In its press release of 4 August 2025 , Terna (the Italian TSO) announced the time window for blank tests to be held in view of the reconnection to the platform for the exchange of reserve balancing energy to re-establish the automatically activated frequency pursuant to art. 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 (aFRR Platform); the aFRR platform was developed as part of the PICASSO (Platform for the International Coordination of Automated Frequency Restoration and Stable System Operation) project. Further to the above-mentioned press release, GME informs that it will organise special blank test sessions together with market participants, to enable them to test the new features of the IPEX platform.
GME’s blank test sessions will be held in the period from 20 to 24 October 2025, and from 27 to 31 October 2025.
Additional details about the timing and procedures for the blank tests will be made available on the homepage of GME’s test platform, available at: https://proveipex.ipex.it.
The updated version of the Implementation Guide will be available on the homepage of the test platform at https:// proveipex.ipex.it
All market participants wishing to take part in the tests may access the test platform with the same credentials as those used for the live platforms.
For further queries about the tests and the operation of the platforms, please contact GME at proveME@mercatoelettrico.org.
The data entered by market participants during the blank tests will not be used in any way for operational purposes.