New registration

To register as a grid operator, please submit the following documents:

• Form A - Application for registration as a grid operator, signed by the company
• Form N - Commissioning to set up a grid loss schedule, signed by the company
• optional, Form J - Application for automatical realization, signed by the company
• Declaration for determining the tax situation, signed by the company - for further information, click here.
• SEPA-Firmenlastschrift-Mandat - das SEPA-Firmenlastschrift-Mandat wird Ihnen nach Eingang Ihrer Registrierungsunterlagen bei AGCS zugesandt.
• Current extract from the commercial register
• List of balance group representatives (BGR) operating in your grid
• List of subordinate grids
• Information on the acquisition of grid losses / self consumption

After submission of the required documents (by post), AGCS will check the applications for completeness and formal errors; the registration data will be entered into a database and a confirmation of receipt and a password will be sent to the applicant.

AGCS will send the applicant two copies of the grid operator contract, which must be signed by the company and returned to AGCS. When setting up a grid loss balance group, a SEPA mandate must be issued in favour of AGCS.

Proof of compliance with the technical requirements is also necessary. Data tests have been developed for this purpose, which we will carry out together with you.

Once all the requirements for registration have been met, the grid operator will receive a copy of the contract, which will now also be countersigned by AGCS.

Market entry will take place on the first day of the following month.

Joint procurement of grid losses via the “special balance group for joint grid loss procurement”

Several grid operators can form a special balance group for the joint procurement of grid losses and self consumption. For this purpose the BGR for the special Balance Group sets up the special BG at the single clearing entity. Since January 1, 2015, AGGM has set up a balance group for the joint procurement of grid losses and self consumption at AGCS.

The grid operator that performs the role of the BGR for the joint grid loss balance group or the service provider (both hereinafter referred to as BGR for the special BG for the joint procurement of grid losses and self consumption) must conclude a private law contract with the single clearing entity, the market area manager, and the operator of the virtual trading point.

The BGR for the special BG for the joint procurement of grid losses and self consumption has to report to the single clearing entity which grid operators are participating in the joint grid loss balance group.
Grid operators who have joined the AGGM joint procurement balance group have to report this to AGCS by applying for a component for the AGGM_NV balance group (AT901799).

For a change in procurement, the balance group manager who currently procures grid losses/self consumption must confirm that the existing component is to be closed before the changeover. The confirmation can be sent from a registered email address to office@agcs.at.

The grid operator reports the actual grid losses and self consumption until the clearing deadline to AGCS via the requested component.

The regulations governing the joint procurement of grid losses and self consumption for the clearing and the imbalance energy settlement can be found in particular under point 3.3.4 of the General Terms and Conditions of the single clearing entity.