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EASEE-gas

EASEE-gas. E uropean A ssociation for the S treamlining of E nergy E xchange - gas. EASEE-gas. Why the need ? The US example The European project. WHY THE NEED ?. Before liberalisation. Few participants, stable and long lasting relationships. After liberalisation.

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EASEE-gas

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  1. EASEE-gas European Association for the Streamlining of Energy Exchange - gas

  2. EASEE-gas • Why the need ? • The US example • The European project

  3. WHY THE NEED ? Before liberalisation Few participants, stable and long lasting relationships After liberalisation Many players, short lived and fast changing relationships Hence need to streamline transactional processes

  4. BUNDLED BUSINESS MODEL Producer Gas Merchant LDC End user physical contractual

  5. GENERIC CORE BUSINESS MODELLiberalised market commodity commodity Producer Trader shipping Title transfer hand over capacity tittle transfer capacity Transporter Shipper commodity hand over shipping title transfer commodity supply base management End user Supplier physical contractual notional

  6. GENERIC BUSINESS MODELLiberalised market Non gas services Gas services Core Business Partners Legal Finance Software etc. Storage Terminal Hub etc. physical contractual notional

  7. INDICATIVE VOLUME CHAIN 0-300 0-300 Ship/Trans Traders Producers 50 100 100 50 Suppliers Storage End Users Large accounts 50 10-20 Retail Suppliers Ship/DSO 50 End Users Res. & Dom. 50

  8. INDICATIVE VALUE CHAIN Ship/Trans Traders Producers 120-140 10-30 10 110 100 100 120-140 Storage Suppliers End Users Large accounts 130-150 0-50 10 Ship/Trans Suppliers 170-290 50-100 50-100 End Users Res. & Dom. 220-390

  9. THE US EXAMPLE Gas Industry Standards Board GISB

  10. THE US EXAMPLE Gas Industry Standards Board created in 1994 with a mission to : “ develop and promote standards to simplify and expand electronic communications and to simplify and streamline business practices that will lead to a seamless market place for natural gas “

  11. THE US EXAMPLE GISB achievements • 7 years of existence : • 400 business practices established • 40 transactions standardised • 5 model agreements • Transformed to NAESB to include power industry

  12. NAESB membership • Wholesale Gas (ex GISB)133 • Retail Gas 42 • Wholesale Power 169 • Retail Power 47 End Users 19 Distributors 25 Pipelines 41 Producers 13 Services 35

  13. THE EUROPEAN PROJECT Initiated by the EDIGAS-group Supported by EU and by CEER Created through joint Task Force

  14. THE EUROPEAN PROJECT Task Force participants • EFET • OGP • Eurogas • GTE • Edig@s • Eurelectric • GEODE

  15. THE EUROPEAN PROJECT EASEE-gas mission statement • “To develop and promote common practices to • simplify and streamline business processes • between the stakeholders that will lead to an • efficient and effective European Gas Market”

  16. THE EUROPEAN PROJECT EASEE-gas basic principles • Open, independent organisation • Full members: vote and fee • Associate members: no vote, no fee • Driven by volunteers • Financed through membership fees

  17. FULL MEMBERS • Companies or divisions with separate • accounts • Can join through one or more segments • Annual fee: EUR 1500 per segment

  18. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS • Government agencies • Regulators • Not-for-profit organisations • Consumer groups • Individuals et al.

  19. ORGANISATION Full Members by segment Associate Members Executive Committee Board of Directors Advisory Panel General Manager & Staff Working Groups

  20. Membership evolution Full Associate 14.03.2002 31.05.2002 04.12.2002 07.05.2003 6 17 35 59 0 3 11 12

  21. 59 Full Members Producers 6 Traders & Shippers 15 Transporters 19 Suppliers 5 Service Providers 9 Distribution Netw. Op. 4 Retail Suppliers 0 End Users 1

  22. Comments • 5 Segments : active • Distribution Network Operators : coming along • Retail Suppliers : still lagging • End Users : disappointing

  23. 12 Associate Members EUROGAS EURELECTRIC EFET ENERGIENED GEODE GTE IFIEC OGP AFG ANRGN ENERGIE CONTROL MARCOGAZ

  24. Key Events of 2002/3 • Jan - March 2002 :Task Force drafts the Articles of Association. • 14th March : EASEE-gas is legally founded • April : Initial Working Groups are established • - Rules are drafted. • 30th/31st October : Report to Madrid Forum • 4th December : 2nd GMoM & workshop. • January/February 2003: Nominations & votes for Exec Committee. • 19th February : Update to Madrid Forum Joint Working Group. • 6th March : 3rd GMoM and election of 1st Exec Committee Members. • 24th April : hired General Manager

  25. Working Groups 1) Business Rules 2) Message Specification 3) Edig@s Message Codification and Maintenance 4) Real-time Data Exchange 5) IT Communication Network 6) eb XML 7) Harmonisation of Units 8) Gas Quality Harmonisation 9) Commercial Agreements

  26. Working Groups General comments • Initial focus on operational matters • strongest effort on communications • - high data flow as number of shippers grows • - abolish manual data handling • 6 WGs chaired by transporters • 1 WG chaired by a producer • 1 WG chaired by an associated member • 1 to be started

  27. EASEE-gas • Provides a platform for discussion • Voluntarism is better than regulation • The US example shows it works • Europe may prove a bit harder

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