JAO publishes consultation report on Daily Allocation Rules for Greece-North Macedonia border, retains proposed auction timing

JAO, acting on behalf of IPTO, published the public consultation report for the 'Rules for Explicit Daily Capacity Allocation on Bidding Zone border serviced by JAO' and its 'Border specific annex for Greece-North Macedonia', following a consultation held 1-15 October 2026. A market participant requested retaining the current GR<>MK bidding gate (09:00-09:30 CET) instead of the proposed 09:12-09:42 CET window; IPTO and JAO rejected this request, confirming the originally proposed auction timing will be maintained for operational reliability and efficiency reasons.

The decision fixes the explicit daily capacity allocation auction timing for the GR-MK interconnector, directly affecting cross-border day-ahead capacity allocation efficiency, gate sequencing relative to the adjacent BG<>MK border, and the operational certainty market participants have when bidding on this border.

This is a narrow but concrete border-specific implementation of JAO's explicit daily allocation methodology, illustrating how granular auction-timing decisions (gate windows, results publication times) are finalized at the bilateral border level even within a broader regional allocation framework. The rejection of the market participant's request to preserve legacy gate timing signals JAO's preference for harmonizing allocation processes across its platform over accommodating border-specific legacy practices, which may have implications for how other borders migrating onto JAO's explicit allocation platform negotiate timing flexibility.

Rules for Explicit Daily Capacity Allocation on Bidding Zone border serviced by JAO, and its Border-specific annex for Greece-North Macedonia

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