Incentive component 2008

The incentive component is the component of the imbalance price that is intended to encourage market parties to actually keep to bids of regulating and reserve capacity used by TenneT to maintain and restore the balance, and as an incentive to minimise the imbalance to be settled.

The System Code contains stipulations about the incentive component.

The objective factors based on which TenneT will adjust the height of the incentive component have been laid down in the report on the imbalance pricing system as at 1 January 2001, which was revised on 26 October 2005. You can download this document as a PDF-file at the bottom of this webpage (only available in Dutch).

The System Code stipulates that the height of the incentive component must be published.

Explanation
The incentive component will be increased if at least one of the following criteria is not met:

  • the number of inadvertent exchanges over five minutes that, converted to MW, are greater than 300 MW and less than -/- 300 MW, is less than 40; 
  • the weekly average of inadvertent exchanges over five minutes, converted to MW, is greater than -/- 20 MW and less than 20 MW.                                                                 
week

results of the observations

 incentive component  commencing date

results EUR/MWh

 exchanges   greater than  300   average of exchanges (MW)
22-12-2008 upto/including 28-12-2008 11 -2,0 unchanged 31-12-2008 0
15-12-2008 upto/including 21-12-2008 33 4,3 unchanged 24-12-2008 0
08-12-2008 upto/including 14-12-2008 33 4,8 unchanged 17-12-2008 0
01-12-2008 upto/including 07-12-2008 22 9,1 unchanged 10-12-2008 0
24-11-2008 upto/including 30-11-2008 20 4,3 unchanged 03-12-2008 0
17-11-2008 upto/including 23-11-2008 18 8,2 unchanged 26-11-2008 0
10-11-2008 upto/including 16-11-2008 28 2,8 unchanged 19-11-2008 0
03-11-2008 upto/including 09-11-2008 16 9,0 unchanged 12-11-2008 0
27-10-2008 upto/including 02-11-2008 24 5,4 unchanged 05-11-2008 0
20-10-2008 upto/including 26-10-2008 22 -4,9 unchanged 29-10-2008 0
13-10-2008 upto/including 19-10-2008 11 4,6 unchanged 22-10-2008 0
06-10-2008 upto/including 12-10-2008 10 4,4 unchanged 15-10-2008 0
29-09-2008 upto/including 05-10-2008 19 6,1 unchanged 08-10-2008 0
22-09-2008 upto/including 28-09-2008 22 0,6 unchanged 01-10-2008 0
15-09-2008 upto/including 21-09-2008 7 2,6 unchanged 23-09-2008 0
08-09-2008 upto/including 14-09-2008 20 1,3 unchanged 17-09-2008 0
01-09-2008 upto/including 07-09-2008 11 -7,2 unchanged 10-09-2008 0
25-08-2008 upto/including 31-08-2008 18 -1,8 unchanged 03-09-2008 0
18-08-2008 upto/including 24-08-2008 12 -1,6 unchanged 27-08-2008 0
11-08-2008 upto/including 17-08-2008  8 -1,0 unchanged  20-08-2008 0
04-08-2008 upto/including 10-08-2008 13 1,5 unchanged 13-08-2008 0
28-07-2008 upto/including 03-08-2008 7 5,0 unchanged 06-08-2008 0
21-07-2008 upto/including 27-07-2008 19 1,2 unchanged 30-07-2008 0
14-07-2008 upto/including 20-07-2008 17 -0,3 unchanged 23-07-2008 0
07-07-2008 upto/including 13-07-2008 10 -2,8 unchanged 16-07-2008 0
30-06-2008 upto/including 06-07-2008 25 4,7 unchanged 09-07-2008 0
23-06-2008 upto/including 29-06-2008 19 -0,3 unchanged 02-07-2008 0
16-06-2008 upto/including 22-06-2008 15 -2,5 unchanged 25-06-2008 0
09-06-2008 upto/including 15-06-2008 15 -1,5 unchanged 18-06-2008  0
02-06-2008 upto/including 08-06-2008 21 2,1 unchanged 11-06-2008 0
26-05-2008 upto/including 01-06-2008 3 -5,8 unchanged 04-06-2008 0
19-05-2008 upto/including 25-05-2008 1 -4,3 unchanged 28-05-2008 0
12-05-2008 upto/including 18-05-2008 6 -6,0 unchanged 21-05-2008 0
05-05-2008 upto/including 11-05-2008 8 -0,7 unchanged 14-05-2008 0
28-04-2008 upto/including 04-05-2008 7 -3,2 unchanged 07-05-2008 0
21-04-2008 upto/including 27-04-2008 10 2,2 unchanged 30-04-2008 0
14-04-2008 upto/including 20-04-2008 5 2,5 unchanged 23-04-2008 0
07-04-2008 upto/including 13-04-2008 6 5,3 unchanged 16-04-2008  0
31-03-2008 upto/including  06-04-2008 6 -1,2 unchanged 09-04-2008 0
24-03-2008 upto/including 30-03-2008 13 2,5 unchanged 03-04-2008 0
17-03-2008 upto/including 23-03-2008 2 0,7 unchanged 26-03-2008 0
10-03-2008 upto/including 16-03-2008 10 -0,1 unchanged 19-03-2008 0
03-03-2008 upto/including 09-03-2008  20 -0,4 unchanged 12-03-2008 0
25-02-2008 upto/including 02-03-2008  4 3,1 unchanged 05-03-2008 0
18-02-2008 upto/including 24-02-2008 6 3,8 unchanged 27-02-2008 0
11-02-2008 upto/including 17-02-2008 8 -2,9 unchanged 20-02-2008 0
04-02-2008 upto/including 10-02-2008  17 -1,1 unchanged 13-02-2008 0
28-01-2008 upto/including 03-02-2008 23 2,2 unchanged 05-02-2008 0
21-01-2008 upto/including 27-01-2008 13 0,3 unchanged 30-01-2008  0
14-01-2008 upto/including 20-01-2008 3 5,6 unchanged 23-01-2008 0
07-01-2008 upto/including 13-01-2008 7 9,6 unchanged 16-01-2008 0
31-12-2007 upto/including 06-01-2008 9 1,8 unchanged 09-01-2008 0