Balancing Capacity
OCCTO
Japan
Japan's primary balancing market for alleviating constraints and managing grid frequency, this includes capacity traded to address demand forecast errors and renewable generation variability over half hourly intervals.
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Service details
Service type
Load reduction and load increase
Eligible technologies
All DER types
Competition frequency
Ongoing
Locational scope
Territory-wide
Seasonality
Contingent
Eligibility
Direct
Aggregated
Residential
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Commercial & Industrial
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Front-of-the-Meter
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Tertiary Adjustment Power 1 (三次調整力① ～ ③週市場商品) is a weekly product and Tertiary Adjustment Power 2 (三次調整力②) is a short term product traded closer to real time.
Key details
Bidding is coordinated via JEPX (SDAM Segment) auctions.
Dispatch & settlement are handled within JEPX.
Listing last updated on
29 July 2025
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