ENTSOG Implementation and Monitoring Report 2017 - Balancing Network Code

Annex II: Overview of countries with their balancing zones  

Overview of countries with their balancing zones

1) In Austria 3 market areas exist in total, but transmission systems with an entry-exit-system are only available in the market area east balancing zone (with two TSOs) – therefore two replies have been submitted. 2) Belgium and Luxembourg established the first cross-border balancing zone BELUX (H-gas). In Belgium an additional L-gas bal- ancing zone BELUX (L-gas) exists. 3) In Estonia no entry exit system has been established yet. 4) For NL the NC BAL is legally applicable on both TSOs GTS and BBL Company in the Dutch balancing zone. But BBL Company, is allowed by the NRAs ACM and Ofgem to continue the in = out regime, by definition no imbalances can occur on the pipeline. Therefore, only articles not dealing with actual balancing of the grid have a practical meaning for BBL Company. (BBL has received derogation from ACM and Ofgem for the majority of the NC Balancing (all Articles except for Articles 12 – 18 on nominations and relevant aspects of Articles 32 – 42 on Information Provision). 5) For the UK two replies were submitted. This reflects the fact that in the UK there are two balancing zones, one covering Great Britain and one covering Northern Ireland. These balancing zones are in different transmission networks and are regulated by different NRAs. In this report Great Britain will be referred to as UK-GB and Northern Ireland as UK-NI.

ACRONYM

COUNTRY

BALANCING ZONE

AT

Austria

Austria - Market Area East  1)

BE/LU-H

BELUX H-gas (with LU)

Belgium and Luxembourg  2)

BELUX L-gas

BE/LU-L

Belgium

BG-N

National balancing zone (NGTN)

Bulgaria

Transit balancing zone (GTNTT)

BG-T

CZ

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

DE-GASPOOL

Gaspool Germany Market Area

Germany

DE-NCG

Net Connect Germany (NCG) Market Area

DK

Denmark

Denmark

EE

Estonia  3)

EL

Greece

Greece

ES

Spain

Spain

FR-PEG NORD

PEG Nord

France

Trading Region South

FR-TRS

Croatia

HR

Croatia

HU

Hungary

Hungary

IE

Ireland

Ireland

IT

Italy

Italy

LT

Lithuania

Lithuania

LV

Latvia

Latvia

NL

The Netherlands  4)

The Netherlands (GTS)

PL-H

High-methane gas balancing area (H-gas)

PL-L

Low methane balancing area (L-gas)

Poland

TGPS gas balancing area (TGPS)

PL-T

Portugal

PT

Portugal

Romania

RO

Romania

SE

Sweden

Sweden

SI

Slovenia

Slovenia

SK

Slovakia

Slovakia

UK-GB 5)

Great Britain

Great Britain (NBP)

UK-NI

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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