Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2017

The third Gas Regional Investment Plan (GRIP) of the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan (BEMIP) region was prepared by the following national Transmis- sion System Operators (TSO) from the BEMIP region: Gasum Oy (Finland), Elering AS (Estonia), JSC Conexus Baltic Grid (Latvia), GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. (Poland), Energinet.dk (Denmark), Swedegas AB (Sweden) and AB Amber Grid (Lithuania). Gasum Oy had the role of coordinating the preparation of this edition of BEMIP GRIP. The present publication is an update to the second GRIP publication of BEMIP published in May 2014. Article 12 of Regulation 715/2009 stipulates that inter-TSO cooperation is to be promoted and facilitated at a regional level with the aim of creating a competitive internal market for natural gas, fostering the consistency of their legal, regulatory and technical framework and facilitating integration of the isolated gas systems. In order to contribute to the fulfilment of these tasks every two years the TSOs have to publish GRIPs based on regional cooperation. Apart from the legal obligation to produce GRIPs, TSOs in the BEMIP region aim to raise awareness of the need for developing the regional gas market and infrastruc- ture projects in the context of regional cooperation. The BEMIP region can be characterised as highly dependent on a single supplier and member countries have a relatively low level of interconnections. The implementation of the major gas infrastructure projects will increase the regional security of supply, diversification of sources and routes, as well as their interdependence and cross-border impact in the region. The TSOs involved in preparing the GRIP of the BEMIP region expect that this report will provide useful information to its readers and will contribute to the process of making investment decisions and granting support for the projects in need of such support. The TSOs welcome comments and proposals for the improvement of this document that could be of use for future GRIPs publications

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