Program-Responsible Parties

Any party that has one or more connecting points to a grid bears programme responsibility for these connecting points. This means that the party concerned (referred to as the Programme‑Responsible Party or PRP) is supposed to draw up programmes relating to the expected electricity supply to the grid and the expected consumption from the grid. These Energy Programmes are supplied to TenneT on a daily basis. TenneT and the other grid administrators ensure that the actual production or consumption is measured on the day after the day of operation and that the sum of each individual PRP’s production or consumption is reported to TenneT. TenneT settles the differences between the volume agreed on in advance and the actual measured volume. If a PRP does not adhere to the Energy Programmes, this will result in an imbalance and will have financial consequences (imbalance settlement).