Balancing service provider (OShB)
A balancing service provider offers reserve or balancing energy to OST. It is not the same role as a BRP, though a BSP is also a BRP under the balancing rules.
- Official source
- Ofrues i Shërbimit të Balancimit (OShB)
- Source language
- Albanian
- TradingDesk explanation
- English
Why it matters
A battery or a flexible plant may sell balancing energy to OST. That is a BSP job. A BRP only owns the imbalance of a group.
TradingDesk Balancing can show both, but they are different contracts.
How it works
Official source: the 2020 balancing-rules PDF. TradingDesk explanation: a candidate BSP applies to OST with the reserve it can offer. OST prequalifies the units and signs an agreement.
Products in the file include FCR, aFRR, mFRR, replacement reserve and emergency reserve. Activation and payment details stay in the PDF. Later ERE decisions can change a 2020 step.
Key rules / parameters
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Operator | OST prequalifies and activates |
| Role | Offer balancing energy / reserve, not only settle imbalance |
| Vendim ERE nr. 106, 02.07.2020 |
TradingDesk context
If a VPP or storage asset will offer flexibility, read this next to Storage and the balancing-rules PDF.
- Source authority
- Source: ERE / OST
- Publication date
- 2020-07-02
- Official title
- Rregullat e Tregut Shqiptar të Balancimit, Vendim ERE nr. 106, 02.07.2020
- Source language
- Albanian
- Last updated
- 2026-09-10
- Official source
Rregullat e Tregut Shqiptar te Balancimit te Energjise Elektrike.pdf
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BSP · OShB · balancing · OST