Situation transmission tariffs for gas storages Meeting with DG ENER 4 June 2015
Storage less competitive in flexibility market due to transmission tariffs • Gas storage competes with other sources of flexibility • Member States should facilitate, not stifle this open competition • Restrictions impose by high transmission tariffs make gas storage uncompetitive with other sources of flexibility • Transmission fees of – in extreme cases – more than 1 EUR/ MWh are almost prohibitive to storage use • Hub based flexibility services have no additional transport fee to pay 2
Transmission tariffs – seasonal gas storage product 3 Transmission tariffs in EUR/ MWh stored, 100 days injection/ withdrawal Note: 0.00 = zero transmission tariff, no figure = no figure available
Transmission tariffs – mid range gas storage product 4 Transmission tariffs in EUR/ MWh stored, 60 days injection/ withdrawal Note: 0.00 = zero transmission tariff, no figure = no figure available
Transmission tariffs – fast gas storage product 5 Transmission tariffs in EUR/ MWh stored, 20 days injection/ withdrawal Note: 0.00 = zero transmission tariff, no figure = no figure available
Text has been watered down throughout the process 2013 2014 2015 j j a s o n d j f m a m j j a s o d j f m a m j j a s o n d j f m a n ACER Initial ACER Open ACER FG ACER Justifi- ENTSOG NC TAR impact house material ... take into cation document for RoP assessment ... take into account benefits No more detailed ... may take into ... typically result account that gas and efficient rules account benefits in gas storage storage users investment ... no stakeholder and efficient users paying have already paid support investment twice an entry fee and ... subsidiarity will be paying an ... benefits exit fee... difficult to 6 substantiate
GIE proposes to better reflect of net cost/ benefits of gas storages 7
Possible descoped version of the should include the point of specific transmission tariffs for gas storages NOTE: a possible descoped version of the network code ... ... should not disregard specific transmission tariffs for gas storages 8
GIE is proud to support Thank you for your attention 9
BACKUP SLIDES 10
Discrimination risk Note 11
GIE position GIE input to stakeholder support process november 2014 12
September 2012: ACER initial impact assessment 13
February 2013: open house material 14
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