ENTSOG GRIP South - Main Report

1.1 Preamble

Europe is importing gas in a very significant way and Transmissions Systems Operators havebeen cooperating for decades in order to enable cross border trans- mission. This cooperation is crucial for supportingmarket integration and develop- ing the security of supply of allMember States. Theneed topromote regional coop- eration isunderlinedby theEuropeanDirective2009/73/EC inArticle7and further detailed by the EuropeanRegulationNo. 715/2009 inArticle 12. Pursuant toArticle 12 (1) of the EuropeanRegulation, TransmissionSystemOpera- tors of the Region publish every two years, a regional investment plan, which con- tributes to the fulfilment of tasks listed in Article 8 (1–3), thereof the elaboration of the European Ten-Year NetworkDevelopment Planpublished by ENTSOG. Transmission System Operators have worked together within ENTSOG in order to elaborate theEuropeanTen-YearNetworkDevelopment Plan (TYNDP2013–2022) published on 21 February 2013 and available at: www.entsog.eu/publications/tyndp This is the second edition of theGasRegional Investment Plan of the SouthRegion (GRIPSouth) which covers France, Portugal andSpain. GRIPSouth, in closer con- sistency with EU-wide and national TYNDPs, provides complementary analysis of thegas system focusonTransmission,UGSandLNGTerminalsprojects. Compared to the European TYNDP, this GRIP provides, at regional level, updated forecasts on demand and projects, additional analysis of the gas system and of the infra­ structures which remedy the various issues in the region. This report takes into account feedbacks received from stakeholders since the publication of the 1st GRIP in 2011 and through exchanges organized within the ENTSOG and the South Gas Regional Initiative (SGRI) platforms. Based in part on these feedbacks, themain enhancements of this edition are: \\ a more harmonized approach between the different GRIPs, thanks to more coordinationwith the other GRIPs within the ENTSOG, \\ the interaction with stakeholders has been developed with exchanges and consultations organizedwith SGRI and ENTSOG, \\ more information on open seasons or other market-based procedures realized in the last few years or planned in the following years, to trigger an investment decision, \\ update of all the infrastructure projects of the Region from TSOs and non-TSOs, \\ updates of gasdemand forecasts inorder to take intoaccount the latest trends, in particular from the power generation sector, \\ in depth analysis of the infrastructure needs identified for the region through inter alia National Plans, Open Seasons, the TYNDP 2013, and based on the analysis of Hubs price spread and capacity subscription and/or use, \\ a detailed presentation of the remedies responding to the identified needs of the region, \\ and a specific focus on the Projects of Common Interest (PCI).

Transmissions SystemOperators of theRegionwish that this document will provide useful information to all stakeholders and will support fruitful discussions when assessing the ability of investment projects to answer the regional market needs.

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