ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

Foreword

On behalf of the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of the Region, we are pleased to introduce the South-North Corridor Gas Regional Investment Plan (SNC GRIP) 2017. This is the third edition, building further on the previous editions of the SNC GRIP, while also complementing the Ten-Year Network Develop- ment Plan (TYNDP) 2017 published by ENTSOG in December 2016. The SNC GRIP is the result of close cooperation between TSOs in the six countries of the European region made up of Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland (the SNC Region). The coordination of this document was facilitated by Fluxys and Snam Rete Gas (Regional coordinators). This South-North Corridor GRIP aims at giving stakeholders a deeper understanding of existing infrastructure and possible future market and project developments within the Region. Special attention is paid to the evolution towards commissioning of the so-called South-North Corridor Reverse Flow projects in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and France aiming at opening the South-North Corridor and making available new sources of gas to Europe as a whole. The TSOs of the Region believe that this document will provide useful information to stakeholders to support an informed discussion on assessing the ability of investment projects to answer specific Regional and overall European market needs, and welcome further comments from them aiming at improving future editions of this report.

Marco Alverà CEO, SNAM

Pascal De Buck Managing Director & CEO, Fluxys

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