Control Area

{
  "countries": [
    "DE"
  ],
  "id": "10YDE-VE-------2",
  "name": "Germany 50Hertz",
  "short_name": "DE-50HERTZ"
}

A Control Area is a core domain concept in the European energy market.

The ENTSO-E Harmonized Electricity Market Role Model defines a Control Area as:

A coherent part of the interconnected system, operated by a single System Operator and shall include connected physical loads and/or generation units if any.

In other words, it is the grid a single TSO operates. It is distinct from the Scheduling Area, which is the area sharing one imbalance price. One good example is Germany, where a single Scheduling Area (DE/LU) is divided into four Control Areas — 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT DE and TransnetBW.

countries

string[]

required

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes this control area covers

string

required

EIC code identifying this control area

name

string

required

Full official name of the control area

short_name

string

required

Short display name for the control area

Scheduling Area Metering Grid Area

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Core

Cost of Energy

Schedule Management

Settlement Management (MaBiS)