competition established that by altering the forecast hourly production schedules submitted by the RES producers - members of the special balancing group (SBG) of NEK EAD, unjustified additional costs of imbalances on RES producers arise. Since the launch of the balancing market on 01.06.2014 NEK EAD, as a coordinator of the SBG, unilaterally and unjustifiably have been changing the hourly forecast schedules submitted by RES producers. According to The Commission as a result of these changes, the RES producers were financially burdened by the artificially increased imbalances for them.
An abuse of dominant position on the market is also the conduct of NEK EAD allocating to the RES producers - members of the SBG of NEK EAD, additional unreasonable costs for imbalances through the application of Section IV of the Methodology for allocation of imbalances in the special balancing group with coordinator NEK EAD.
The Commission established that the rules adopted by NEK EAD under Section IV of the Methodology allow the company to adjust to the RES producers costs for imbalances that The Electricity System Operator (ESO EAD) had not accounted and accordingly had not charged to the NEK EAD. By applying Section IV of the Methodology NEK EAD unjustifiably imposed on the RES producers additional financial costs which do not represent imbalances allocation in the SBG of NEK and do not reflect the costs objectively incurred for the energy system.
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