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Interim imbalance charge (Art. 49 of BAL NC)
In the absence of sufficient liquidity of the short
term wholesale gas market, TSOs may apply in-
terim imbalance charge which shall substitute
the daily imbalance charge calculation method-
ology.
As map 13 illustrates, eight countries including
Estonia (EL, IE, PL, RO, SE, SK and UK-NI) re-
ported having implementing interim imbalance
charge. In Poland, interim imbalance charges
are only applied for two balancing zones (L-gas
and TGPS).
Compared to the previous report, in all coun-
tries, interim imbalance charge is in place, with
the exception of Bulgaria, where the implemen-
tation of interim imbalance charge is planned for
1 January 2017.
The description of the implemented interim
imbalance charge can be found in
Annex VIII, table 8.3 .No application of interim imbalance charge
Interim daily imbalance charge in place
Implementation in progress
a)
a) Bulgaria plans the implementation by during 2017.
Map 13:
Interim measures – overview of current or planned use of interim imbalance charge
a) Bulgaria plans the implementation
by during 2017
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