Gas Storage Guidelines - December 2006
On 7 December 2006, the ERGEG published the Final 2006 Report on Monitoring the Implementation of the Guidelines for Good TPA Practice for Storage System Operators (E06-GFG-20-03).
The 2006 reports shows that compliance with the voluntary gas storage guidelines (GGPSSO) remains unsatisfactory in key areas such as transparency, non-discriminatory treatment of storage users and congestion management mechanisms. Regulators also underline the need for levelling national regulators’ competences in this respect.
ERGEG has recommended to the European Commission the need for legally binding rules for storage system operators to ensure non-discriminatory access to storage. (See press release PR-06-13)
As requested by the 10th Madrid Forum in 2005, ERGEG undertook this second monitoring exercise. ERGEG requested SSOs to update their 2005 responses and fill in a new questionnaire. In addition, each ERGEG member (i.e. national regulator) with storage facilities within their jurisdiction filled out a short national report on storage (“Storage National Report”). These reports focused on those GGPSSO requirements which are easier to monitor at national level, e.g. confidentiality requirements and capacity allocation/congestion management mechanisms.
All SSOs’ responses and regulators’ report are available at the XIth Madrid Forum folder.
For further information on the ERGEG monitoring exercises on gas storage, download:
The 2006 reports shows that compliance with the voluntary gas storage guidelines (GGPSSO) remains unsatisfactory in key areas such as transparency, non-discriminatory treatment of storage users and congestion management mechanisms. Regulators also underline the need for levelling national regulators’ competences in this respect.
ERGEG has recommended to the European Commission the need for legally binding rules for storage system operators to ensure non-discriminatory access to storage. (See press release PR-06-13)
As requested by the 10th Madrid Forum in 2005, ERGEG undertook this second monitoring exercise. ERGEG requested SSOs to update their 2005 responses and fill in a new questionnaire. In addition, each ERGEG member (i.e. national regulator) with storage facilities within their jurisdiction filled out a short national report on storage (“Storage National Report”). These reports focused on those GGPSSO requirements which are easier to monitor at national level, e.g. confidentiality requirements and capacity allocation/congestion management mechanisms.
All SSOs’ responses and regulators’ report are available at the XIth Madrid Forum folder.
For further information on the ERGEG monitoring exercises on gas storage, download:
Gas Regional Initiative launched - April 2006
Below you will find the ERGEG Conclusions Paper to the ERGEG 2005 Public Consultation Paper on the Roadmap for a competitive single gas market in Europe (Gas Road Map).
It forms the basis of the launch (on 25 April 2006) of a major EU-wide Gas Regional Initiative (GRI) designed to identify and remove barriers to competition in 4 EU regions. This regulator-led initiative, which aims to involve all stakeholders including Member States, TSOs and industry, is a practical and achievable way of delivering step-wise progress towards a competitive single European market for gas.
See also Press Release (25 April 2006) and Fact Sheet on Gas Regional Initatives.
It forms the basis of the launch (on 25 April 2006) of a major EU-wide Gas Regional Initiative (GRI) designed to identify and remove barriers to competition in 4 EU regions. This regulator-led initiative, which aims to involve all stakeholders including Member States, TSOs and industry, is a practical and achievable way of delivering step-wise progress towards a competitive single European market for gas.
See also Press Release (25 April 2006) and Fact Sheet on Gas Regional Initatives.