ENTSOG BAL NC Monitoring Report 2016

Annex VIII: Interim measures

(Chapter X of the BAL NC)

Table 8.1: Overview of the implementation of interim measures (general provisions)

OVERVIEW OF INTERIM MEASURES IMPLEMENTATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

The reason of Interim measures implementation

Insufficient liquidity

BG, EL, IE, LT, RO, SE, SK, UK-NI

Other

, PL

Mandatory first Interim Measures Report approved with

termination date April 2019

Approved

BG, DE, EL, IE, LT, PL, RO, SE, SK, UK-NI

Updated Interim measures Report approved

Yes

DE, PL, SK

, UK-NI

, EL

, IE

, LT

, RO

, SE

1) The MAMs operate balancing platforms solely for the procurement of specific locational commodity

products which are not offered at the trading platform in order to ensure security of supply. The balancing

platforms are therefore only used in case there is a specific locational balancing demand which cannot be

covered with STSPs traded at the wholesale market. Based on this strict limitation, the balancing

platforms have no negative effect on the liquidity at the short term wholesale market, since it is hardly

used and only serves as a backup solution. Offers of balancing gas suppliers at the balancing platform are

furthermore non-binding for the supplier until they are accepted by the MAMs and therefore no flexibility is

withheld from the short term wholesale market.

2) Lack of locational products offered on the trading platform and no possibility of trading on short term

markets (day ahead and intraday) for up to 22 hours, 7 days a week, which will enable liquid balancing

throughout the gas day.

3) Link not available.

4) We shall update and submit the annual report to the NRA after 6 months of implementation of the new

Balancing regime.

5) DESFA's current consideration is that submission of an updated version of the report on Interim Measures

is not necessary, since: a) most of the measures included in the report (e. g. reduction of tolerance levels,

revision of resale scheme, full re-nomination cycles) have already been incorporated in DESFA's proposal

for the 3rd revision of the Network Code; b) the rest of the proposed measures are expected to be

implemented according to schedule.

6) Focus of TSO, Regulator and industry has been on moving forward towards implementing an enduring

balancing solution.

7) The report is being prepared at the moment.

8) TSO requested from NRA an extension until December 2017 for the preparation of the report on the

application of interim measures.

9) An updated annual report was sent 2 Jan 2017.

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