Further development of MaBiS processes (market rules for electricity accounting grid settlement)

In each of the four German control areas, there has to be a guaranteed balancing between feed-in and extraction. To achieve this, accounting grid settlement takes place each month. To make this process more transparent for the market participants, the BNetzA introduced MaBiS on April 1, 2011. In the role of the party responsible for the accounting grid (known as the BKV), the customer bears economic responsibility for deviations between the feed-in and extraction. Using the GPKE, the quantities in a distribution network that need to be balanced have to be correctly reported to and registered with the transmission provider, so that it can forward the quantity to the relevant BKV. If there are any discrepancies in the quantity allocation for a distribution network, the BKV can trigger a clearing process. If the network operator does not submit the correct accounting grid totals on time, the transmission provider has to wait for the BKV approval before using the quantity in the settlement total.