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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. THE US EXAMPLE Gas Industry Standards Board GISB

  8. 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 “

  9. 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

  10. 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

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

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

  13. 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”

  14. 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

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

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

  17. Membership evolution Full Associate 14.03.2002 09.09.2003 6 60 0 13 20 countries in & outside EU

  18. 60 Full Members Producers 6 Traders & Shippers 15 Transporters 19 Suppliers 5 Service Providers 9 Distribution Netw. Op. 5 Retail Suppliers 0 End Users 1

  19. Comments • Segments : 6 are active • Retail Suppliers : still lagging • End Users : disappointing

  20. 13 Associate Members EUROGAS EURELECTRIC EFET ENERGIENED GEODE GTE IFIEC OGP AFG ANRGN ENERGIE CONTROL MARCOGAZ FEDERGASACQUA

  21. Key Events • 2002 • Jan - March :Task Force drafts the Articles of Association. • 14th March : EASEE-gas is legally founded in Paris, offices at AFG • April : Initial Working Groups are established & Rules are drafted. • December : 2nd GMoM : Rules are adopted. • 2003 • March : 3rd GMoM and election of 1st Executive Committee Members. • April : Hired General Manager • August : First CBP on Unit Harmonisation : bar, °C, m³(n), KWh(25,0)

  22. 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

  23. Working Groups General comments • Initial focus on operational matters • strongest effort so far on communications • - high data flow as number of shippers grows • - abolish manual data handling • main focus now on gas quality and business rules

  24. 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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