ENTSOG Tariff NC - Implementation Document 2nd Edition

Comparison

ARTICLE 27(5) REPETITIVE CONSULTATION PROCESSES AND 28(2) AND COMPARISON

Responsibility: consultation per Article 26(1) is by TSO/NRA, as NRA decides, and decision is by NRA; consultation per Article 28(1) is by NRA, and decision is by NRA

Table 15 compares procedural aspects of the consultations under Article 26(1) and Article 28(1).  1)

COMPARISON OF CONSULTATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 26(1) AND 28(1)

Aspect

Consultation per Article 26(1)

Consultation per Article 28(1)

See Table 10

See Table 11

Content of the consultation

Overlap for discounts (LNG, ‘isolation’)

Overlap for discounts (LNG, ‘isolation’)

Who is consulting

TSO or NRA, as decided by NRA NRA

‘NRAs from all directly connected MSs and relevant stakeholders’

Who is consulted

Stakeholders

Start of the first procedure

May be initiated as from the TAR NC entry into force

End of the first proce- dure

As from 31 May 2019  1)

At least every five years as from the NRA decision per first procedure

Start of the subsequent procedures

Every tariff period as from the NRA decision per first procedure

Minimum 30 days before publishing information for the annual yearly capacity auctions

End of the subsequent procedures

By 31 May 2024 and every five years thereafter

Table 15: Comparison of consultations under Articles 26(1) and 28(1)

As Table 15 shows, the procedure per Article 26(1) must repeat at least every five years as from 31 May 2019, while the Article 28(1) procedure must recur every tariff period, and 30 days before the annual yearly capacity auctions. ‘Subsequent consultations’ must occur even if no changes are foreseen from previous NRA decisions. The two consultation processes therefore coincide at least every five years. Figure 33 shows the example of a one-year January – December tariff period where the Article 26(1) consultation repeats exactly every five years. The example does not reflect the idea of ‘merging’ the consultations as described above.

 1) See Section ‘Article 27(5) – ‘new tariffs’ for implications for the prevailing tariffs at the date of 31 May 2019.

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