ENTSOG BAL NC Monitoring Report 2016

Table 2.3: NRA approved possibility of TSO’s trading of STSP in adjacent balancing areas by 1 October 2016

COUNTRY

1) NAME OF THE ADJACENT BALANCING ZONE (INCL. NAME OF THE TRADING PLATFORM IN ADJACENT ZONE).

2) ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE NRA AND REASONS THEY NOT IMPLEMENTED INSTEAD.

3) LINK TO THE APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR TRADING IN AN ADJACENT ZONE.

4) HAVE THE APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEEN RECONSIDERED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE TSO/NRA BY 1 OCTOBER 2016?

5) PLEASE EXPLAIN THE CRITERIA FOR THE RESERVATION OF CROSS BORDER CAPACITY BY THE TSO AND HOW THIS RESERVATION DOES NOT AFFECT CROSS

BORDER CAPACITY USE (ART. 9.3).

1) GASPOOL, NCG ( trading platform – PEGAS)

2) Not available

3) Not available

4) Not available

5) Since this measure is expected to be used only exceptionaly the limitation of access by other network users is negligible

1) NCG and GASPOOL are registered as shippers in the Netherlands with Gasunie Transport Services B.V. and are trading at the Virtual Trading Point TTF. NCG and GASPOOL are

using the Trading platforms of PEGAS for trading activities at the TTF. In addition NCG is using the ICE Endex for trading activities.

2) As an alternative to trading at the TTF, quality specific title products for L gas and H gas were introduced at the trading platforms PEGAS/NCG and PEGAS/GPL on 01.10.2013

in cooperation with the MAMs. The MAMs make use of these quality specific title products and take into account transport costs when comparing prices for the quality specific

L gas product at PEGAS/NCG resp. PEGAS/GPL with the title product prices at the TTF in order not to give an advantage to TTF trading.

In the market area NCG liquidity in the quality specific title products increased considerably during the last years, which allowed a significant decrease in the use of the TTF

for balancing purposes. While TTF balancing volumes made up 17,4% of all STSP balancing volumes of NCG in the gas year 2014/2015, this ratio went down to 1,7% in the

gas year 2015/2016.

Since April 2016, the TTF was not used at all by NCG for its balancing activities.

In the market area GASPOOL in the gas year 2015/2016 the TTF-volumes for balancing purposes were around 14% compared against all STSP balancing volumes.

3) The MAMs act fully according to the applicable market rules in the Netherlands and in Germany in the context of the TTF balancing activities, thus all generally applicable

terms and conditions are also valid for the MAMs. The MAMs are registered as market participants at PEGAS and ICE Endex (NCG only) and as shippers at Gasunie Transport

Services B.V. and the relevant German Transmission System Operators. Capacity bookings occur via the booking platform PRISMA.

4) Annual review has been reconsidered.

5) In order not to limit the access to network capacity for network users, the MAMs book transport capacity primarily on a short-term basis, meaning day-ahead or within-day.

Since the MAMs would only book capacity in case of a balancing demand it means that capacity is not in use anyway.

1) GASPOOL (trading platform – PEGAS) – for balancing actions in H-gas and TGPS balancing area; H-gas balancing area (TGE trading platform) – for balancing actions in TGPS

balancing area

2) As alternative: locational products for IP with GASPOOL, but they are not available.

3) The NRA’s approval is valid until the date: 1 October 2017 6:00. For H-gas: TSO may trade within adjacent balancing zone only for the purpose of balancing actions as long as

the locational products are not offered on trading platform functioning in the high methane gas balancing area.

For TGPS: TSO may trade within adjacent balancing zone only for the purpose of balancing actions as long as the locational products are not offered on trading platform

functioning in this gas balancing area or there is not enough liquidity at the trading platform in this balancing area.

4) Annual review has been reconsidered.

5) TSO may use only day ahead and intraday capacity. TSO books the capacity in the auction procedure.

In case of balancing actions for H-gas the reservation of cross border capacity by the TSO doesn't affect cross border capacity use because in case when the capacity is

booked and used by the network users the TSO doesn't need to undertake this balancing action.

1) Austrian Market Area East, Austrian VTP (CEGH Gas Exchange)

2) There is no trading platform present in Slovak balancing zone. Alternative solution would be trading at Czech VTP, however the CEGH Gas Exchange at Austrian VTP is much

more liquid. Only as backup/alternative to existing Balancing platform.

3) The trading in an adjacent zone is possible as a last option within the merit order list.

4) Annual review has not been reconsidered

5) The possible reservation of cross border capacity would not affect cross border capacity use by network users. There is enough free capacity At the interconnection point with

adjacent zone (Baumgarten) and the need for adjacent zone trading is very rare (not used until now). In case there will be a reason to assume that such trading would affect

network users capacity bookings, the criteria will be developed.

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