International organisations
There are two international organisations TenneT deals with regularly, i.e. the UCTE and the ETSO.
The UCTE, l'Union pour la Coordination du Transport de l'Electricité (Union for the coordination of electricity transmission), is a technical alliance of 22 continental countries, whose grids are physically connected with each other. These countries are Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and a part of the Ukraine.
UCTE
The UCTE, l'Union pour la Coordination du Transport de l'Electricité (Union for the coordination of electricity transmission), is a technical alliance of 22 continental countries, whose grids are physically connected with each other. These countries are Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and a part of the Ukraine.
The UTCE coordinates the interests of the grid administrators (TSOs) which operate in the aforementioned countries and guarantees safe and reliable operation of the connected grids. In order to achieve this, there are a number of rules and agreements within UCTE.
The objective of these is:
- to ensure that a stable frequency and voltage are maintained;
- to ensure sufficient reserve capacity;
- to reduce transmission losses and;
- to guarantee mutual assistance in the event of an emergency.
- the UTCE grids supply approximately 400 million people with electricity, which amounts to about 2100 TWh a year.
Website UTCE: www.ucte.org
ETSO
ETSO was set up by a joint venture of four regional European grid organisations in connection with the European liberalisation of the electricity market. ETSO is a members' organisation which is made up of the 32 grid administrators (TSOs) of all 15 Members of the European Union, as well as Norway and Switzerland. ETSO is therefore the discussion partner for the European Commission with regard to the commercial operation of the European electricity market. Within ETSO, workgroups tackle, among other things, the tariffs for international energy transmission and the capacity problems at the borders. About 350 million people are supplied with electricity via the grids represented by ETSO, with an annual consumption of approximately 2700 TWh.
Website ETSO: www.etso-net.org
Foreign TSO's
The duty of a Transmission System Operator, like TenneT in Holland fulfils, is accomodated in Belgium and Germany by electricity company's below:
België
Elia NV
Boulevard de l'Empereur 20
B-1000 Bruxelles
België
(Nederlands) Telefoon: +32 2 546 72 11
(Frans) Telefoon: +32 2 546 73 75
Fax: +32 2 546 71 40
www.elia.be
Duitsland
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
Durlacher Allee 93
76131 Karlsruhe
Duitsland
Telefoon: +49 7 21 63 00
Fax: +49 7 21 63 1 39 32
www.enbw.com
E.On Netz GMBH
Luitpoldplatz 5
95444 Bayreuth
Duitsland
Telefoon: +49 92 12 85 41 80
Fax.: +49 92 12 85 20 89
www.eonnetz.com
RWE Transportnetz Strom GmbH
Zentrale RWE Transportnetz Strom GmbH
Flamingoweg 1 (Haus 2)
44139 Dortmund
Duitsland
Telefoon: +49 231 438 3672
Fax: +49 231 438 35273
www.rwetransportnetzstrom.com
Vattenfall
Europe Transmission GmbH
Chausseestrasse 23
10115 Berlin
Telefoon: +49 30 5150 4500
http://transmission.vattenfall.de
