ElecLink Go-Live

Dear Market Particpant,

ElecLink is pleased to announce the commencement of its commercial operations from 12:00 CEST on 25th May 2022.

First Day Ahead Auction

The first Daily auction, allowing ElecLink registered customers to buy capacity at the day ahead stage on the ElecLink Interconnector, will take place on:

Tuesday 24th May 2022

09:40 to 10:00 CEST

On the Joint Allocation Office Platform (www.jao.eu)

First Long-Term Auction

The first Long Term auction, allowing market participants to buy Monthly capacity for July 2022, will open on Wednesday 1st June 2022 at 11:30 and close on Thursday 2nd June 2022 at 11:30 CEST.

150MW of capacity will be offered in both the France - GB and GB - France directions simultaneously.

ElecLink 2022 Auction Calendar

The ElecLink Long-Term auction calendar for 2022 has been published on the Joint Allocation Office (JAO) website. This calendar sets out the dates of the Long-Term auctions which will take place on the ElecLink interconnector throughout 2022.

ElecLink Loss Factor

Finally, we can confirm that the overall ElecLink loss factor is 2.9% and the Mid-Interconnector Loss Factor is 1.471%. 

For any queries or further information please contact the ElecLink Customer Support Team on team.eleclink@eleclink.co.uk

Best regards,

Operations Team

Servicing TSOs and facilitating electricity markets since 2008