ENTSOG Annual Report 2013

ENTSOG has always striven towards cooperative efforts involving all key players and ENTSOG has devoted much time and resources to this goal. Taking the excellent results into consideration, this has been a highly successful strategy in my opinion. But there is still much more to be done. ENTSOG must now prepare the tariff network code (TAR NC) and the amendments of the CAM NC to accommodate rules regarding incremental and new capacity, and also adopt the Cost-Benefit Analysis methodology for the selection of Projects of Common Interest by August 2014. New challenges await us at ENTSOG and we are confident that by continuing to cooperate with our various stakeholders, we will be able to jointly achieve these targets.

But TSOs accomplished much more in 2013 than writing documents and regulations.

Other pilot projects foreseen in the CAM Roadmap for this network code were performed across Europe, in a cooperative effort between National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and TSOs, and under the supervision of ACER and ENTSOG. In February 2013, ENTSOG also published the third edition of the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP), which, thanks to the generous feedback received for the previous edition, was improved overall. Contributions from ENTSOG during the year were provided to the EU-Russia dialogue meetings and to the Gas Coordination Group, both led by EC, as well as to the preparatory phase of the revision of the Gas Target Model. By the end of 2013, ENTSOG expanded to 43 members and three associated partners from 26 EU member states, and four TSOs as observers from four non-EU states. The Ukrainian TSO UKRTRANSGAZ joined ENTSOG during the last General Assembly in ENTSOG (December 2013). Therefore, ENTSOG represents TSOs of the EU while also maintaining partnerships with neighbouring countries in the spirit of the Regulation (EC) 715 / 2009. Significant activities were also performed by the Energy Community as a whole to engage and discuss issues with the Balkan states of Europe. New maps on capacity and system development were pub- lished in May and July, respectively, of 2013.

Vittorio Musazzi General Manager, ENTSOG

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