1. 2009 TSO Transparency Gas Regional Initiative North-West
OG Meeting, 29. Spetember 2009
The Hague

2. Commission proposal for 1775 Annex
Background
3rd Package
TSO Project 2009
2009
Binding requirements – known elements
Focus on deliverables and implementation 3rd package
Commission proposal for 1775 Annex
MinTra-elements through comitology
EFET MinTra
Shippers‘ common EU requirements
TSO Project 2008
EFET wish list
Wish-List (NW region)
Implemented topics in the 2008 project
MinTra-List ( EU level from wish-list region NW)
3rd pack (elements from phase 1 region NW)
Annex to 1775 (important elements from MinTra and beyond) proposed by commission
Implementing EFET wish list focusing on capacity and flows
To express shippers‘ needs
Dublin announcement
To meet the shippers‘ needs for a transparent market.
2006
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3. Common Understanding EU-wide
Regulation (EC) 715/2009 applicable as of 3 March 2011
To ensure consistent definition of the transparency obligations by TSOs, GTE+ has undertaken to define a common European approach by specifying the deliverable
Additional transparency obligations TSOs – GRI project to ensure consisten implementation
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4. Transparency Obligations
“The transmission system operator shall make public ex-ante and ex-post supply and demand information, based on nominations, forecasts and realised flows in and out of the system. The national regulatory authority shall ensure that all such information is made public. The level of detail of the information that is made public shall reflect the information available to the transmission system operator.
The transmission system operator shall make public measures taken as well as costs incurred and revenue generated to balance the system.
The market participants concerned shall provide the transmission system operator with the data referred to in this Article.”
“Each LNG and storage system operator shall make public the amount of gas in each storage or LNG facility, or group of storage facilities if that corresponds to the way in which the access is offered to system users, inflows and outflows, and the available storage and LNG facility capacities, including for those facilities exempted from third-party access. That information shall also be communicated to the transmission system operator, which shall make it public on an aggregated level per system or subsystem defined by the relevant points. The information shall be updated at least daily.” *
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5. European work in progress position explained later
GRI NW Operators
Need to hear stakeholders and regulators reaction
May want to go wider and faster
Will await outcome of EU workshop tomorrow
RCC view on information release
Principles for information release:
Information should be provided
No harm to stakeholders
No harm to TSOs
Costs of service rewarded
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6. Ex-ante Supply and Demand
D-1 nominations per system
Aggregated for all entries (cross-border points, local production, LNG facilities, storage)
Aggregated for the following exits: cross-border points, storage, LNG facilities where applicable
Based on the input from the network users/suppliers: national demand
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7. Ex-post Supply and Demand
D+1 allocations per system
Aggregated for all entries (cross-border points, local production, LNG facilities, storage)
Aggregated for all exits (cross-border points, storage, LNG facilities where applicable, national demand)
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8. Balancing Info Measures to balance the system model (balancing period)
tolerances (types + range)
info to users prior to and during the respective Gas-Day
cash-out mechanism
balancing mechanisms used by the TSO
Incurred costs
Generated revenues
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9. Storage & LNG Info Outstanding questions
Daily aggregated amount of gas in storage facilities per (sub)system
Daily aggregated amount of gas in LNG facilities per (sub)system
Daily aggregated inflows and aggregated outflows in and from storage facilities per (sub)system
Daily aggregated inflows and aggregated outflows in and from LNG facilities per (sub)system
Daily available capacities at storage facilities aggregated per (sub)system
Daily available capacities at LNG facilities aggregated per (sub)system
Outstanding questions
If a TSO only publishes the information on the GTE+ Transparency Platform only, will the TSO comply with the obligation?
What should be the process for transferring the data?
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10. Conclusions
3rd energy package has brought some more explicit transparency provisions but considerable room for interpretation still remains
Transparency provisions primarily define what information should be published NOT always who the originator of the information is (e.g. forecasts), which is subject to a subsidiarity principle and needs to be decided at the national level
GTE+ has attempted to define a common European approach to implementation to ensure consistency and comparability of information
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11. Project plan for new project
Design Phase 2009
June 09
Dec. 09
Definitions on deliverables and responsibilities
Agreement on EU level
TSOs in the region ensure the communication to an EU-wide level
Implementation Phase 2010
Jan. 10
Dec. 10
We would expect that the Regulators will coordinate this work as well on EU level.
Responsibilities need to be clear .
In line with implementation requirements of 3rd package
TSO individual implementation plans
Implementation report on stakeholder group meetings in 2010
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12. Implementation Plan to be discussed
Implementation Phase 2010
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Participant 1
Participant 2
December 2010 .
September 2010 … …
Participant 3
December 2010 … …
Participant 4
April 2010 …
June 2010 …
To be agreed with NRA!
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