Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2017

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3.5 Lithuania

3.5.1 ENERGY POLICY

Lithuania’s National Energy Strategy emphasises the main provisions for determin-

ing development of energy sector, its implementation directions up to 2030 and

guidelines for 2050. The key priorities include energy security, diversification of

energy supply, energy efficiency and integration of Lithuania’s energy network with

the energy systems of the European Union (the EU).

During the last decade Lithuania’s energy sector has been successfully restructured

in compliance with applicable requirements of legal acts of the EU, possibilities for

the diversification of energy resources have been established, measures for environ-

mental protection have been applied, etc. Lithuania has successfully coped with the

task of implementing the EU’s Third Energy Package, which stipulates the

unbundling of gas transmission, distribution and supply functions.

Lithuania’s gas sector has aimed to secure gas transmission to Lithuania’s consum-

ers and efficiently develop its gas transmission system by integrating it into the

European gas market network and bringing possibilities for the diversification of en-

ergy sources. Klaipėda Liquefied Natural Gas terminal (the LNG terminal), which

was put into operation in December 2014, was one of Lithuanias’s main achieve-

ments and it introduced competition to the gas sector and substantively increased

energy security in the Baltic region. Thus, it has allowed for energy source diversifi-

cation in the Baltic region.

3.5.2 MARKET PLAYERS

Natural Gas Market Value Chain consists of natural gas supply, transmission and

distribution.

In 2016, nearly 10 importers operated in Lithuania, out of which the major ones

were AB Achema, UAB Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas and UAB LITGAS. In 2016, natural

gas imports amounted to 24.2TWh for users in Lithuania and other Baltic States:

over 60% of the gas originated from the Klaipėda LNG terminal and the remainder

came from Russia.

AB Achema

UAB

Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas

UAB LITGAS

Others

Figure 3.26:

The major importers of natural gas to Lithuania, 2016 (%)

(Source: AB Amber Grid)