ENTSOG Annual Report 2014

TRANSPARENCY

New ENTSOG Transparency Platform

The liberalisation process aimed at the creation of an internal gas market has significantly changed the gas transmission business and increased the need for transparency. In this respect specific obligations for TSOs have been introduced through Regulation (EC) 715/2009, which defines the basic transparency rules that are further specified in Chapter 3 of Annex I (and its amendments). Since network codes were developed with the aim of market integration, additional infor- mation relating to the access and operation of gas networks must be made publicly available.

Even though information has been made available by individ- ual TSOs, network users may still face difficulties transporting gas across Europe due to differences in market models across the continent. The ENTSOG Transparency Platform has there- fore been designed to facilitate access to transmission net- works by, among other things, making all the information available in an organized and structured manner on a single website. The new Transparency Platform provides technical and com- mercial data pertaining to gas transmission/storage, LNG, gas distribution, final consumers and production, and displays the relevant points in a new map. The platform is free of charge for use by all market participants. All information provided by TSOs is marked with time stamps. Uploads can be made on an hourly basis but this also depends on local requirements and technical factors. Some other tools that are available include graphs and charts for more convenient display of data and a balancing zone map with more details on gas flows between Europe’s balanc- ing zones. Advanced tools allow users to perform point-by-point search- es by entering the first letters of each point, country, TSO etc. The following information is available (historical/future availa- bilities): \\ Capacities (per type and availability status); \\ Balancing model and charges; \\ Tariffs; \\ Nominations and physical flows; \\ Interruptions; \\ Types of contracts offered; \\ Gas quality data; \\ CMP related data (unsuccessful requests, cleared and reserved prices, unavailable firm capacities and capacities made available).

Group Structure

The Transparency Workgroup (TRA WG) is assisted by the Platform Development KG, which is responsible for analysing transparency requirements (REMIT, CMP and TARIFF) and proposing improvements to the Transparency Platform

TRANSPARENCY WG STRUCTURE

System Operation

Transparency WG

Transparency KG

40 |

ENTSOG Annual Report 2014