“As of 2 October, guarantees of origin for electricity generated in high-efficiency cogeneration sources will be introduced to trading by TGE within the framework of the Guarantees of Origin Register.

In the fifth year of operation of the Register of Guarantees of Origin, TGE expands its functionality by enabling trading in guarantees of origin for electricity generated in high-efficiency cogeneration sources. The guarantee is a document certifying that a certain amount of electricity supplied to the distribution network or transmission network was produced in the process of combined heat and power generation (i.e. cogeneration or CHP).

The guarantee of origin for electricity generated in high-efficiency cogeneration sources is issued by the Energy Regulatory Office for a period of 12 months from the date of its issuance, or until 31 December 2019 in the case of guarantees issued on the basis of Article 9y-9zb of the Act as amended by Article 95. Subsequently, it is transferred, in a digital format, to the GOR, and after the above-mentioned time period, the guarantee expires and is removed from the Register. The document has a unique number and validity date. As opposed to certificates of origin, the guarantees are not a commodity and are traded directly within the Register.

The Guarantees of Origin Register launched by TGE in November 2014 is addressed to the generators of electricity from both RES and cogeneration as well as to trading companies, brokers and all interested entities interested in the certification of the origin of electricity. The Guarantees of Origin Register allows its members to carry out the following operations:

generators have the guarantees of origin credited to their accounts after they have been uploaded by TGE into the GOR, and may trade them independently;
Brokers may act as intermediaries in sell/buy transactions for guarantees of origin;
final consumers may obtain guarantees of origin.

Detailed regulations of the Guarantees of Origin Register, standard forms of documents and appendices are available at www.tge.pl”
Source: https://tge.pl/tge-news-read