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4 Conclusion

4.1 INDICATOR BAL.1 TSO BALANCING THROUGH SHORT-TERM STANDARDISED PRODUCTS AS % OF TOTAL TSO BALANCING

The aim of the BAL NC is to, where possible, maximise the usage of STSP for balancing pur- poses. Based on the data provided for GY 2015/2016, the BAL.1 indicator has been cal- culated on a yearly basis for each balancing zone in 13 countries (AT, BE/LU, CZ  1) , DE, DK, FR, HU, NL, SI, SK, PL and UK-GB) using STSP products on a trading and/or balancing platform during GY 2015/2016 according to their merit order for balancing. An exception regarding the usage of any STSP on the trading platform in its balancing merit order is Lithuania which per- formed balancing actions by using only balanc- ing services.

The results, which can be found below, are on a yearly basis, and where balancing services have been partially conducted also on a daily basis. No indicator has been calculated for eight coun- tries (BG, EL, IE, PL (L-gas, TGPS), RO, SE and UK-NI) including Estonia. Five countries (EL, IE, RO and UK-NI) including Estonia, conducted balancing services only via a public tender. All of those countries except Estonia indicated the ap- plication of interim measures. Table 1 provides an overview of the yearly BAL.1 indicator per country.

OVERVIEW OF THE YEARLY BAL.1 INDICATOR

Cluster

Country/balancing zone

BAL.1 indicator (GY 2015/2016)

2015

AT

100%

BE/LU

100%

DK

100%

FR (GRTgaz North/TRS)

100%

HU

100%

NL

100%

UK-GB

100%

DE (Gaspool)

96.88%

DE (NCG)

81.58%; (as of 1 May 2016) 100%

SI

85.85%

2016

100%

CZ  1)

2019

PL (H-gas)

99.91%

SK

33.66%

LT

0%

EL, SE, IE, UK-NI

No STSP, only interim measures/balancing services in place*

BG, PL (L-gas, TGPS), RO –

* Estonia which holds derogation is using balancing services only, but has not provided any data.

Table 13: Overview of the yearly BAL.1 indicator per country which indicates the TSO usage of STSPs for balancing purposes

1) Czech Republic provided data due to its implementation deadline for the period 1 July 2016 until the end of GY 2015/2016.

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