ENTSOG Tariff NC - Implementation Document 2nd Edition

Different regulatory periods­ Figure 9 shows the following split of ENTSOG’s Mem- bers in terms of different regulatory periods: (a) one year for Denmark, Poland and Sweden; (b) three years for Bulgaria, Portugal and Slovenia; (c) four years for Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Luxembourg; (d) five years for Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Romania and Slovakia; and (e) eight years for Great Britain. In addition: \\ In Greece the four-year regulatory period has an exception: the latest tariff regulation approved in October 2016 establishes a two-year regulatory period for 2017–2018. Both before and after 2017–2018, the ‘normal’ regulatory period is four years. \\ The Czech Republic has a five-year regulatory period except for the current shorter three-year regulatory period extending from 2016 to 2018. As of 2019, the regulatory period will last at least five years. \\ In Spain, parliament established a regulatory peri- od of six years. \\ In Great Britain the regulatory period of eight years applies only to National Grid. Interconnector UK does not function under the concept of a reg- ulatory period. Figure 10 shows the following split of ENTSOG’s Mem- bers in terms of different tariff periods: (a) Janu- ary-December for Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lith- uania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slova- kia, Slovenia and Spain; (b) April-March for France; (c) July-June for Portugal; and (d) October-September for Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Romania and Sweden. \\ In Austria and Belgium the tariff period lasts not one year but four years, and in Slovakia it lasts five years, although Figure 10 shows that they fall within the category January-December. In Austria the current tariff period is from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020, in Belgium it is from 1 Janu- ary 2016 to 31 December 2019, and in Slovakia it is from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021. \\ In Spain the government sets the tariff period instead of the NRA. Different tariff periods

1 year 5 years

3 years 6 years

4 years 8 years

Figure 9: Different regulatory periods in ENTSOG’s Members

January – December April – March July – June October – September

Figure 10: Different tariff periods for ENTSOG’s Members

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