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Gas Regional Initiative – North West Region Stakeholders Group meeting - London 14 November, 2008 Capacity Workshop Coordinated Open Seasons Marie-Claire AOUN – CRE [email protected]
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Marie-Claire AOUN – CRE [email protected]. Agenda. Overview of the project Guidelines for Good Practice on Open Season Procedures (GGPOS) Aims of the project Experiences on coordinated open seasons Need to improve the coordination of the open seasons Questions. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Gas Regional Initiative – North West Region
Stakeholders Group meeting - London 14 November, 2008
Capacity Workshop
Coordinated Open Seasons
Marie-Claire AOUN – CRE
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Agenda
1. Overview of the project
Guidelines for Good Practice on Open Season Procedures (GGPOS)
Aims of the project
2. Experiences on coordinated open seasons
3. Need to improve the coordination of the open seasons
4. Questions
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Guidelines for Good Practice on Open Seasons (GGPOS)
Role of the Open seasons procedures Assess the market demand for capacity Allow a project sponsor to efficiently consult the market about
how much infrastructure it needs and under what terms Allocate resulting capacity in a transparent and non-discriminatory
way
Structure of an Open Season in 2 phases1. Assessment of the market’s needs on the basis of an open season notice
and through non binding capacity requests from interested parties
2. Capacity allocation and capacity contracts
Need for long term as well as short term contracts
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GGPOS: what they provide for coordination
Need for coordination with adjacent SOsParticipants should be able to assess service on adjacent systemsProducts offered by the adjacent TSOs have to be compatibleProducts have to be offered in a coordinated way, using compatible
and/or coordinated timetables and processes.
Coordination between NRAs Clarity of the regulatory frameworks and sufficient degree of
similarity (in order to design compatible products) Ensure that differences between regulatory frameworks are not a
barrier to investmentNRAs have to jointly monitor the open seasonNRAs provide timely and coordinated input on allocation of costs
and tariffs for the use of the infrastructure
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Aims of the project
The main principles of the GGPOS provide “floor” requirements in order to ensure transparent and non-discriminatory open seasons
There is a need to provide more concrete guidance on the coordination of open seasons.
The project focuses on coordinated open seasons, but also addresses other difficulties encountered by past and present open seasons
The aim is also to define a rule to determine how much additional capacity should be developed for short term needs, on top of the long term capacity requested through the open seasons
Complete GGPOS on the basis of the experience gained through the ongoing coordinated open
seasonsDefine effective and operational coordinated open
seasons mechanisms
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GRTgaz - Fluxys
GRTgaz
Growing number of ongoing open seasons: need for coordination
GTS - Gasunie De
GTS 2012
Energinet.dk
EGT
EGT/Gasunie/DONG
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Ongoing process launched in April 2007
Binding phase Nov. – Dec. 2008
First experience for cooperation and sharing of information between TSOs and NRAs
Difficult to draw a final conclusion before the end of the process: Positive points and critical issues
GTS 2012 Open
Season
GRTgaz
Open season GRTgaz/Fluxys (+ GTS 2012)
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Positive points: Definition of consistent timeframes and some coordination on
contractual aspects
Coordinated capacity allocation: shippers are not exposed to the risk of capacity mismatch
Memorandum of Understanding between GRTgaz and Fluxys
Open season 2012 of GTS: Possibility for shippers to adjust their bids by GTS thanks to the update of the timing of phase 2 of the open season
Critical issues: Delay of more than one year due to discussions regarding transit
tariffs in Belgium
Capacity requests in the 1st phase are “free”: lack of incentives for shippers to reveal their real needs (≠ E.ON GT open season)
Short term capacity on top of the requested capacity only provided on the French side
Open season GRTgaz/Fluxys (+ GTS 2012)
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E.ON Gastransport (EGT)
End of binding phase in June 2008
Little coordination with adjacent TSOs, partly due to the large network area and to the important number of IPs covered by the OS
Need for coordination with GRTgaz
Integrated network development GTS/Gasunie
Cross-border network development approach
Initial phase of market screening (Nov. - Dec. 2008)
Non-Binding (Phase 1) and binding agreements (Phase 2) in 2009
Growing number of ongoing open seasons: need for coordination
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Energinet.dk Open season 2009
Model paper : Dialogue on Open season design (Nov. 2008) - 1st phase (Feb. 2009) – 2nd phase (Aug. 2009)
Capacity bids for each point can vary by +/- 15% from the 1st phase to the 2nd phase
Need for coordination with adjacent SOs (Gassco, Gas System, Swedegas , E.ON Gastransport, DONG Energy Pipelines, Gasunie Deutschland)
Growing number of ongoing open seasons: need for coordination
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National specificities impact coordination
Different stakes in adjacent MS divergent priorities Belgium: transit service
France: develop Hub to Hub capacity (Zeebrudge/TTF/PEG North)
Germany: gas network expansion: need to coordinate with several adjacent SOs (Energinet.dk, GTS, Fluxys and GRTgaz)
Different allocation of risks between the market players in MS
Investment planning varies from one country to another
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Need to improve the coordination of the O.S
Between regulators: rules on each side of the borderShare of the capacity dedicated to short term bookings
Between TSOs: Contractual aspects:Contractual aspects: In case of delay in the realisation of
the project on one side of the border Information exchangeInformation exchange between the adjacent TSOs:
Confidentiality claimed by certain TSOs hindering the information exchange with adjacent SO: No legal barriers for sharing data – Contractual provisions of confidentiality.
Main difficulties encountered related to coordination Main difficulties encountered related to coordination
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Conclusion
Growing number of OS increasingly becoming the standard procedure for major investment projects in many MS
Coordination between TSOs and NRAs is possible as proved by the ongoing coordinated open seasons
Coordination can be hindered by several obstacles: External element that slows down the ongoing process
Divergences between regulatory rules of adjacent MS
Lack of information sharing between adjacent TSOs
The coordination of open seasons requires Compatibility of the different systems
A certain degree of similarities in regulatory frameworks
Complete cooperation between adjacent TSOs
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Question 1: Coordination issues
What are the concrete difficulties you have
encountered during open seasons processes related
to coordination with an adjacent TSO Coordination of regulatory rules?
Coordination between TSOs on contractual aspects, timing,
technical issues?
Other?
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Question 2: Information exchange
Do you agree with the fact that adjacent TSOs should
share with each other all the information related to the
open season procedure for a successful
coordination?
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Question 3: Additional short term capacity
Do you think that additional capacity should
systematically be developed for short term needs or
security of supply reasons, on top of the long term
capacity requested through the open seasons? If yes,
how much (10%, 20%)?
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Thank you for your attention!
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