Senior Representative EFET Gas The NW Gas Regional Initiative The Hague, 4 June 2010 The Scope of Gas Regional Investment Plans Author The Hague 4 June 2010 European Federation of Energy Traders 1

Author The Hague 4 June  3 rd package sets out legal obligation  Requires cooperation between TSOs  Requires cooperation between Regulators  Should help consistency between national and EU approach  Enables analysis of cross-border investment plans to be shared with stakeholders Scope of the Gas Regional Plan – Why bother? Why bother with regional plans?

Author The Hague 4 June  No need for an actual regional plan this year  Should not duplicate work on EU 10yr plan (but might suggest how EU modelling can improve)  Preparation is required to define how work on a regional plan would be useful if done next year  We need to ask “How can any regional analysis add value?”  What can we do differently to achieve better results? Scope of the Gas Regional Plan – Why now? Why bother now?

Author The Hague 4 June  clarification of the options for dealing with capacity bottlenecks, and  establishing the information that is needed to enable investment decisions Scope of the Gas Regional Plan – What to do? EFET has suggested a dual focus for 2010:

Author The Hague 4 June  Identify any major capacity bottlenecks (existing and forecast) and list the options for dealing with them.  List the types of information that enable efficent investment decisions and identify/specify any tools/models that are needed. Scope of the Gas Regional Plan – What to do? Actions required to make a start:

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