ENTSOG GRIP BEMIP 2014-2023 / Main Report

Introduction

The second Gas Regional Investment Plan (GRIP) of the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan (BEMIP) region was prepared by the following national Transmission System Operators (TSO) from the BEMIP region: Gasum Oy (Finland), AS EG Võrguteenus (Estonia), AS Latvijas Gāze (Latvia), GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. (Poland), Energinet.dk (Denmark), Swedegas AB (Sweden) and AB Amber Grid (Lithuania), which also had a role of coordination of the preparation of this edition of the BEMIP GRIP. The present publication is an update of the first publication of the GRIP of the BEMIP region that was published in March 2012, as well as the update of informa- tion on infrastructure projects presented in the Ten Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) 2013–2022 that was released by ENTSOG in February 2013. The recom- mendations of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Regulators (ACER) for the GRIP published in March 2012 were taken into account while preparing this publication. The provision of the Regulation 715 / 2009, Article 12, requires promoting and facilitating the cooperation of TSOs at a regional level with the aim to create a com- petitive internal market in natural gas, foster the consistency of their legal, regulatory and technical framework and facilitate integration of the isolated gas systems. In order to contribute to the fulfillment of these tasks every two years the TSOs have to publish GRIPs based on regional cooperation. Apart from legal obligation to produce GRIPs, the TSOs of the BEMIP region in the context of regional cooperation aim to raise awareness of the need for the develop- ment of the regional gas market and regional gas infrastructure projects. The BEMIP region may be regarded as one having a high degree of dependency on a single supplier and the relatively low level of interconnections among the countries belong- ing to it. 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 preparation of 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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