Registration Requirements
A direct contract for the purchase of electricity must include the following data, among other conditions:
- Method for determining the quantity or the rule to determine the quantity of electricity to be supplied on the basis of a direct contract (permissible error no more than +/- 30%);
- To the monthly and daily estimated volume of electricity to be supplied:
- Price per unit of supplied electricity;
- Exact start and end times of electricity supply, indicating the exact date;
- Power supply conditions;
- If one of the parties to the direct contract is a producer of electricity, the name of the power plant and the supply of electricity produced by it are the subject of the direct contract.
- Conditions for terminating a direct contract:
- The number assigned to the direct contract by the parties to the contract and the date of signing.
Three originals of the contractual application drawn up on the basis of a direct contract and one copy of a direct contract each are submitted to the Dispatch Licensee and the Electricity Market Operator for registration of the direct contract. In the event of a discrepancy between the conditions set out in the direct contract and the contractual application, the conditions specified in the contractual application shall prevail. The contractual application is an integral part of the direct contract.
If a guaranteed power purchase agreement is concluded between the parties, the Dispatch Licensee and the Electricity Market Operator shall submit for registration three originals of the contractual application and the agreement.
- A direct contract must be simultaneously submitted for registration to the Dispatch Licensee and the Electricity Market Operator (with the exception of contracts provided for in the first clause of Article 91 and Article 29 of these Market Rules) no later than three business days before the end of the relevant reporting period for the purchase/sale of electricity (not including the day of supply);
- The terms of the direct contract and the contractual application submitted to the Dispatch Licensee and the Electricity Market Operator must be identical;
- If discrepancies arise between the terms of the direct contract or contractual application submitted and registered with the Dispatching Licensee and the Electricity Market Operator, the terms specified in the version registered by the Electricity Market Operator will be considered in the settlement base for the relevant month.
- To register, you must submit a letter to the Dispatch Licensee and the Electricity Market Operator with a request to register a direct contract;
- Direct contracts signed by the wholesale supplier of electricity during the reporting period for the purchase of electricity and/or contracts for the import of electricity, as well as direct contracts signed for the sale of electricity to consumers and/or exporters in the same reporting period, must be submitted for registration simultaneously.
The direct contract comes into force after registration by the Dispatch Licensee and the Electricity Market Operator in accordance with these Rules. A direct contract cannot come into force only if it is registered by one of the persons authorized to register it.
