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Table 2.4: Ranking of products in the balancing merit order per country/balancing zone by 1 October 2016
COUNTRY/
BAL. ZONE
TRADING PLATFORM/
BALANCING PLATFORM,
PUBLIC TENDER, OTHER
PROCEDURE (ART. 8.4)
NAME OF THE
TRADING PLATFORM/
(BALANCING
PLATFORM)
RANKING
IN THE
BALANCING
MERIT ORDER
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
BALANCING PRODUCT
NAME OF THE BALANCING
PRODUCT (PLEASE INSERT
NAME.)
GAS QUALITY
DISTINCTION (H-GAS/
L-GAS) WHERE ALSO
L-GAS EXISTS
SE
Balancing platform*
Balancing platform 1
Interim product (Art. 45)*
Weekly trades
2
Interim product (Art. 45)*
Regulating trades
SI
Trading platform
VTP-SI
1
WD title
WDTP
2
DA title
DATP
Public Tender
n/a
3
Balancing Services (Art. 8.3)
BALS
SK
Balancing platform*
Balancing platform 1
WD/DA title*
EUS sell/buy
Public Tender
n/a (Public tender)
2
Balancing Services (Art. 8.3)*
Trading platform
Trading in adjacent
zone: PEGAS CEGH
Gas Exchange (AT
Market Area East)
3
DA title*
CEGH DA
UK-GB (NBP)
Trading platform
WEBICE
N/A
WD title/DA title
14)
OCM TITLE DAY
N/A
WD physical/DA physical**
OCM PHYSICAL DAY
15)
N/A
WD locational/DA locational
OCM LOCATIONAL DAY
N/A
Multi day locational**
OCM LOC 2 DAY/OCM LOC 3
DAY/OCM LOC 4 DAY/OCM
LOC 5 DAY/OCM LOC 6 DAY/
OCM LOC 7 DAY
16)
N/A
Multi day DSR locational**
6 products: OCM DSR LOC 2
DAY/OCM DSR LOC 3 DAY/
OCM DSR LOC 4 DAY/OCM
DSR LOC 5 DAY/OCM DSR LOC
6 DAY/OCM DSR LOC 7 DAY
17)
UK-NI
Public Tender (Art. 8.3)
n/a (Public tender)
1
Balancing Services* (as IM:
Alternative to bal. platform)
NI Balancing Gas Contracts
(Buy/Sell)
14) In Great Britain for all listed balancing products: Sales/Purchases used for weighted average prices and
marginal prices if action is taken to address National Balance (code NB01/NS01). This template has been filled
out regarding National Grid's role as Residual Balancer only. Assumes trading platform is available, in the event
of the trading platform being unavailable contingency arrangements can be invoked which use bilateral arrange-
ments.
15) The traded quantity is locked down and cannot be re-nominated against, meaning a physical response is more
likely. A physical trade can be for gas at any point on the network, a locational trade is for a specific point
(meter) on the network.
16) Multi day trades can be used when a Gas Deficit Warning has been issued and are buying gas for a number of
days (up to 7 days ahead). Otherwise essentially the same as WD or DA locational trades.
17) Multi day DSR trades are similar to normal multi day trades and were bought in last October as part of measures
to improve routes to market for reducing the severity/duration of a Gas Deficit Emergency. Multi day trades would
only really be used in the event of a Gas Deficit Warning being issued, so rarely if ever used.
* Product and/or balancing platform approved under interim measures by NRA.
** Products in UK-GB which can used during a Gas deficit Emergency.
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