Transelectrica announces that on December 17, 2021, the RFP-TEL control block was successfully connected to the European platform IGCC – International Grid Control Cooperation.

IGCC is the project chosen by ENTSO-E for the process of compensating for imbalances. The IGCC platform is a way to optimize the secondary frequency-switching power regulation by reducing the counter-actions of member operators’ regulators, resulting in an optimized use of the BRS – Secondary Adjustment Band (old name) or aRRF system reserve. Frequency Recovery Reserve with automatic activation (new name), at cooperation level.

The IGCC platform currently has a total of 27 transmission and system operators (TSOs), of which 22 have operational membership status – ADMIE Greece, APG Austria, CNTEE Transelectrica Romania, Elia Belgium, Swissgrid Switzerland, CEPS Czech Republic, 50Hz Germany, Amprion Germany, TenneT DE Germany, TransnetBW Germany, Energinet Denmark, RTE France, HOPS Croatia, MAVIR Hungary, Terna Italy, CREOS Luxembourg, TenneT NL Netherlands, PSE Poland, REN Portugal, ELES SIovenia, REE Spain, SEPS Slovakia, 2 TSOs have non-operational status as ESO – EAD Bulgaria, EMS Serbia, respectively 3 TSOs as observer members – NOS Bih Bosnia and Herzegovina, CGES Montenegro and MEPSO Northern Macedonia.