GRI NW TRANSPARENCY PROJECT

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GRI NWTRANSPARENCY PROJECT

• Olaf Islei
• OFGEM
• RCC
• 13 May 2009

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PHASE ONE
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OUTSTANDING ACTIONS
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PHASE TWO
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NETWORK USERS COMMON POSITION
THE PRIORITIES
Gas Quality Information
Information on Capacity availability
Gas Flow Information
Balancing and Security of Supply Information
Why these priorities?

• EFET
• Eurogas
• IFIEC

• GEODE
• eurelectric
• OGP

common position on minimum transparency
requirements
Two proposed workstreams
1. Harmonisation of existing information
2. Incremental release of new information
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DEMAND INFORMATION
BENEFIT SECURITY OF SUPPLY AND REDUCE SYSTEM
BALANCING COSTS
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POSSIBLE INFORMATION?
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NATIONAL GRID DEMAND INFORMATION

• Source National Grid data dictionary

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TSO QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
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BALANCING INFORMATION
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POSSIBLE INFORMATION?
MINIMISE INDIVIDUAL SHIPPER AND TOTAL SYSTEM
BALANCING COSTS
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TSO QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
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GAS QUALITY INFORMATION
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TSO QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES
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TRANSMISSION TRANSPARENCY MEETING31 MARCH

• TSO initial proposal
• Identify different balancing regimes
• Required information in each regime identified by
  NRA and network users
• TSO to commit to project plan to publish
  information
• No proposal on demand forecasts
• No proposal on gas quality
• Network User concern that proposal will not meet
  minimum transparency requirements

No agreement on way forward
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GAS STORAGE TRANSPARENCY
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STORAGE TRANSPARENCY MEETING20 APRIL

• GRI NW regulators, EFET, Eurogas, GSE, European
  Commission
• Project proposal
• Daily publication information at hub level
• Aggregated storage stocks
• Aggregated storage inflows
• Aggregated storage outflows
• Preliminary dates 1 October 2009
  
• 30 November 2009

SUPPORTED BY ALL PRESENT AT THE MEETING
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TIMELINE

• Third package proposed Gas Regulation
  amendments

18 MONTH INTERIM PERIOD
Enter into force summer 2009
Legal requirement 2011

• GRI NW estimated project implementation
  timeline

Agree deliverables summer 2009
12 to 18 MONTH IMPLEMENTATION
Complete implementation 2011
Third package the national regulatory authority
shall ensure that all such information is made
public
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CONCLUSION

• Programme board supported proposal to use GRI NW
  as platform for early and coordinated
  implementation of new third package requirements
• Implementation where there is a clear legal
  requirement, avoid policy issues like linepack
• Over to the TSOs to make a sensible
  recommendation
• New third package requirements
• Commissions proposed guidelines

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