ENTSOG GRIP CEE 2014-2023 / Main Report

The CEE GRIP develops a comprehensive view which intermediates between the Europe-wide ENTSOG TYNDP and each country’s more detailed planning. A view at this level allows considering the specifics of the region: \\ The CEE region itself plays a pivotal role in security of supply of Western Europe, both by ensuring a seamless transit and by hosting ample storage facilities which reach beyond the border of the region. \\ The CEE region plays also a central role in the market integration, linking Russian gas supplies to Europe, potential new sources of gas in the region (in- cluding LNG, gas from the SGC region and shale gas), and two major markets, namely Germany and Italy. As such the cooperation between TSO in the region is crucial to deliver the integrated European market of gas. \\ Finally, the CEE region, with its population of 187 million people, has strong market dynamics and according to the Statistical Report 2013 from Eurogas it represents a potential of approx. 39.7 million gas consumers. We constantly seek to enhance value of the CEE GRIP to our stakeholders. All interested parties are kindly invited to provide comments on the report via public consultation process and within a workshop which are both scheduled by mid-2014. We will use collected feedback as a starting point for our works on the subsequent edition of the CEE GRIP. We believe that the combined efforts of the TSOs produced a high quality report and hope the readers will find in this report the occasion to get a better view on the chances and challenges associated with the CEE region, and the efforts which the TSOs make to deliver to the market the valuable services necessary for them.

Rafał Wittmann Director of Development Division Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.

Edwin Kaufmann Managing Director

Stefan Königshofer Managing Director

Baumgarten-Oberkappel Gasleitungsges.m.b.H.

Baumgarten-Oberkappel Gasleitungsges.m.b.H.

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