ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 - Main Report

F.1 From draft to the final TYNDP 2017

F.1.1 WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE DRAFT TYNDP PUBLICATION?

ENTSOG released the draft publication of TYNDP 2017 on 20 December 2016 and simultaneously launched a public consultation which was open until 3 February 2017, to continue the focus on stakeholder engagement and continual improvement of the report. Twenty-one stakeholders (representing network users, project promoters, Member States, NGOs, academics) took part to the consultation, a significant increase when compared to the feedback received for TYNDP 2015. On 23 January 2017, within the public consultation period, ENTSOG hosted a TYNDP Presentation Day open to all stakeholders at its offices in Brussels. This was designed to give a high level introduction to the TYNDP and its role as part of EU regulation, a summary of the content provided and an overview of the results produced in the 2017 edition. This offered a wide range of stakeholders (press representatives, European institutions, regulators, network users and operators, project promoters, Member States, NGOs, academics), of which around 40 partici- pated in person with another 20 using the webcast option, an open forum where they could ask questions and participate in discussions regarding any aspect of the TYNDP process. The TYNDP 2017 Presentation is available on ENTSOG website  1) . On 5 January 2017, the draft TYNDP 2017 was submitted to ACER, complemented on 8 February with the results of the public consultation, in order to receive the ACER Opinion. The Opinion was published on 20 March 2017. It indicates where ACER sees improvements from the previous edition of TYNDP, and provides recom- mendations for improvement, split between the short-term and the medium to long- term.

F.1.2 WHY A FEEDBACK SECTION?

This section aims at gathering the feedback received from both ACER and the stake- holders. It handles what from this feedback could already be addressed in the final TYNDP 2017. Handling of such feedback is covered in the feedback section itself, rather than in the related sections of the TYNDP, to facilitate the overview. For further feedback that could be taken into consideration for future editions of the TYNDP, this section indicates into which process it will feed. The section has been structured to first respond to the ACER Opinion, covering both the short-term recommendations relating to TYNDP 2017 and also the medium to long-term recommendations for future editions of the TYNDP. This is followed by an analysis of the public consultation. Individual answers to the public consultation can be found in the new Annex H.

 1) http://www.entsog.eu/public/uploads/files/publications/INT%20Network%20Code/2016/TYNDP%202017%20Presenta- tion%2023%20January.pdf

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