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Leading service provider for Transmission System Operators (TSOs) in the European electricity market.

Through our single trading platform we auction cross-border transmission capacity rights. We also provide accounting (clearing and settlement), contracting, reporting, project support and IT services.

 

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On behalf of TSOs, we organize long and short-term auctions of transmission capacity rights.

We offer the following products: yearly, seasonal, quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily and intraday.

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  • 500+
    Registered market participants
  • 26k+
    Auctions held annually
  • 100%
    Auction tool availability
  • 80+
    Employees
  • 50
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Latest market messages

Capacity Curtailment on the DE-AT border for delivery period 21-12-2025

by JAO

1. TSO(s)*:

APG

2. Identification of affected Long Term Transmission Rights:

DE-AT

3. Triggering event:

Curtailment to ensure operation remains within Operational Security Limits

4. Affected volume in MW / hour for each concerned period:

21-12-2025 00:00 - 01:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 01:00 - 02:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 02:00 - 03:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 03:00 - 04:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 04:00 - 05:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 05:00 - 06:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 06:00 - 07:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 07:00 - 08:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 08:00 - 09:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 09:00 - 10:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 10:00 - 11:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 11:00 - 12:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 12:00 - 13:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 13:00 - 14:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 14:00 - 15:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 15:00 - 16:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 16:00 - 17:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 17:00 - 18:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 18:00 - 19:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 19:00 - 20:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 20:00 - 21:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 21:00 - 22:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 22:00 - 23:00 4819 MW

21-12-2025 23:00 - 24:00 4819 MW

5. Amount of LTTR remaining after curtailment:

21-12-2025 00:00 - 01:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 01:00 - 02:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 02:00 - 03:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 03:00 - 04:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 04:00 - 05:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 05:00 - 06:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 06:00 - 07:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 07:00 - 08:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 08:00 - 09:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 09:00 - 10:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 10:00 - 11:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 11:00 - 12:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 12:00 - 13:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 13:00 - 14:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 14:00 - 15:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 15:00 - 16:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 16:00 - 17:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 17:00 - 18:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 18:00 - 19:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 19:00 - 20:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 20:00 - 21:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 21:00 - 22:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 22:00 - 23:00 4709 MW

21-12-2025 23:00 - 24:00 4709 MW

6. Information on exact operational security limit(s) that are expected to be violated in the absence of curtailment*:

Expected violation of operational security limits of physical transmission assets.

7. Why alternative measures are not sufficient to avoid the expected violation of operational security limit(s)*?

During the CC process, all the remedial actions provided by the TSOs are already considered by the CCC in the calculation.

*According to section 57.3 of the EU HAR, this field can be filled in within 24 hours after the initial publication

Update: Approved Allocation Rules for HU-RS and RO-RS borders

by JAO

Dear Market Participants,

Following the approval by the relevant NRAs and further to our previous notification regarding the Serbian borders, the following documents have been updated on our website:

The amended allocation rules for the border HR-RS are still pending approval. We will inform you as soon as the approval is received.

Best regards,

JAO Operations Team

eCAT Downtime on 22/12/2025

by JAO

Please be advised that an intervention is scheduled for 22/12/2025, starting at 20:00.

During this time, eCAT access will be unavailable between 20:00 and 21:30.

We appreciate your understanding as we work to enhance our services.

Operations Team

SDAC_JAO_01 : SDAC market coupling 19/12 - Session complete

by JAO

Please be informed that the day-ahead market coupling session is now completed.

[SDAC_ExC_02]: Delay in Market Coupling Results Publication

by JAO

Dear Market Participants,

Please be aware that the publication of the SDAC Market Coupling Results is delayed until further notice.

The Market Coupling Results will be published as soon as they are available.

If needed, another delay message will be sent out.

Therefore, if relevant, we advise you to update your shadow bids at JAO eCAT platform before 14:10 CET/CEST.

Best regards,
Operations Team

Banking Holiday: 24-26/12/2025 – Impact on Transactions and Credit Limit Updates

by JAO

Please be advised that the period from 24/12/2025 until 26/12/2025, is a banking holiday in Luxembourg (Christmas Eve (afternoon), Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day / Boxing Day): http://www.jao.eu/resource-center/public-holidays

This holiday applies solely to the banking sector, and JAO Operations will remain available.

Please note that any credit limit update resulting from transactions on your ING business account will not be reflected until Monday, 29/12/2025.

Additionally, transactions initiated after ING Luxembourg's cutoff time on Wednesday, 24/12/2025, will have a value date of 29/12/2025.

We kindly recommend that you adjust your financial schedule accordingly to accommodate these changes.

Kind regards,

JAO Operations

Cancellation : 1st Round MK<>RS & MK<>BG Monthly Auctions for January 2026

by JAO

Please note that the 1st round of the monthly auctions for the corridors MK<>RS & MK<>BG with auction IDs:


 MK-RS-M-BASE-------260101-01

RS-MK-M-BASE-------260101-01

MK-BG-M-BASE-------260101-01

BG-MK-M-BASE-------260101-01

Have been cancelled due to technical issue

Please note that the 2nd round of the monthly auctions for the corridors MK<>RS & MK<>BG with auction IDs:

MK-RS-M-BASE-------260101-02

RS-MK-M-BASE-------260101-02

Will open today 19.12.2025 at 14:20 and will be closing on the 23.12.2025 at 14:20

MK-BG-M-BASE-------260101-02

BG-MK-M-BASE-------260101-02

Will open today19.12.2025 at 14:30 and will be closing on the 23.12.2025 at 14:30

Kind regards,

JAO Operations

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JAO has successfully implemented internationally recognized management systems and is now officially certified for ISO/IEC 27001:2022 – the global standard for Information Security Management Systems and for ISO 9001 – the international standard for Quality Management Systems. 

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We started as a shared auction platform for transmission capacity across Central Western Europe in 2008. Over time, we became the operator of the Single Allocation Platform and therefore the leading trading platform for European Transmission System Operators.

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