Step-by-step guide to implementing the reporting obligation
In the following step-by-step guide, we will show you how to check whether you have to report data in accordance with the EU Transparency Regulation and how publication works:
1) Examination of the reporting obligation
Please check whether you, as a power plant or storage facility operator or as a consumer, are the primary owner of data subject to the reporting obligation under the EU Transparency Regulation.
Regulation (EU) No. 543/2013, Section: The target group of the EU Transparency Regulation.
2) Download the registration documents
If you are subject to registration, please download the documents provided further down on the page under "Documents for the registration of operators of power plants and consumers".
3) Checking the reporting-relevant data
Please use the EU Transparency Regulation to check the reporting obligations that apply to you.The reporting manual of the four TSOs provides you with additional information on the reporting obligations and also shows which reporting obligations the transmission system operators assume for you.
Publication obligations may exist in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 (consumers), Articles 14, 15, 16 (power plants and storage facilities), Article 17 (storage facilities) and Article 12 (electricity exchanges) of Regulation (EU) No. 543/2013.
4) Selection of a data supplier
Data is reported to the EU Transparency Platform via the so-called data provider. By virtue of the Regulation, your connection transmission system operator is deemed to be the regular data provider. However, you can also appoint a third party as a data provider. EEX and Nordpool are currently approved as data providers.
5) Filling out the registration form
Regardless of whether the connection transmission system operator or a third party data provider has been selected, central registration as a reporting primary owner in Germany with the connection transmission system operator is required. Please complete the registration form applicable to you in full, stating the selected data supplier, the objects relevant for reporting (production and generation plants or consumption units) and the relevant reporting data. Registration takes place per control area. If you operate plants in several control areas, please complete a registration form for each control area.
6) Submission of the registration form to the connection transmission system operator
Please submit the complete registration form to the connection transmission system operator. The submission can be made in electronic form, e.g. by e-mail. The contact details of your contact person can be found further down on this page.
7) Response to registration by your connection transmission system operator
Once your registration form has been successfully sent to your connection transmission system operator, they will contact you and coordinate the next steps.Further information on the following steps for implementing the notifications can be found in the notification manual.
The manual can be found further down on the page under "Documents for the registration of operators of power plants and consumers" as a download.
Further information
If you have any further questions, please get in touch with the relevant contact person at your connection transmission system operator. For market participants that are not connected in one of the four German control areas, other provisions may apply, which can be obtained from the respective transmission system operator. The basic information is provided by the EU Transparency Regulation itself (Regulation No. 543 in 2013), the ENTSO-E implementation rules and other documents published by the ENTSO-E.