ENTSOG BAL NC Monitoring Report 2016

Annex VIII: Interim measures

(Chapter X of the BAL NC)

Table 8.1: Overview of the implementation of interim measures (general provisions)

OVERVIEW OF INTERIM MEASURES IMPLEMENTATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

Insufficient liquidity

BG, EL, IE, LT, RO, SE, SK, UK-NI

The reason of Interim measures implementation

DE  1) , PL 2)

Other

Mandatory first Interim Measures Report approved with termination date April 2019

Approved

BG, DE, EL, IE, LT, PL, RO, SE, SK, UK-NI

DE, PL, SK  3) , UK-NI

Yes

Updated Interim measures Report approved

BG  4) , EL 5) , IE  6) , LT  7) , RO  8) , SE 9)

No

1) The MAMs operate balancing platforms solely for the procurement of specific locational commodity products which are not offered at the trading platform in order to ensure security of supply. The balancing platforms are therefore only used in case there is a specific locational balancing demand which cannot be covered with STSPs traded at the wholesale market. Based on this strict limitation, the balancing platforms have no negative effect on the liquidity at the short term wholesale market, since it is hardly used and only serves as a backup solution. Offers of balancing gas suppliers at the balancing platform are furthermore non-binding for the supplier until they are accepted by the MAMs and therefore no flexibility is withheld from the short term wholesale market. 2) Lack of locational products offered on the trading platform and no possibility of trading on short term markets (day ahead and intraday) for up to 22 hours, 7 days a week, which will enable liquid balancing throughout the gas day. 3) Link not available. 4) We shall update and submit the annual report to the NRA after 6 months of implementation of the new Balancing regime. 5) DESFA's current consideration is that submission of an updated version of the report on Interim Measures is not necessary, since: a) most of the measures included in the report (e. g. reduction of tolerance levels, revision of resale scheme, full re-nomination cycles) have already been incorporated in DESFA's proposal for the 3rd revision of the Network Code; b) the rest of the proposed measures are expected to be implemented according to schedule. 6) Focus of TSO, Regulator and industry has been on moving forward towards implementing an enduring balancing solution. 7) The report is being prepared at the moment. 8) TSO requested from NRA an extension until December 2017 for the preparation of the report on the application of interim measures. 9) An updated annual report was sent 2 Jan 2017.

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