Beneficiaries

• Generators

What does this accounting service option provide?

This accounting service option is offered to a generator customer having previously subscribed to the accounting service subscribed to by a hosted generation site and which holds a feed in tariff contract or additional remuneration contract for part of the generation.

It is offered to generation sites whose generation benefits partly from a feed in tariff contract or an additional remuneration contract:

• one or some of the generation unit(s) are entitled to a feed in tariff contract or an additional remuneration contract, whereas the other generation unit(s) are not;
• and/or one or some of the generation unit(s) are entitled to a feed in tariff contract or an additional remuneration contract for only part of their generation based on the application of a ratio given in the feed in tariff contract or additional remuneration contract.

How do I subscribe?

If a ratio applied to the generation of a unit in MW is mentioned in your feed in tariff or additional remuneration contract, you are required to send this to RTE, putting the mandatory purchaser in copy of your notification. Otherwise you need to ask RTE to install RTE metering devices to enable customisation of energy flows relating to the unit(s) benefiting from a purchase obligation contract.

You are then required to:

• enter into an Additional Services Contract with RTE to subscribe to the "accounting service: Option H, Accounting for a hosted generation site to sell a part of the generation under feed in tariff or additional remuneration”
• accept the Additional Services Contract update proposed by RTE, to take into account the new meters (or the ratio) in the site diagram and in the flow metering formula of your site.
• designate the mandatory purchaser’s balance responsible party for the generation unit(s) under feed in tariff contract, providing an attachment agreement (Annex C7) in accordance with the MA-RE Terms and Conditions (Section 2).
• inform your site’s balance responsible party of the subscription to the metering service.
• designate a scheduling agent for the generation unit(s) under feed in tariff contract, providing an attachment agreement (Annex 6) in accordance with the MA-RE Terms and Conditions (Section 1).
• if relevant, include the generation unit(s) in a balancing entity (BE) as part of the balancing mechanism.

Note: if you have several purchase obligation contracts for the your site’s Generation Units, you subscribe to as many services as required.

Conditions

To subscribe to this option:

• you must be an Optional Services Contract  holder and have subscribed to the "accounting service subscribed to by a hosted generation site".
• you must have a feed in tariff contract for a part of the generation of the site.

The minimum duration of subscription for the service is one year.

If the service is terminated, RTE shall, at its cost, proceed with the removal of the metering equipment associated with the service previously subscribed to.

Service tariff or fee:

• a fee for management costs on subscription to the service 3360 Euros
• a set annual management fee 360 Euros/year
• if applicable, a fee for management costs related to the modification/reconfiguration of the service. This includes the balance responsible party change 2560 Euros per modification/reconfiguration

These fees are billed semi-annually.

In addition to this, metering fees are added where relevant, as provided for in the TURPE:

• Annual metering component HV-B per meter: see the fees in the brochure on  the Understanding the public transmission system access tariff (TURPE) page

• This rate is updated annually as of 1 August.

These fees are billed monthly and are included in the monthly invoice of the CART.

Reference documentation

For further information, please access to the library to read following documents:

• Additional Services Contract (version 01/04/2021)
• Terms and Conditions relating to Scheduling, the Balancing Mechanism and Recovery of Balancing Charges (Section 2, including Annex C7)
• Terms and Conditions relating to Scheduling, the Balancing Mechanism and Recovery of Balancing Charges (Section 1, including Annex 6)

Contact

For additional information, please contact your usual account manager or the generic email address of your customer service.