Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2017

3.4.5 LEGAL FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT

On 11 February 2016 Latvian Parliament adopted amendments to the Energy Law providing for full ownership unbundling of the vertically integrated JSC “Latvijas Gāze”, which resulted in establishment of two sister companies by spinning-off gas transmission and storage business areas in accordance with the provisions of Gas Directive 2009/73/EC from the beginning of 2017. The next step is to split the distribution and sales businesses by the end of 2018.

3.4.6 OFFGRIDMARKETDEVELOPMENT INTHEAREA OF LNG AND BIOGAS

In Latvia at the moment there are no established offgrid LNG terminals and biogas amounted to about 392GWh in 2015.

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BEMIP Gas Regional Investment Plan 2017