GRIP CEE 2017 / Main Report

Foreword

The present report is the third edition of the Gas Regional Investment Plan for Central and Eastern Europe. On behalf of the cooperating TSOs of this region for updating and also partially upgrading the previous plan, I’m pleased to introduce its result, the CEE GRIP 2017. All involved TSOs from the ten EU member states aim to provide the stakeholders with this report which is a comprehensive outlook about infrastructure projects in the region. These projects are either planned or already under implementation. They will contribute to meeting future gas demand, as well as to the functioning of the transmission networks not only within the region but also in regard to their transit function beyond the region. The CEE GRIP especially takes into account the analyses made by the TSOs about the efficient enhancement of the security of supply (SoS), the diversification of supply sources and routes, and further market integration. This report also incorporates the corresponding comments received from market participants since the first edition. The analyses and descriptions made for/in the CEE GRIP are based on the same data as used for the EU-wide Ten-Year Network Development Plan 2017, published recently by ENTSOG. Together with the respective National Network Development Plans, these documents thus constitute a consistent set of plans which enable the identification of additional measures for the efficient development of gas transmis- sion networks in the future. The TSOs of the CEE region would like to thank stakeholders who have given advice and support to the elaboration of all three editions. They would also like to encour- age all stakeholders to provide further comments and proposals in the upcoming consultation process and workshop, which are both scheduled to take place by mid-2017.

Michael Kehr Director, Strategy NET4GAS, s.r.o.

Central Eastern Europe GRIP 2017 |

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