BNetzA Beschlusskammer 8 consults on draft determination for cost reimbursement of unbalanced redispatch measures (BK8-26-001-A)

On 01.10.2026 BNetzA's Beschlusskammer 8 published a draft determination (Festlegungsentwurf) under §14 Abs.1b EnWG setting out how distribution system operators (DSOs) must reimburse plant operators/balance responsible parties (BRPs) for redispatch measures not balanced by the DSO itself. The draft fixes a quarter-hourly 'mixed price' (72.5% ID-AEP intraday index + 27.5% reBAP), a flat overhead allowance of 1.35 EUR/MWh, a cost pass-through regime via the revenue cap, a 20% tolerance threshold with a 3.90 EUR/MWh self-retention for late pre-notifications, and quarterly transparency publication duties. Stakeholders can comment until 21.10.2026.

This determination operationalises the December 2025 EnWG amendment that suspends mandatory balanced redispatch at the distribution level until 2031, replacing it with a financial reimbursement mechanism. It directly sets the price formation methodology (blending a short-term intraday index with the imbalance price) and incentive structure for timely pre-notification of redispatch, shaping cost allocation between DSOs, BRPs, direct marketers and renewable generators across the entire German distribution grid for up to five years.

The draft replaces the ad hoc BDEW-Übergangslösung with a codified, simplified two-part tariff (mixed price + overhead pauschale), abandoning the more granular four-case model originally proposed in the June 2026 Eckpunktepapier after strong stakeholder pushback on complexity. The reliance on ID-AEP/reBAP blending ties redispatch cost recovery directly to short-term wholesale and balancing-energy price signals, reinforcing incentives for BRPs to act on pre-notification and for DSOs to notify on time (via the tolerance-threshold/self-retention mechanism). Because the mechanism feeds into the regulatory revenue cap (Erlösobergrenze) and interacts with the parallel BK6-23-241 rollout of balanced redispatch, this is a structurally important piece of Germany's redispatch 2.0 architecture with potential template value for other TSO/DSO balancing-cost allocation regimes in the EU.

§14 Abs. 1, 1b, 1c EnWG (as amended by the Gesetz zur Änderung des Energiewirtschaftsrechts vom 18.12.2025, BGBl. 2025 I Nr. 347) i.V.m. §29 Abs. 1 EnWG, §32 Abs. 1 Nr. 4a ARegV, Tenorziffer 8.2 S.2 RAMEN Strom (GBK-25-01-1#1)

Deadline for stakeholder comments on the draft determination (Festlegungsentwurf) · 21 Oct 2026

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