ENTSOG Annual Report 2013

Always In Time, Always Together!

Well-coordinated cooperative efforts always bring better results than working in isolation. In 2013, ENTSOG achieved a great number of deliverables for the internal gas market with remarkable punc- tuality. The process of refining the network codes progressed quickly and the time was greatly re- duced between the presentation of the first draft and delivery of the network code documents for ACER’s final opinion prior to being forwarded to the Gas Committee of the European Commission.

The Capacity Allocation Mechanism network code (CAM NC) was initially delivered on 6 March 2012 and delivered to ACER for its final opinion by 17 September 2012. The Gas Committee finally met in January 2013. The Balancing network code (BAL NC) was delivered for ACER’s initial opinion on 26 October 2012 and then refined in the period between September and February 2013. The comitology process started in April 2013 and was completed on 2 October 2013. The Interoperability network code was in fact delivered to ACER for their opinion on 11 September 2013 and resubmitted to ACER on 18 December 2013 after refining them in cooperation with ACER and ENTSOG members. The comitology process started in April 2014. The high degree of cooperation between gas mar- ket stakeholders, ACER regulators, European Commission and member TSOs contributed to the success of this work and helped to streamline the process. From this we have learned that the bet- ter the gas market actors know each other, the better our common results will be. It is reassuring to see such strong willingness on the part of all stakeholders to implement the internal gas market in the very near future. But TSOs acomplished much more in 2013 than writing documents and regulations. The first “CAM compliant” capacity platform to aggregate multiple transmission system operators (TSOs) in Europe commenced in April 2013 well before the relevant network code was implemented. This I think was a great opportunity for the gas market to assess NC requirements in a real-life environment and also test several CAM NC concepts.

In 2013, ENTSOG achieved a great number of deliverables for the internal gas market with remarkable punctuality.

VITTORIO MUSAZZI General Manager, ENTSOG

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