GRIP CEE 2017 / Main Report

The EU energy policy aims to support the development of an internal energy market that guarantees secure, competitive, and sustainable sources of energy for customers. Actions to support this policy are being undertaken in the gas sector. They focus on putting in place an appropriate regulatory framework and the adequate level of necessary infrastructure for both the present and the future. In relation to infrastructure activity, a number of developments have taken place in the Central Eastern Europe (CEE) region in recent years. This was primarily done by improving cross-bor- der integration between individual countries, reinforcing internal network grids, and providing for the physical diversification of gas supplies in the region for the first time. The path towards a well-functioning and competitive gas market in Central Eastern Europe is not yet complete however. The region continues to be strongly dependent on Russian gas as its major gas supply source, and the north-south gas corridor re- mains under development. This case shows that the activity linked to the need for new infrastructure developments to foster diversification of gas supply sources and to further improve market integration remains highly dynamic and remains part of the core business of the CEE TSOs. Such actions are expected to contribute towards the creation of a regional gas market in the CEE region with a high level of security, competition, and liquidity. The present chapter focuses on the infrastructure level. It provides a short summa- ry of investments that have been commissioned since the publication of the last edi- tion of the CEE GRIP. As it was the case in the previous editions, it also gives an over- view of gas projects planned for implementation in the upcoming decade. In order to reach the widest group of project promoters, the data set has been based on the process run by ENTSOG for the purpose of the TYNDP 2017. This ensures the full involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including the TSOs, fellow system operators (SSOs, LSOs), and third-party project promoters in the region.

Central Eastern Europe GRIP 2017 |

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