In 2013, ENTSOG achieved a
great number of deliverables
for the internal gas market with
remarkable punctuality.
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.
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.
Always In Time, Always Together!
VITTORIO MUSAZZI
General Manager, ENTSOG
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