ENTSOG GRIP SNC 2014-2023

3.3 Market Development Indicators

The cross-border interconnections covered in this GRIP connect together the major trading points of the Region which are experiencing steady growth both in terms of traded volumes and of number of transactions.

The following graphs show the trends of the South-North Corridor gas hubs, which are:

Belgium \\ Zeebrugge Beach: a physical entry point to the Fluxys transmission system, connected to Interconnector Zeebrugge Terminal (“IZT”), Zeepipe Terminal (“ZPT”) and Zeebrugge LNG Terminal (“ZLNG”), and as from the end of 2015 the new IP Alveringem near Veurne linking to the Dunkirk LNG terminal under construction. \\ ZTP (the virtual Zeebrugge Trading Point), benefiting from Zeebrugge Beach’s stability and reputation, has recorded strong performance in traded volume since inception (October 2012). France \\ the PEG hubs are the three French trading points “Points d’Echange de Gaz”: PEG Nord is the most traded market, followed by Peg Sud and TIGF in the southwest. One PEG will be created in April 2015 in the South, combining those two last markets (Peg Sud and TIGF in the southwest). French national regula- tor CRE has confirmed May 7th 2014 its guidance to create a single PEG in France in 2018.

Germany \\ the GASPOOL hub and the NCG (Net Connect Germany) hub are the two German hubs

Italy \\ the PSV (Punto di Scambio Virtuale) hub, the Italian national balancing point.

Highlights from the thermal year 2010/2011 to the thermal year 1) 2012/2013: \\ Belgium: the Zeebrugge traded volumes increased by 8%; \\ Germany: the NCG traded volumes increased by 53% and the GASPOOL traded volumes increased by 49%; \\ France: the sum of the PEGs traded volumes and the related number of trans- actions increased by 37% and by 45% respectively; \\ Italy: the PSV traded volumes and the related number of transactions increased by 9% and by 6% respectively.

1) The “thermal year” or “gas year” is the period of time having a yearly duration and starting on October 1

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South-North Corridor GRIP 2014–2023