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Ancillary services

Ancillary services ensure a continuous balance between consumption and production. Swissgrid has the legally prescribed task of procuring ancillary services using market-based processes.

Ancillary services

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Last changed documents

  • 3 October 2024
    List of prequalified bidders
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  • 20 March 2024
    Tariffs and remuneration rates for the transmission grid (2015 – 2025)
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  • 16 February 2024
    Weekly and daily tenders 2024 (in German)
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  • 2 October 2023
    Guidelines and recommendations for the prequalification of electric vehicles (in German)
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  • 20 February 2023
    Weekly and daily tenders 2023 (in German)
    PDF

News and media releases

  • | Media release

    Swissgrid can conclude a contract with transmission system operators of the Core region

    The inclusion of Switzerland in the capacity calculation for transnational electricity trade in Central Europe will improve grid stability, but is no substitute for an electricity agreement.
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  • | Media release

    First half of 2024: Swissgrid is making a vital contribution to the transformation of the electricity system

    The national grid company can look back on a successful first half of 2024. Ensuring the secure and stable operation of the transmission system was challenging, not least due to very high exports. Swissgrid continued to modernise the extra-high-voltage grid, which is a key success factor for ensuring a sustainable energy future.
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  • | Media release

    Procurement of the hydropower reserve for next winter has taken place

    In accordance with the Ordinance on the Establishment of a Winter Electricity Reserve (Winter Reserve Ordinance, WResO), Swissgrid today procured the final tranche of the hydropower reserve for the coming winter as part of a tendering procedure. The Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) has approved the awarding of contracts.
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