Trading Hub Europe (THE) is inviting bids for the provision of balancing services for the months January 2027, February 2027 and March 2027 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.
In accordance with the 'Long Term Options' product description, in the event of a tender for the RoD product variant for H-gas demand, the provider shall not achieve the physical effect through corresponding nominations or re-nominations at border interconnection points or virtual interconnection points with the Netherlands, Belgium, France, or Denmark.
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January 2027
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February 2027
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March 2027
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High CV gas
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High CV zone „South“ (HS)
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8,754 MWh/h
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8,754 MWh/h
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8,754 MWh/h
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High CV zone „Ontras“ (HOS)
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3,301 MWh/h
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3,301 MWh/h
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3,301 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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1,148 MWh/h
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1,148 MWh/h
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1,148 MWh/h
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Low CV zone „Nowega“ (LNA)
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1,148 MWh/h
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1,148 MWh/h
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1,148 MWh/h
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Total
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14,350 MWh/h
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14,350 MWh/h
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14,350 MWh/h
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List of THE entry and exit points (Version 15, September 18the, 2026)
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* 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 2027, 06:00 hours until 1 February 2027, 06:00 hours
1 February 2027, 06:00 hours until 1 March 2027, 06:00 hours
1 March 2027, 06:00 hours until 1 April 2027, 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 6 October 2026, 12:00 hours and 20 October 2026, 12:00 hours using our Balancing Services Portal (BSP).
THE will accept bids by 23 October 2026, 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”