Beneficiaries

• Consumers

What does this accounting serviceoption provide?

This accounting serviceoption is offered to a consumer customer whose site  is connected to the Public Transmission System (PTS), having a generation unit or units at this site (same SIRET) and wishing to access the electricity market to sell the energy produced by this generation unit or units, whether in feed in tariff (obligation d’achat), in feed in premium (complement de remuneration) or otherwise.

This accounting serviceoption allows the following energy flows to be assigned separately to balance responsible parties:

• The energy consumed at your consumption site
• The energy produced by the generation unit(s) at the same site (same SIRET)

How do I subscribe?

To subscribe, please contact your usual account manager or the generic email address of your customer service.

The contracting steps are as follows

You need to request RTE to install meters.

You then need to:

• contract with RTE an Optional Services Contract (Contrat de Prestations Annexes) in order to subscribe to the "accounting service : option C", and choose the billing terms (cheque, wire transfer or direct debit);
• accept your CART update, to take into account the new meters;
• designate a balance responsible party for the generation unit(s), providing an attachment agreement (Annex 3.A5 - Accord de rattachement d'un élément d'injection ou de soutirage au périmètre d'un Responsable d'Equilibre) in accordance with the Market Rules - Chapter 3 Balance Responsible Party (available in the Library);
• inform the balance responsible party of the consumption facility part of the subscription to the accounting service;
• designate a balance responsible party for the generation unit(s), providing an attachment agreement (Annex 1.A4 - Accord entre le Responsable de Programmation et un Utilisateur en vue du rattachement au Périmètre de ce Responsable de Programmation) in accordance with the Market Rules - Chapter 1 Scheduling System (available in the Library);
• if applicable, include the generation unit(s) in a balancing entity (BE) as part of the balancing mechanism.

Conditions

To subscribe to this option:

• The lead client holds a CART for consumer customers.
• He holds an operating permit for the generation unit(s), with the same SIRET as your consumption site.

The minimum duration of subscription for the service is one year.

You can subscribe to this option only once for a same site.

If the service is terminated, RTE shall, at its cost, proceed with the removal of metersassociated with the service previously subscribed to.

Key considerations regarding the accounting of your generation

Subscribing to this option allows the individualisation of generation flows in order to valorise the energy produced.

Depending on the characteristics of the generation facility concerned, additional regulatory obligations may apply. In this respect:

• Generation facilities with an installed capacity of 10 MW or more may be subject to an obligation to participate in the balancing mechanism;
• Subject to compliance with the greenhouse gas emission limits set out in Article L.316-9 of the French Energy Code, generation facilities may be subject to certification obligations under the capacity mechanism.

These obligations do not constitute a prerequisite for subscribing to the accounting service but may require additional steps on the part of the facility operator.

Service tariff or fee

The charges consist of:

• A fee for management costs on subscription to the service: 6720 €
• Of a set annual management fee: 720 €/year
• If applicable, a fee for management costs related to the modification/reconfiguration of the service. This includes the balance responsible party change: 2560 € per modification/reconfiguration
• If necessary, a set fee in case of voluntary islanding [1]: 100 €/ voluntary islanding

These fees are billed semi-annually.

To this are added the metering fees provided for in the TURPE:

• Annual metering component HV-B per meter: see the fees in the brochure on  the Understanding the public transmission system access tariff (TURPE) page.
• This rate is updated annually as of 1st August.

These fees are billed monthly and are included in the monthly invoice of the CART.

[1] Voluntary islanding is a temporary disconnection from the PTS and a self-supply of electricity to protect against any incidents resulting from the public transmission system. In this case, the generation facility no longer has access to the market and non-zero injection flows measured on the metering of the hosted generation (production en décompte)must be suspended (set to zero) for the metering of flows under the balance responsible party system.

Reference documentation

For further information, please access to the library to read following documents:

• Optional Services Contract (2022/04/01 version)

• CART for consumer customers

• SEPA mandate (if applicable)

• Voluntary islanding request form (if applicable)

• Market Rules - Chapter 3 Balance Responsible Party

• Market Rules - Chapter 1 Scheduling System

Contact

For additional information, please contact your usual account manager or the generic email address of your customer service.