1. Transparency Project GRI NW Region
Peter Plug and Pamela Taylor
Madrid Forum, May 2009

2. Gas Regional Initiative North West
Three regional priorities to facilitate cross-border trade
sound investment climate
better use of capacity
greater transparency
Transparency project has been successful
Increased TSO compliance with deliverables from 50% to 90%
TSOs committed to publishing remaining 10% by December 2009
Reduction in cross-border points subject to less than three shipper rule from 35 to 20 (out of 126)
Network operators, network users and regional regulators working together and achieving impressive progress

3. Transparency Project
Project based on 2 areas of Networks users’ minimum requirements: capacity availability and gas flow information
Seventeen TSOs agreed to publish daily information for seven deliverables
TSOs to publish data at cross-border interconnection points except where less than 3 shipper rule applies
TSOs agreed to publish by one of three milestones: May, September or December 2008

4. Transparency in January 2008
E.ON GT
Fluxys
Svenska Kraftnät
RWE TNG
National Grid
IUK
Gas-link
WIN-GAS
On-tras
GRT gaz
Energinet.dk
Gas-unie DT
DEP
Swede-gas
GRT-gaz DT
GTS
BBL
(C1) Max technical capacity
in place
earlier
(C2) Interruption
later
final
(C3) Daily commercial firm and interruptible capacity
(F1) Daily flow / aggregated Allocation
(F2) Daily prompt allocation information
(F3) Daily aggregate day-ahead nominations
(F4) Historic gas flow information database
April 2008
Existing before project start
October 2008
no answer
December 2008

5. Project achievements May 2009
E.ON GT
Fluxys
Svenska Kraftnät
RWE TNG
National Grid
IUK
Gas-link
WIN-GAS
Ontras
GRT-gaz
Energinet.dk
Gasunie DT
DEP
Swedegas
GRT-gaz DT
GTS
BBL
(C1) Max technical capacity
in place
(C2) Interruption
 in place
In place
(C3) Daily commercial firm and interruptible capacity
(F1) Daily flow / aggregated Allocation
Oct 2009
March 2009
(F2) Daily prompt allocation information
(F3) Daily aggregate day-ahead nominations
July 2009
Dec 2009
No date
(F4) Historic gas flow information database
Number of IPs 22 19 1 5 8 4 3 9 6 7 2 25
3 minus rule IPs 12
TSOs report published
Specific date
Less than three shippers
Not committed to date
Not applicable

6. How does the project relate to European transparency?
Info on network capacity and gas flows- key for new entrants
Annex 3 of regulation 1775/2005 requires:
Information on maximum technical capacity, total contracted and interruptible capacity and available capacity
Project goes beyond existing legal requirements
Requires all info on a daily instead of monthly basis
Information on day-ahead shipper nominations
Useful tool for implementing existing legal requirements

7. Need for a second phase?
GRI NW regulators, transmission operators and network users are in the process of agreeing new deliverables
Network users’ minimum transparency requirements
New third package requirements
European Commission transparency guidelines
Potential 3rd package requirements for new project?
Information related to system demand
Information on balancing (not linepack) and gas flows
Transmission operators developing a proposal…
… GRI NW stakeholder group meeting on 9 June in Paris

8. Gas storage transparency
GRI NW regulators working with Gas Storage Europe (GSE) wrote to storage operators to request early implementation of the third package- positive reaction!
Address security of supply concerns ahead of winter period
Updated weekly
Volume of gas in storage
Eight hub areas
Some major storage
operators missing
1 October and
30 November
2009
Updated daily
Volume of gas in storage
Aggregated inflows
Aggregated outflows
Eight hub areas
Including all major storage
operators

9. Conclusions Real wins in publishing gas flows & capacity information
TSOs now 90% compliant with deliverables compared to 50% at the start of the project for capacity availability & gas flows
Storage operators committing to early implementation of third package ahead of winter
Next project to implement new legal requirements?
New third package requirements
Legally binding guidelines
Urge TSOs to continuing improving transparency!

10. Thank you for your attention!