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Damas Energy is ČEPS’s trading technical system.
Damas Energy System (DaE) is ČEPS’s comprehensive information system for the management of electricity trading. The DaE is an internet-based system designed for the automation of commercial and technological processes within the Czech power system; it enables flexible communication of the Transmission System Operator with other market participants – electricity generators, domestic and foreign traders, wholesale consumers and ancillary services providers as well as efficient communication within ČEPS.. The DaE daily provides two-way data transfer and performs data processing and evaluation. The Damas Energy System also communicates with a number of other e-systems; in the Czech Republic, these primarily comprise the information system of the Electricity Market Operator, the control systems of the TSO National Control Centre, the ERP system, various metering systems etc.
Implementation time schedule of module Transmission services in Damas Energy
Due to an implementation of Transmission services module in system Damas Energy and an end of some functionalities of Damas and e-Trace systems we would like to inform you about the time schedule of changes in scheduling systems.
Transmission services module will be installed on Damas Energy productive environment on 22.5.2010 together with already exisiting user accounts in test environment. System will be available from Monday 24.5.2010.
Long-term nominations
It is not possible to submit long-term nominations for June 2010 into old systems Damas and e-Trace anymore.
In Damas Energy system will be possible to submit long-term nominations from Monday 24.5.2010, capacity rights check will be done after the end of secondary market in e-Trace in D-2 at 13:00.
Deadline for sending long-term nominations will be set for SEPS profile to D-2 10:00, for other profiles will be deadline at D-1 8:00.
For 1.6.2010 will be deadline on SEPS profile on 30.5.2010 at 10:00, for other profiles on 31.5.2010 at 8:00.
Daily auction on CEPS/APG profile
Last daily auction in Damas on CEPS/APG profile will be held on Friday 28.5.2010 for three days. After that will be daily auction on Damas system switched off.
On Monday 31.5.2010 will be the daily auction on CEPS/APG profile for day 1.6.2010 held in new system Damas Energy. Gate for sending bids will remain the same – D-1 9:00 – 9:45.
Daily nominations
Last bussines day opened for sending daily nomination in old systems will be Monday 31.5.2010 – deadline in Damas system is 28.5.2010 at 13:00, in e-Trace 30.5.2010 13:00.
For day 1.6.2010 daily nominations will be submitted in Damas Energy system. Deadline remains the same D-1 13:00. For 1.6.2010 is the deadline for sending daily nominations on Monday 31.5.2010 at 13:00.
Damas Energy – timetable of Transmission services module implementation
Dear market participants,
Presentation from the workshop regarding the start of the new scheduling system of ČEPS, a. s. can be found here.
User manual for transmission services module can be downloaded here and a handbook of the basic control system Damas Energy here.
Web services specification together with examples of XML files is available here.
Implementation plan of the transmission services module in Damas Energy:
From 10. to 21 May 2010 will take place so-called trial days on the test environment of Damas Energy https://dae-test.ceps.cz/
Testing will take place as follows: on weekdays will be available daily auctions on CEPS / APG profile for the following day (D-1) and you can also send long-term and daily nominations for all profiles of Czech market area.
Bids for the daily auction can be sent every weekday on the following day from 9:00 to 11:00. Afterwards results of the auction will be published and market participants will be able to send daily nominations. The deadline for sending longterm nominations will be set for the profile SEPS on D-2 10:00, for the other profiles on D-1 8:00. Daily nominations can be sent in D-1 from 10:00 to 14:00. If you won´t have any capacity for daily nominations, please contact Mr. Tomášek (tomasek@ceps.cz, +420 602 380 112) or Mr. Tomaschko (tomaschko@ceps.cz, +420 724 938 698) for allocation of testing daily capacity rights.
At the moment it is not possible to send long-term nominations into existing scheduling systems (Damas, e-Trace) for June 2010 anymore. Market participants will be able to send long-term nominations for June 2010 into Damas Energy from Monday 24.5.2010 .
The first business day in Damas Energy (daily auctions and receive daily nominations) will be 1.6.2010, ie the first daily auction and daily nomination process will be held on Monday, 31.5.2010.
Rules for the use of DaE individual functions are defined in the binding document “Damas Energy Operation Rules”; this document forms an integral part of the “Agreement on Accepting the General Terms and Conditions for Ancillary Services Purchase” and the “Agreement on Accepting the Commercial Terms and Conditions for Cross-Border Electricity Transmission.”
The Damas Energy System, besides its other functions, provides support to the following processes shared with ČEPS trading partners and the public:
Operational planning – an interface for collecting and processing information on the planned operation of the Czech power system, such as: planned generation, ancillary services schedule, planned consumption, and other.
Day-ahead ancillary services (AnS) market, Requests for AnS – modules for AnS electronic purchase in almost real time; a sophisticated process of bid evaluation allows this commodity to be purchased under optimum terms.
Evaluation of regulation energy – evaluation of the amount of regulation energy actually supplied to the system and communication of the results to be used for imbalance settlement between market participants; possible claims against the results can also be made via this module.
Evaluation of ancillary services – the amount and quality of AnS provided is verified and evaluated for the purpose of AnS settlement; AnS providers can make claims against the results electronically.
Public information – the Damas Energy System contains certain public information accessible not only to energy specialist community but also to the general public.
Rules for DaE practical use are described in detail in the Damas Energy Documentation and the Damas Energy User’s Manual.
Contact:
Email: Helpdesk.trade@ceps.cz
Telephone: +420 211 044 507
Mobile: +420 724 601 301
Damas is ČEPS’s electronic trading portal.
This system enables, by means of a software application employing existing databases and network interconnection, a modern way of interactive communication between ČEPS and its individual trading partners. Since data is communicated via the Internet, ČEPS places great emphasis on ensuring data security. Rules for the use of individual functions of the Damas system are defined in the binding document “Damas ePortal Operation Rules”, latest version 4.10”.
Rules for practical use of all Damas modules are described in detail in the Damas User’s Documentation. The documentation consists of three parts relating to the respective sections of the ePortal:
- Tendering procedure for long-term contracts;
- Transmission services
- Statistics
Rules for access to the Damas e-Portal and electronic communication through this portal are defined in ČEPS “Damas ePortal Operation Rules” – an integral part of the “Agreement on Accepting the General Terms and Conditions for Ancillary Services Purchase” and the“ Agreement on Accepting the Commercial Terms and Conditions for Cross-Border Electricity Transmission”. The Damas system currently provides the following data transfer and data processing:
- Data relating to graphs of electricity transfers and evaluation of transmission services.
Open access to the Damas ePortal
Data on available transmission capacity (ATC) for each of ČEPS interconnectors offered in daily auctions can be found in the Damas ePortal section accessible to the public, under Overview of Daily ATC.
The results of daily auctions for available transmission capacity on each of ČEPS interconnectors can be found in the Damas ePortal section accessible to the public, under Overview of Auction Results.
Users of the Damas ePortal
Damas ePortal is currently used by ČEPS employees and the individual users of services provided by ČEPS trading partner companies, namely:
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users of available transmission capacity for electricity imports, exports and transits who has signed the “Agreement on Accepting the Commercial Terms and Conditions for Cross-Border Electricity Transmission”.
Damas ePortal administrator allocates to each ČEPS trading partner company a set of certain user rights depending on the terms of its Agreement with ČEPS. Specified user rights falling within this set of rights can be then re-allocated to individual users (individuals) by a local Damas administrator authorised by the respective trading partner company
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