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To support a growing need among our customers and ISVs to test the full end‑to‑end auction workflow, Nord Pool is introducing a series of updates to the Member Test environment. These improvements are intended for compatibility with the Production environment.

The adjustments include:

• Creation of several new automated test auctions
• Renaming and restructuring of existing auctions
• Updating Gate Closure Times (GCT)

All changes are planned to be implemented on February 10th.

Also, please be reminded that auctions having the “Test_” prefix are executed on a daily basis and are intended for customers’ testing activities.

Auctions without the “Test_” prefix are manually run by our operators with the purpose of exceptional cases and specific operational scenarios. These manual auctions do not fall within the scope of the current changes and should not be used for daily testing by members.

New Auctions to Be Added

New automated auctions will be created for Intraday Auctions across the Nordic, Core, and SEM‑GB regions, also Test GB HH Day ahead auction with the automated execution.

1. Test SEM‑GB IDA2 Auction

Product Name: Test SEM‑GB IDA2

Product ID: TEST_SEM_GB_IDA2

2. Test Nordic & Baltic IDA3

Product Name: Test IDA3 Nordic & Baltic Auction

Product ID: TEST_NOR_IDA_3

3. Test Nordic & Baltic IDA2

Product Name: Test IDA2 Nordic & Baltic Auction

Product ID: TEST_NOR_IDA_2

4. Test Core Region IDA3

Product Name: Test IDA3 Core Region Auction

Product ID: TEST_CORE_IDA_3

5. Test Core Region IDA2

Product Name: Test IDA2 Core Region Auction

Product ID: TEST_CORE_IDA_2

6. Test GB HH Day Ahead 

Product Name: Test GB Half Hour Day Ahead Auction

Product ID: TEST_GB_HH_1

Renaming of Existing Auctions

To ensure consistency across IDA1/IDA2/IDA3 structures, several existing auctions in the Member Test Environment will be renamed.

1. Test Nordic & Baltic IDA (IDA1)

• Product Name: Test IDA Nordic & Baltic Auction → Test IDA1 Nordic & Baltic Auction
• Product ID: TEST_NOR_IDA → TEST_NOR_IDA_1
• Abbreviated Name: Test IDA Nordic & Baltic → Test IDA1 Nordic & Baltic

2. Test Core Region IDA (IDA1)

• Product Name: Test IDA Core Region Auction → Test IDA1 Core Region Auction
• Product ID: TEST_CORE_IDA → TEST_CORE_IDA_1
• Abbreviated Name: Test IDA Core Region → Test IDA1 Core Region

3. Test SEM‑GB IDA (ID1)

• Product Name: Test SEM‑GB IDA → Test SEM‑GB IDA1
• Product ID: TEST_SEM_GB_IDA → TEST_SEM_GB_IDA1
• Abbreviated Name: Test SEM‑GB IDA → Test SEM‑GB IDA1

 Updated Gate Closure Times (GCT)

Below is the full overview of Gate Closure Times after the update.