Interconnection between Žerjavinec (HR)/Heviz (HU) and Cirkovce (SI) Priority corridor under Regulation (EU) 347/2013: North-South electricity interconnections in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe ('NSI East Electricity') Information on the project promoters Type of information Available options* / Defined Format Company ELES d.o.o. Type of company TSO E-mail address [email protected] Telephone number +386 1 474 3000 General Information Type of information Available options / Defined Format Electricity Transmission line Substation Phase-shift Transformer Storage Type of project Smart Grids deployment New Upgrade Extension Replacement Status Permitting Project included in the 2014 TYNDP Yes Project included on the list of Projects of common interest (PCI) Yes (project no. 3.9.1) Location of the project (country, region, From SS Cirkovce (SI) (substation closest city) and graphical representation included in the project) to the state border on the map with Hungary. Expected costs 102,5 mio € 1 (costs of new SS Cirkovce 400 kV included) Name of the sponsors and their shares Link to the project website ELES 100% http://www.eles.si/dv-2x400-kv-cirkovce--pince.aspx Technical information Type of information Available options / Defined Format For transmission line projects Line type OHL Length of the line Approximately 80 km From … to … SS Cirkovce to Pince Transmission capacity (MW) 2 x 1.330 MW Voltage (kV) 400 kV Current (DC / AC) AC 2 x 1.920 A Time Schedule Type of information Defined Format Probable date of commissioning and the  National Spatial Plan: 2012 main milestones  Commissioning: 2016 Please tick the box below to indicate the status of the project: Pre-feasibility studies Feasibility studies FID Permitting x Construction General Criteria Type of information Detailed description Name of the corridor Cirkovce-Pince The project is the first interconnection line Main objectives of the project (necessary between Slovenia and Hungary and will for the priority corridor) have a significant international importance in the context of building a common pan2 European grid and increase cross-border transmission capacity with Hungary. This will allow for Slovenia, Italy and surrounding countries access to electricity from the East and to improve reliability, important in case of failure of major production units or other unexpected events. If transmission, does the project have a YES significant impact on cross-border transmission capacity between two or more Member-States? The project will have a significant impact on GTC values on Slovenia-Hungary border. Specific Criteria Type of information Available options / Defined format Market integration, interoperability and system flexibility Does the project contribute to the integration of market areas or to eliminate the isolation of least 1 Member State from the Internal Energy Market? How and New interconnection line will allow higher market integration in the region. which ones? What additional value does the project RES integration, it will potentially provide to the overall flexibility of the decrease CO2 emissions and losses and system (including capacity of reverse increase energy transfer through flow)? Slovenian transmission network. The project will open Slovenia and Hungary to the possibility of accessing How is this market integration expected to energy markets in the East. It will also impact the market in other TSO areas open the possibility for Italy and (state the affected areas)? surrounding countries to import additional energy from the East which includes tertiary energy reserve. Competition 3 New line will open up opportunities for Slovenia, Italy and surrounding countries in the region to access other markets and import electricity from the East. The What is the impact of the project on the project will improve reliability (in case of competition in the electricity market? failure of major production units or other unexpected events), potentially reduce losses, security of supply and increase energy transfer through Slovenian transmission network. Describe the expected timeframe over which any contribution to competition in the internal energy market is likely to be Long term realised Security of supply New line will open Slovenia to the How does the project impact the short possibility to access the new energy term and long term resilience in the market in the East. It also opens the system? possibility for purchasing tertiary energy from the East and vice versa. Does the project provide additional capacity in relation to national and regional N-1? For the benefit of which countries/regions? The project will improve reliability (in case of failure of major production units or other unexpected events) Sustainability Does the project support one or several of the listed objectives of sustainability  RES integration,  decrease of CO2 emissions decrease of losses 4