Sofia, Bulgaria, 29th January 2009
13th RCC Meeting
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Agenda
Agenda Topics Rapporteur
11:45 Arrival and registrationCo-chairs
12:00
1. Opening - Approval of the agenda - Approval of minutes of the 12th RCC meeting - Review of action points
Co-chairs
12:15 2. Review of the agenda of the 5th SG meeting Co-chairs
12.25 3. Decision on Integration of Gazprom on certain issues as observer Co-chairs
13:00
4. Updates - SSE Regulators Network - Route Assessment - EWI project on infrastructure development - Templates on how to enter national gas markets - Recent National developments - Gas Crisis
Co-chairs
Co-chairs
Co-chairs
Co-chairs
RCC members
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Agenda
Agenda Topics Rapporteur
13:45 5. Outlook New ERGEG Working Group RIG
Co-chairs
14:00 6. Preparation of 1st Strategic Advisory Panel Meeting Co-Chairs
14:15 7. The Bulgarian Natural Gas Market and the National Regulatory Authority
SEWRC
14:30 8. Preparation of 5th SG Meeting Co-chairs
15:00 Closure Co-chairs
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Review of Action Points
Action Description Who Status
AP1 Decision on launch of EWI project RCC cancelled
AP2 Integration of Gazprom on certain issues as observer
RCC ongoing
AP3 Circulation of proposal for modified structure of Route Assessment
AEEG ongoing
AP4 Coordination and organisation of 1st Strategic Advisory Panel Meeting
Co-chairs AP5
Circulation of a template on guidelines how to enter a market
Co-chairs AP5
Circulation of the PwC study- lessons learnt document to IG group
Co-chairs
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Agenda 5th SG meeting
Agenda TopicsRapporteur
10:30
Arrival and registration Reception with coffee and sandwiches
11:30 Welcome and opening address by SEWRC and the co-chairs SEWRC/Co-chairs
11:45
1. Opening - Approval of the agenda of the 5th SG meeting - Approval of minutes of the 5th IG meeting - Review of action points from the 5th IG meeting
Co-chairs
12:00
2. Cooperation and coordination - Update of SG/IG Mailing list - 1st Strategic Advisory Panel Meeting - Involvement of Gazprom
Co-chairs
12:30 3. Work Programme 2009 Co-chairs
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Agenda of 5th SG meeting
Agenda TopicsRapporteur
13:154. The Bulgarian Natural Gas Market - The view of the NRA - The view of the TSO
SEWRCBulgartransgaz
13:455. Cooperation of TSOs - Memorandum of Understanding - Integration of MOL, Bulgartransgaz and Transgaz
TSOs
14:00 6. Capacity, trading and transparency related issues - Conclusion of IPAs/OBAs in Baumgarten
E-Control
14:30 7. Gas CrisisCo-Chairs
15:00 8. South Stream Gazprom
15:30 9. Closure Co-chairs
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3. Integration of Gazprom Export
• Decision on invitation of Gazprom Export as observer on certain issues.
• E.g. on South Stream
• Participation during 5th SG meeting planned on the issue „South Stream“ and „Gas Crisis“.
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4. Update on SSE Regulators Network
Send all your input to
Konstantin Heiller
[email protected], 0043124724810
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4. Proposal for the integration and a broadening of the route assessment studyAim: identify in more detail and in a more complete way which are the
barrier for the integration of the market;
Provide an easy and timely updated set of information to the market on the main requirements and the main obstacles to enter each national market/balancing zone
1. Updating of all the information (progress made if any)
2. Add other routes? (Bulgaria, Romania, Greece) and map of all the interconnection between the member States
3. Focus on the way in each branch of the routes CMP, Secondary capacity market, UIOLI work – identify the opportunity of harmonizing them along the routes/within the region
4. Collect information to provide to the market player (template – enter the market administrative point of view – identify barrier to entry from a balancing zone perspective)
How to proceed?
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4. Update on EWI project
• Project cancelled.
• Similar project will probably be done by GWG.
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4. How to enter national gas markets
Structure of the Guidelines for importing & supplying natural gas to customers:
1. National Authority & Legal Basis
2. Requirements
3. Procedure & Timetable
4. Costs
5. Additional Information
• E.g. Links to further web pages
Responses received from Slovenia and Czech Republic up to now
Guidelines for importing supplying natural gas to customers for
Slovenia
mag. Aleš OsrajnikEnergy Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
Sofia, 29. January 2009
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TransmisTransmisssion level networkion level network
What I needWhat I need if I want to supplyif I want to supply to to a a suppliersupplier alreadyalready activeactive on on thethe SlovenianSlovenian marketmarket??
• An access contract to have a right to access to transmission network
• Supply contract at the entry point on Slovenian border• Balancing contract with the transmission system
operator (balancing group)
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Distribution level networkDistribution level network
What I neeWhat I need d if I want to supply (sell) natural if I want to supply (sell) natural gasgas to to a a customer on Slovenian natural gas customer on Slovenian natural gas marketmarket??
• An access contract to have a right to access to distribution and/or transmission network
• Supply contract with the customer• Balancing contract with the Balance group leader• Licensee for supplying
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TransitTransit
What I needWhat I need if I want to transitif I want to transit naturalnatural gasgas throughthrough Slovenia?Slovenia?
• An access contract to have a right to access to transmission network
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Procedures & Timetable Procedures & Timetable
• Energy act, Ordinance on natural gas market operations & General conditions for the supply and consumption of natural gas have to be obeyed
• Procedure for acquisition of licensees is prescribed by special law
• TSO require financial insurance for transmission of natural gas
• There are no other special financial barriers to start with import and supply of natural gas
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Thank you for your attention!
mag. Aleš Osrajnik
[email protected]: +386 22 34 03 00 Faks: +386 22 34 03 20
Energetický regulační úřad
Guidelines for importing & supplying natural gas to customers in the Czech natural gas market
Karel Havlicek, ERO
Energetický regulační úřad 1921.04.2023
Czech Natural Gas Market
Energetický regulační úřad 2021.04.2023
Legal Basis & Procedure & Costs
• Legal Basis – Energy Act and ERO Decrees - rules for the organisation of the gas market + details of awarding licences for business in the energy industries
• Licences for gas trading from Energy Regulatory Office are granted for a period of 5 years
• The fee for issuing the license for trading is 100 000,- CZK (approx. 4000 EUR)
• Start of the commercial activity can be estimated on several weeks
• More information – www.eru.cz
2121.04.2023
Requirements for new gas traders (entrants on the Czech Gas Market) – part 1• General conditions :
• Virtual Trading Point• Sufficient capacity for transmission• Entry / exit system
• Domestic and international transmission is separated
• Import and delivery at the Virtual Trading Point
o Gas Transmission Agreement with TSO (balancing is a part of the agreement)
o Booked transmission capacity for cross-border entry point
Energetický regulační úřad
Requirements for new gas traders (entrants on the Czech Gas Market) – part 2
• Selling natural gas to a customer in the Czech Republic
o Gas Transmission Agreement with TSOo Acquirement of new customers respecting the „Switching a
supplier“ rules o Gas distribution Agreement with relevant Distribution
System Operator
• Transit through the Czech Republic
• No ERO license is needed
• Gas Transmission Agreement with TSO, which is responsible for domestic and international transmission
Energetický regulační úřad
Thank you for your attention
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4. Updates on Recent National developments
• Changes in legislation?
• Changes in regulation?
• Gas crisis?
• Any other business?
• What individual measures (short term and long term) were taken in your country to tackle the gas supply shortage?
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4. Effects of import cuts on the SSE region
>=25%
26%-49%
50%-75%
97%
34%
O%
O%
O%0%
1%
4%
66%
87%
71%
O%
10%
O%
15%
33%
O%
50%
0%
O%
15%
75%-100%
None
100% 100%
72%
70%
55%
100%
40%
100% O%
O%
0%
O% O%
O%
South South-East region most
affected by cuts in gas transit through
Ukraine
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4. Impact of gas crisis on EU MS & EC MS
Decreases
in Import (09/01/2009)EU MS Measures
Energy Community
Members
Worst affected
countries
(Emergency)
BG, SK, PL, HU
Reduction of gas consumption (eg. Industry)
Regular energy crisis council meetings
Diversification of transport routes and
sources of natural gas (if possible)
Increase of domestic production
Full exploitation of storage capacity
Switching to alternative fuels (coal & oil)
Solidarity measures among industry players
(AT – Sl, HU – SCB, SRB - BiH)
SRB, BiH, CRO,
MD
Strongly affectedRO, GR, AT, SI, CZ
TR, MK
Affected DE, FR, IT, NL Diversification of transport routes and
sources of natural gas
Increase of domestic production
Full exploitation of storage capacityHardly affected
BE, UK, ES, PT, MT, CY, DK, SE, FI, IE, LT, LV, EE, FI,
LX
Kosovo, ME,
AL, CH, NO, BY
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4. Gas crisis – lessons learnt – 1
In general:
Liberalized markets tend to cope better with supply disruptions
• If the markets are allowed to function, even in emergency situations, the systems are capable to adapt more quickly
• Transparent markets automatically increase security of supply as higher short term prices in a given area automatically attract different gas providers to that area
Improving interconnections between markets
• North-South connections
• Interconnectors need to allow bidirectional gas flows
• Southern corridor
• Western Balkans connection
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Coordination between TSOs
• Better coordinated Gas Dispatching between TSOs would enable faster reaction to disruptions
• Regional, coordinated infrastructure planning and better regional market integration would make the system much more resilient
• Regional planning of infrastructure and modeling of “emergency” situations and their effects on the grid would help to identify high priority investment projects
Developing storage capacities in line with market requirements
• Access to storage must be provided through transparent and non-discriminatory capacity allocation mechanisms and congestion management procedures
European TSOs to supervise gas transit via Ukraine
4. Gas crisis – lessons learnt – 2
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4. Improving interconnections between markets
North-South connections• Poland – Slovakia / Czech Republic
• Slovakia – Hungary
• Romania – Hungary
• Germany – Italy, Slovenia (Tauern Gas Pipeline)
Physical reverse flows• Romania, Bulgaria, to Greece and
Turkey (LNG)
The Southern corridor• Nabucco
• South Stream
Western Balkans connection• Hungary and Croatia
• Bulgaria and Serbia
• Gasification and connections to Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, BiH
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5. Outlook
• New ERGEG Working Group RIG
• Chair: Josè Sierra (Spain)
• GRI TF: D. Jamme (France) / C. Martinez (UK)
• No part of Gas Working Group any longer
• GWG representative in RIG
• Ad hoc TF (within GWG) on Security of Supply issues
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3. GRI SSE Work Programme 2009
Main outcome of regional consultation:
1. Congestion Management • Application of UILOI mechanisms.
• Establishment/Improvement of secondary capacity markets.
• Involvement of all TSO’s in increasing transparency of price transfer details of secondary capacity.
• Harmonisation of nomination procedures.
• Abolish known and track hidden system bottlenecks in gas transfers.
• Benchmark with GRI NW.
2. Improved TSO Cooperation• Settlement of OBAs/IPAs between all TSOs and SSOs.
• Harmonisation of legal and operational procedures among all operators (TSOs, SSOs, LSOs) (including transparent TPA).
• Harmonisation of regulatory framework to support TSO cooperation.
• Regional TSO cooperation (R_ISO).
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3. Transparent, market oriented and regional balancing
• Monitoring of implementation of ERGEG Guidelines.
• Creation of a regional regulator to promote market development in the region.
• Development of a “regional infrastructure” in the SSE area.
• Analysis aimed at identifying the optimal size of balancing areas & appropriate balancing regimes.
• Market oriented balancing market.
4. Easy and transparent access to storage facilities
• Market oriented and transparent storage instead of strategic storage.
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5. Price transparency at hubs
• Foster Development of hubs and other regional trading mechanisms such as exchanges.
6. Market entry barriers
• Roadmaps to trading and transiting gas through each country.
7. Transparency requirements for TSOs
• Cooperation with TSOs to make all the data available network users consider necessary to perform their activity.
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3. GRI SSE Work Programme 2009
Priorities for Work Program 2009:
1. Security of Supply (due to recent developments)
• Infrastructure planning /emergency scenarios
• Diversification of transport routes and gas supply sources
• Regional coordination
2. Congestion Management
• Secondary market
3. Access to Storage
4. Improved transparency by TSOs
5. Improved TSO cooperation
• OBAs/IPAs
• Information exchange
6. Market entry barriers
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Any other Business
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Next Meetings
• Proposal: April
• Venue?
• Budapest?
• Other proposals
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Contact
Konstantin HeillerGas Department
+43 1 24 7 24 810
+43 664 966 7239
www.e-control.at
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Dinner
Restaurant “Pri Yafata”
28 “Solunska” Str., Sofia
www.pri-yafata.com
Meeting point: 18:15 at lobby of Radisson SAS Hotel
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Further information is available at
www.energy-regulators.eu
Thank You !