ENTSOG Annual Report 2013

Tariff Working Group

ACER has been working on the Tariff Framework Guidelines (TAR FG) for most of 2012 and 2013. In April, ACER endorsed part of the Frame- work Guidelines. On 30 November, ACER submit- ted the full TAR FG to the EC. On 19 December, ENTSOG received an invitation letter from the European Commission to draft a Network Code on Harmonised Transmission Tariff Structures for Gas (TAR NC) by the end of 2014. Tariff-related work at ENTSOG has been intense during the past year in preparing for the network code development process. Throughout the year, trilateral discussions have been held with the Commission and ACER with the goal of improving ENTSOG’s understanding of both the Commis- sion’s and ACER’s views on the tariff requirements specified in TAR FG. ENTSOG submitted a working level paper to ACER discussing response proposals to the updates made to the draft TAR FG in February 2013 and a response to ACER’s consultation on the cost al- location methodologies and tariff-related in­ cremental capacity issues in September 2013. The Launch Documentation for the Network Code development process was elaborated during the second half of 2013 and subsequently published on 22 January 2014. It aims to provide a starting point for stakeholders’ discussion on the Network Code development process. The consultation on the draft Project Plan took place as soon as the in- vitation letter was received on 19 December 2013. The highly complex area of transmission tariffs for TAR NC is one of the most challenging tasks ENTSOG has ever undertaken. In particular, 31 December 2014 is a very tight deadline for submitting TAR NC to ACER.

Natural gas is easier and more affordable to store than electricity.

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