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GRI NW TRANSPARENCY PROJECT. Olaf Islei OFGEM RCC 13 May 2009. PHASE ONE. OUTSTANDING ACTIONS. PHASE TWO. NETWORK USERS’ COMMON POSITION. THE PRIORITIES. Information on Capacity availability. Gas Flow Information. Gas Quality Information. Balancing and Security of Supply Information.
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GRI NWTRANSPARENCY PROJECT Olaf Islei OFGEM RCC 13 May 2009
NETWORK USERS’ COMMON POSITION THE PRIORITIES Information on Capacity availability Gas Flow Information Gas Quality Information Balancing and Security of Supply Information Why these priorities? • EFET • Eurogas • IFIEC • GEODE • eurelectric • OGP “common position on minimum transparency requirements” Two proposed workstreams 1. Harmonisation of existing information 2. Incremental release of new information
DEMAND INFORMATION BENEFIT SECURITY OF SUPPLY AND REDUCE SYSTEM BALANCING COSTS
NATIONAL GRID: DEMAND INFORMATION *Source: National Grid data dictionary
POSSIBLE INFORMATION? MINIMISE INDIVIDUAL SHIPPER AND TOTAL SYSTEM BALANCING COSTS
TRANSMISSION TRANSPARENCY MEETING31 MARCH • TSO initial proposal • Identify different balancing regimes • Required information in each regime identified by NRA and network users • TSO to commit to project plan to publish information • No proposal on demand forecasts • No proposal on gas quality • Network User concern that proposal will not meet minimum transparency requirements No agreement on way forward
STORAGE TRANSPARENCY MEETING20 APRIL • GRI NW regulators, EFET, Eurogas, GSE, European Commission • Project proposal • Daily publication information at hub level: • Aggregated storage stocks • Aggregated storage inflows • Aggregated storage outflows • Preliminary dates: 1 October 2009 30 November 2009 SUPPORTED BY ALL PRESENT AT THE MEETING
TIMELINE Enter into force summer 2009 18 MONTH INTERIM PERIOD Legal requirement 2011 • Third package – proposed Gas Regulation amendments • GRI NW – estimated project implementation timeline Agree deliverables summer 2009 12 to 18 MONTH IMPLEMENTATION Complete implementation 2011 Third package: the national regulatory authority shall ensure that all such information is made public
CONCLUSION • Programme board supported proposal to use GRI NW as platform for early and coordinated implementation of new third package requirements • Implementation where there is a clear legal requirement, avoid policy issues like linepack • Over to the TSOs to make a sensible recommendation • New third package requirements • Commissions proposed guidelines