Trading Hub Europe (THE) is inviting bids for the provision of balancing services for the months January 2026, February 2026 and March 2026 in order to meet its long-term balancing requirements in the multi-quality market area of Trading Hub Europe, with bids being requested for the supply of gas by providers (SystemBUY) on a ‘Rest-of-the-Day’ basis (product variant ‘RoD’) under the ‘Long-Term Options’ (LTO) balancing product.
THE is procuring the requirements set out below to increase the security of the gas supply in accordance with the 2015 policy paper on gas supply security published by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate.
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January 2026
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February 2026
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March 2026
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High CV gas
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High CV zone „Central“ (HM)
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1.729 MWh/h
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1.729 MWh/h
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1.729 MWh/h
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High CV zone „South“ (HS)
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7.925 MWh/h
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7.925 MWh/h
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7.925 MWh/h
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High CV zone „Ontras“ (HOS)
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2.450 MWh/h
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2.450 MWh/h
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2.450 MWh/h
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Low CV gas
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Low CV zones („East“ (LO), „West“ (LW), „GUD“ (LGU))
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1.153 MWh/h
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1.153 MWh/h
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1.153 MWh/h
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Low CV zone „Nowega“ (LNA)
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1.153 MWh/h
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1.153 MWh/h
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1.153 MWh/h
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Total
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14.410 MWh/h
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14.410 MWh/h
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14.410 MWh/h
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* For Low CV gas, a cost-optimal acceptance of bids shall be made taking into account the principles of § 5 number 4 (Terms and Conditions for System Balancing Actions).
Contract periods:
Please note that bids are invited separately for each product for each of the following contract periods:
1 January 2026, 06:00 hours until 1 February 2026, 06:00 hours
1 February 2026, 06:00 hours until 1 March 2026, 06:00 hours
1 March 2026, 06:00 hours until 1 April 2026, 06:00 hours
Please note: The maximum number of permitted call days per lot and contract period is 14 gas days.
Bidding period:
If you wish to respond to the above tender invitations, please submit your bids between 7 October 2025, 12:00 hours and 21 October 2025, 12:00 hours using our Balancing Services Portal (BSP).
THE will accept bids by 24 October 2025, 12:00 hours by awarding individual contracts (“System Balancing Transaction Agreements”) for the above contract periods.
The terms and conditions of the tenders ("Contractual terms & conditions for balancing gas providers") as well as all other documents required for participation in the tenders can be found in the download area in the section "Downloadcenter THE".
Link to the Terms and Conditions for External System Balancing Actions: Terms_and_Conditions_for_external_system_balancing_actions
Link to LTO product description: Long_Term_Options