ENTSOG First Report on Implementation Monitoring and Baseline for Effect Monitoring of the Tariff Network Code

Publication Requirements

The implementation of Chapter VIII ‘Publication requirements’ forms the largest amount of work the TSOs need to do for the implementation of the TARNC in 2017, as such it forms the bulk of the IM part of this report. To ensure additional transparency for stakeholders and easy accessibility of the applicable tariffs, for 2017 it was decided to publish some information earlier than was envisaged. This was called ‘early compliance’ publication and will also be covered in the IM part of this report. For further information please see the ‘Publication requirements in 2017’ section below.

Other Requirements Covered in this Report

Although the 2017 monitoring obligations under the TARNC Article 36 ‘Implemen- tation monitoring’ only covers Chapter VIII ‘Publication requirements’, it was decided to include all provisions TSOs must implement and comply with in 2017, this also covers the TARNC rules from AD 1, coinciding with the entry into force. This gives a more accurate and complete representation of the work TSOs are doing in 2017 to implement the TAR NC, and their preparation for implementation in 2018. The Chapters listed in the paragraphs below are in the order they are covered in the IM part of this report. The information collected on Chapter VII ‘Consultation requirements’ relates to the stage of preparation for the final consultation process, carrying out ‘intermediate’ consultations  2) , if any, use of the consultation template developed by ACER and the publication of consultation documents in English to the extent possible. Information collected for Chapter I ‘General provisions’ , includes Article 2 ‘Scope’, covering the ‘limited scope’ rules applied at (1) points with third countries and (2) points other than interconnection points (‘IP’s’) and other than points with third countries. And Article 3 ‘Definitions’ covering the definitions that need to be applied in 2017. The information collected for Chapter V ‘Pricing of bundled capacity and capacity at virtual interconnection points’ only covers the plans for the attribution of the auction premium from the sale of bundled capacity as this is all the TSOs are required to do for this Chapter in 2017. Chapter VI ‘Clearing price and payable price’ is applicable as from AD 2 but compliance for TSOs is not until before the capacity auctions 2018. Even so, information was collected on this Chapter regarding TSO plans to change their current arrangements related to offering floating and fixed payable price. The information collected for Chapter X ‘Final and transitional provisions’ covers Article 35 ‘Existing contracts’ which will determine, where applicable for TSOs, if the relevant information has been sent to their NRA, and Article 37 ‘Power to grant derogations’ looking at entities operating interconnectors if they have applied for a derogation and whether it has been granted.

 2) ‘Intermediate’ consultations can be carried out in the nine months between the TAR NC entry into force on 6 April 2017 and estimated start date of December 2017 for preparing the final consultation document. The TAR NC is flexible with respect to ‘intermediate’ consultations: there can be one consultation on all the elements of Article 26(1) or multiple consultations on specific elements of Article 26(1). The TAR NC is also open about the number and format of the ‘intermediate’ consultations, which are only optional.

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TAR NC Implementation and Effect Monitoring Report 2017