JAO opens consultation on harmonised allocation rules for new Greece-North Macedonia long-term auction border

On behalf of IPTO, JAO launched a public consultation on the Harmonised Allocation Rules and Border Specific Annex, and on the Rules for Explicit Daily Capacity Allocation and its Border Specific Annex, for the Greece-North Macedonia (GR-MK) border, ahead of the upcoming go-live of long-term auctions on this border. The consultation period runs from 1 to 15 October 2026, with comments to be submitted via email to consultation@jao.eu by 15/10/2026 17:00 CET.

These documents will establish the concrete allocation rules governing long-term and explicit daily capacity auctions on the GR-MK interconnection, directly shaping how market participants access cross-border capacity on this border once auctions go live, and feeding into the NRA approval process that will finalize the rules.

This event marks the formal design-stage consultation preceding go-live of long-term auctions on a border that previously lacked such harmonised rules. The structure follows the standard JAO process: TSO (IPTO) proposes border-specific annexes aligned with harmonised rules templates, stakeholders comment, then TSO evaluates feedback and submits final rules to the responsible NRA for approval. The short two-week consultation window (1-15 October 2026) and explicit reference to an 'upcoming go-live' suggest this is one of the final steps before the border's long-term auction mechanism becomes operational, with regulatory review and go-live likely to follow in subsequent months, though no exact dates for these later stages are given in this source.

Harmonised Allocation Rules and Border Specific Annex framework administered by JAO; Rules for Explicit Daily Capacity Allocation and associated border specific annex; subject to NRA approval

Consultation deadline for comments on GR-MK border allocation rules · 15 Oct 2026

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