1. Transparency from a practical point of view ENTSOG Transparency Workshop
Brussels, September 11, 2012

2. Agenda Map of Austria‘s gas grid Online Capacity Booking (OCB)
Difficulties during implementation
Internal process
Benefits
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4. Gas Connect‘s Online Capacity Booking (OCB)
OCB is Gas Connect’s internal platform for publishing information
The platform publishes also transparency information (Reg. 715)
It took appr. 2 years until it was fully implemented
Feedback of stakeholders is positive
OCB platform for publishing information is easy to use
Graphical information about capacity is available
GCA receives questions at the very beginning
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5. Gas Connect‘s Online Capacity Booking (OCB)
ENTSOG - TP
Transfer
Gas Connect
User
InterfaceTool
Web service
GCA
Capacity
.xml
GCA
Gasflow
.xml
Transparency
Platform
https
Internet
(s)ftp
GCA
Interruption
.xml
GCA
NOMINT
.xml
ISDN TP
Data Base
Security
check
Data Base
NOMAN
Data Base
OCB
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6. Gas Connect‘s Online Capacity Booking (OCB)
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7. Difficulties during Implementation
Difficulties of data publication for the past five years
Data were partially not available in the requested form
Necessity of manual conversion of values
Implementation of workarounds and/or additional tools
Short term solutions to fulfill the regulation
Additional man power was required
Interpretation of “actual physical flows”
Real metered values
Last confirmed (allocated) (re)nominations
Interpretation of “near real time” differs at the TSOs (daily, weekly… update)
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8. Difficulties during Implementation
Automating upload of information
Information can be made available frequently
Long time is necessary to develop applications and monitor the sets of data
Differences between data published by adjacent TSOs
New requirements (REMIT+CMP) sometimes beyond control of TSOs
e.g. centralized platforms for auctions
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9. Internal Process – Part 1
Understanding new requirements
Interpreting ‘unclear’ paragraphs
Define the set of information to be published
Collect the data from different internal sources
Consideration of already established internal processes
SCADA, Balancing Tools, etc.
Refine/transform the set of data (e.g. units)
Define a manual upload for the transition period
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10. Internal Process – Part 2
Launch of IT project on the implementation
Definition of requirements (technical, administrative)
Budget (approval, monitoring)
Contact with the service provider (project plan, Q&A, etc.)
Implementation and testing phase
parallel with daily business
Go live after 2 years
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11. Benefits Transparency leads to...
... more promotion of the gas market in Europe
... more flexibility for market participants
… easier access to information for stakeholders
… easier contribution to clarification of bottle-neck situations
e.g. gas crisis, cold snap,…
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12. Thank you for your attention.
Do you have any further questions?
Ferenc Takacs
Martin Reisner T
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