Final price for discrepancies is the price at which the differences between the planned and actual supply or consumption of electricity are financially compensated. This price directly reflects the costs that the transmission system operator (TSO) had to incur for regulatory energy to redress overall systemic imbalances. It shall be set separately for positive and negative discrepancie:
- The price for a positive discrepancie (when the entity delivered more/consumed less than planned) is usually low because the excess energy had to be taken off the grid by SEPS.
- The cost of a negative iscrepancie (when an entity delivered less/consumed more than planned) is usually high because the shortfall had to be supplied to the grid by SEPS from expensive regulating sources.
This mechanism financially incentivises clearing entities to plan as accurately as possible.
