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GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTSTRANSMISSION AND STORAGE PROJECT PROMOTERS Criteria for applications and their treatment in the TYNDP2020 18 September 2019 Final version

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Table of contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3

2. TYNDP 2020 application procedure and timeline ................................................................ 4

3. Link between the TYNDP and PCI process ......................................................................... 7

4. Criteria to be fulfilled for a project to be part of the TYNDP ............................................... 7

4.2.1. Administrative criteria for transmission projects and required documentation ........... 9

4.2.2. Technical criteria for transmission projects and required information ...................... 15

4.3.1. Administrative criteria for storage projects and required documentation ................. 17

4.3.2. Technical criteria for storage projects and required information .............................. 20

5. Additional information to be provided by project promoters ............................................. 23

5.1. Additional information to be provided by all projects ........................................................ 23

5.2. Additional information to be provided by projects selected in the TYNDP2020 .................. 23

6. Data handling, project assessment and review procedure ................................................... 24

6.1. Access to and usage of the provided data and documentation ............................................. 24

6.2. Project submission process and acceptance / rejection process based on administrative and technical criteria ..................................................................................................................... 24

6.3. Update of technical data ................................................................................................... 25

6.3.1. Requests by project promoters to update technical data ........................................... 25

6.3.2. Requests by ENTSO-E to correct or complete the technical data provided ................ 25

6.4. Access to assessment results .............................................................................................. 25

6.5. Right to request a review .................................................................................................. 26

6.5.1. Purpose and scope of the review procedure .............................................................. 26

6.5.2. How to request a review .......................................................................................... 26

Annex 1: TYNDP2020 submission window notification to projects promoters of categories A3, B and C from TYNDP2018 ................................................................................................................... 28

Annex 2: ENTSO-E contact details .......................................................................................... 29

Annex 3: Guidance on CAPEX and OPEX ............................................................................... 30

Capital expenditure (CAPEX): guidance for promoters ...................................................................... 30

Operating expenditure (OPEX): guidance for promoters .................................................................... 32

Annex 4: Studies envisaged in the TYNDP2020 ........................................................................ 33

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1. ENTSO-E shall adopt the Union-wide 10-year network development plan TYNDP every two years pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity. The TYNDP is a biennial plan, built upon national and regional development plans, on the needs and planned developments on a pan-European scale. It assesses needs for the transmission system within Europe and planned development projects submitted by project promoters to address these needs.

ENTSO-E invites all projects with cross-border impact which are relevant from a European perspective to apply to the TYNDP1.

The present document provides guidance to project promoters:

- transmission and storage projects; including o both new projects and projects already included in previous TYNDPs

who propose applying to ENTSO-E for the inclusion in the TYNDP 2020.

The TYNDP, in line with the above mentioned Regulations, does not currently include candidate projects. However, interested project promoters are encouraged to get directly in contact with ENTSO-E if they wish to explore the possibility of participating in potential discussions or modelling investigations on how these projects could be addressed in future editions. ENTSO-E will then consider performing study-case tests, but no cost-benefit analysis will be performed for power-to-X projects and power-to-X projects will not be part of the TYNDP2020. ENTSO-E current understanding of the definition of power-to-X refers to the conclusion of the 31st Madrid Forum of October 20182. Storage and transmission as defined in Regulation (EU) 347/2013 are not included in power-to-X.

The document provides the procedural steps and deadlines applying to each step as well as the administrative and technical criteria with which project promoters must comply to have their projects included in the TYNDP.

Project promoters are advised to read these guidelines so that they understand:

the procedure and timeline;

the technical and administrative criteria their projects will be required to meet;

the documents and information they will be required to submit to fulfil these criteria;

1 This is only a recommendation and does not constitute an obligation to apply. 2 https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/31st_mf_conclusions_final.pdf

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the use and circulation of the information submitted, and;

other information regarding their application, including useful contact details.

The following legislation and guidelines govern the TYNDP procedure:

REGULATION (EU) 2019/943 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (Regulation (EU) 2019/943);

REGULATION (EU) No 347/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 (Regulation (EC) 347/2013);

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION of 24 July 2018 on Guidelines on equal treatment and transparency criteria to be applied by ENTSO-E and ENTSOG when developing their TYNDPs as set out in Annex III 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (non-binding Commission recommendation

Long-term network development stakeholders group Terms of Reference (non- NDSG ToR ).

IMPORTANT NOTICE: It should be noted that ultimately only the EU Regulations 2019/943 and 347/2013 above lay down the binding rules governing the TYNDP procedure. This guidance therefore only sets out ENTSO- interpretation of the legislation and includes reference to other non-binding legal or administrative documents where applicable.

2.

ENTSO-E is expected to adopt the draft TYNDP2020 for submission to ACER opinion in Q4 2020. The TYNDP application has several steps with mandatory deadlines. The applications must be submitted in accordance with the technical and administrative criteria laid down in Section 4 and by the deadlines set out in Figure 1 of this Section 2.

Unless explicitly indicated otherwise in this document by ENTSO-E (Section 6.2 and 6.3), no modification to the application is allowed once the deadline for submission has elapsed. However, if there is a need to clarify certain aspects or for the correction of clerical mistakes, ENTSO-E may contact the applicant for this purpose during the evaluation process.

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FIGURE 1: ESTIMATED PHASES AND TIMELINE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE TYNDP 2020

Submission window

All applicants (new projects and those already included in previous TYNDP / PCI list) will have to submit their project applications from 22 October until 22 November at 12.00 midday CET.

The opening of the submission window will be announced on entsoe.eu, in ENTSO- newsletter and via email to all projects promoters of the TYNDP2018.

After the closure of the submission window and for a period communicated to all the applicants, ENTSO-E will consider the applications and their compliance with the criteria set out in Section 4. The assessment period is estimated to last about 20 (twenty) working daysassessment might last longer in the event of a high number of applications.

Failure to provide the necessary information to meet the criteria in line with the timelines set out by ENTSO-E will result in the project not being included nor assessed in the TYNDP 2020.

For projects that are included in the TYNDP 2018, the submission form will be pre-filled with the data available to ENTSO-E at the beginning of the submission window3. Project promoters will be responsible for checking and, if needed, updating the data. This arrangement is meant to make it less time-consuming for

3 In order for this information to be as up-to-date as possible, ENTSO-E has requested in July 2019 to TYNDP 2018 projects promoters to update their data.

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project promoters to apply and does not constitute an exemption for TYNDP 2018 projects from fulfilling the administrative and technical criteria specified in Section 4.

After the end of the applications assessment period, ENTSO-E will start to inform the project promoters about their acceptance/rejection for inclusion in the TYNDP. ENTSO-E will send its decision, including the reasons for it, directly to the concerned project promoter.

The provisional project list approved by ENTSO-E will be made public on the ENTSO-E website, ENTSO-E will also publish a list of projects that applied to the TYNDP 2020 but were not admitted together with a justification for the rejection. The TYNDP 2020 project list will be consulted within the TYNDP 2020 package during the Summer 2020, and may be modified in the final TYNDP 2020 if decided by ENTSO-E following either a reassessment or new information on the eligibility of projects, advice from the review process or the recommendation of ACER included in their opinion.

Selected projects with a commissioning date up until 2034 will be subject to a complete cost-benefit analysis (market and network) for the 2025 scenario and all 2030 scenarios. Projects with a commissioning date in 2035 or later will be subject to only a market-CBA, for all 2030 scenarios.

Further guidance on application assessment, data handling and review procedure is provided below in Section 6.

Submission window for projects addressing system needs identified in the draft TYNDP 2020 System Needs package

will take place after the release of the Identification of System Needs (IoSN) package, foreseen in March 2020. The dates of opening and closing of the submission window will be announced at the time of release of the IoSN package.

This submission window will be open only to projects under consideration to be commissioned after 2035. The projects selected in this window should highlight the link between the projects and the draft published needs package. For these projects, ENTSO-E will perform a limited scope Cost-Benefit Analysis (only market analysis, on only one scenario).

The projects submitted in this window will receive a visually different project sheet than TYNDP projects selected via the main submission window.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

It is expected that all applications, including supporting documents will be done through the online tool on the ENTSO-E website . If any user experiences technical difficulties with the online tool, the ENTSO-E contact person specified in Annex 2 should be alerted as soon as possible so that the problem is resolved or the application is submitted to ENTSO-E by alternative means.

If agreed in advance with ENTSO-E and only in the case of technical necessity linked to a possible non availability of ENTSO-E tools, applications may be submitted by email or post. Applicants are advised to check with the ENTSO-E contact person that the application has been received. Sdelivery post is recommended.

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3. To comply with the Regulation (EU) 347/2013 Annex II 2 (3) ) electricity transmission and storage projects shall be part of the latest available TYNDP to be eligible for inclusion in the Union list of projects of common interest (PCIs). Projects wanting to obtain the status of Projects of Common Interest shall submit an application for selection as a project of common interest during the PCI candidate submission phase. The PCI selection is a process separate from the TYNDP process, under the responsibility of the EC Regional Groups led by the European Commission.

As seen from the previous PCI process, all the PCI candidates are evaluated based on the assumptions, analysis and methodology developed in the TYNDP in order to verify if the projects fulfil the eligibility criteria defined in article 4 of Regulation (EU) 347/2013 and to assess their significant contribution to the energy infrastructure priorities of the European Union. The TYNDP cost benefit analysis results grounded on the input data provided by the project promoters during the TYNDP project application phase are expected to be the basis of the PCI selection process. Data provided for the projects submitted during the TYNDP application phase have to be coherent with the PCI project candidate application.

The project input data and results of the TYNDP cost-benefit analysis will be made public. All data will be shared with the EC Regional Groups, the European Commission and ACER.

4.

This section describes the technical and administrative criteria that each project of the TYNDP 2020 shall fulfil. Failure to provide the necessary information to meet the administrative and technical criteria within the timelines laid down in Section 2, will result in the project not being included nor assessed in the TYNDP 2020. The administrative and technical criteria below are grouped based on the type of the promoter, the type of the project (transmission or storage) and the maturity of the project.

4.1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

A TYNDP project promoter that falls under any of the following categories is eligible to apply in the TYNDP 2020:

A. Promoter of transmission infrastructure project within a regulated environment according to Regulation (EU) 2019/943, which can be either:

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A.1. a project promoter which holds a transmission operating license in a country represented within ENTSO-E (such as ENTSO-E members) A.2. a project promoter which holds a transmission operating license and operates in a country not represented within ENTSO-E, as long as the transmission infrastructure project is entirely or in part situated in at least one country represented within ENTSO-E and is considered as of European relevance4; or A.3. any other project promoter licensed to operate within a regulated environment (such as OFTOs under the Offshore Transmission Regime in Great Britain) or equivalent; and such transmission infrastructure project is entirely or in part situated in at least one country represented within ENTSO-E and is considered as of European relevance.

B. Project promoter of transmission infrastructure projects that is a) exempted pursuant to Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 or applying or intending to apply for such an exemption. This exemption criteria can apply to a project promoter of a new interconnector or to a project promoter of an existing interconnector with significant increases of capacity; or b) yet to be regulated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/943 and this project promoter is applying or is intending to apply for this regulated status / certification.

C. Project promoters of storage projects planned to be developed in a country represented within ENTSO-E and respecting the technical limitations set in Annex II of the TEN-E Regulation or any equipment or installation essential for the system to operate safely, securely and efficiently.

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on p

latf

orm

. E

NT

SO-E

wil

l tak

e in

to c

onsi

dera

tion

its

appl

icat

ion

and

this

cri

teri

a w

ill b

e re

chec

ked

whe

n th

e PC

I 4th

list

is

publ

ishe

d by

the

Eur

opea

n C

omm

issi

on.

g.N

atio

nal p

lan

(mor

e ad

van

ced)

Incl

usio

n in

the

last

ava

ilabl

e ve

rsio

n of

the

Nat

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n (N

DP

) of

at l

east

one

EN

TSO

-E c

ount

ry.

To s

atis

fy th

is c

rite

ria,

the

proj

ect i

n qu

esti

on n

eeds

to b

e ef

fect

ivel

y in

clud

ed in

the

last

ava

ilab

le v

ersi

on o

f the

N

DP

(e.

g. b

y ex

plic

it ap

prov

al (

not j

ust b

y re

fere

nce)

of t

he p

roje

ct in

que

stio

n in

to th

e pl

an.)

R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

The

ref

eren

ce (

e.g.

pro

ject

cod

e) o

f th

e pr

ojec

t in

the

last

ava

ilab

le v

ersi

on o

f th

e N

atio

nal D

evel

opm

ent P

lans

of

at le

ast o

ne E

NT

SO

-E c

ount

ry.

In c

ase

of d

iffe

renc

e in

the

data

indi

cate

d co

mpa

red

to th

e re

spec

tive

dat

a of

ND

Ps

the

expl

anat

ion

and

just

ific

atio

n of

thos

e di

ffer

ence

s sh

ould

be

prov

ided

h.

Nat

ion

al p

lan

(u

nder

co

nsid

erat

ion)

In

clus

ion

in th

e la

st a

vaila

ble

vers

ion

of th

e N

atio

nal D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

(ND

P)

of a

t lea

st o

ne E

NT

SO-E

cou

ntry

. To

sat

isfy

this

cri

teri

a, th

e pr

ojec

t in

ques

tion

nee

ds to

be

effe

ctiv

ely

incl

uded

in th

e la

st a

vail

able

ver

sion

of t

he

ND

P (

e.g.

by

expl

icit

cons

ider

atio

n (n

ot ju

st b

y re

fere

nce)

of t

he p

roje

ct in

que

stio

n in

to th

e pl

an.)

R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

The

ref

eren

ce (

e.g.

pro

ject

cod

e) o

f th

e pr

ojec

t in

the

last

ava

ilab

le v

ersi

on o

f th

e N

atio

nal D

evel

opm

ent P

lans

of

at le

ast o

ne E

NT

SO

-E c

ount

ry.

In c

ase

of d

iffe

renc

e in

the

data

indi

cate

d co

mpa

red

to th

e re

spec

tive

dat

a of

ND

Ps

the

expl

anat

ion

and

just

ific

atio

n of

thos

e di

ffer

ence

s sh

ould

be

prov

ided

i.M

S / N

RA

agr

eem

ent

(un

der

cons

ider

atio

n)

Proj

ect s

hall

hav

e a

sign

ed a

gree

men

t bet

wee

n th

e co

mpe

tent

min

istr

ies

or r

egul

ator

s or

a le

tter

of

supp

ort f

rom

at

leas

t one

of

the

com

pete

nt m

inis

trie

s or

reg

ulat

ory

auth

oriti

es.

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: T

he s

igne

d ag

reem

ent o

n th

e pr

ojec

t pro

ceed

ing

betw

een

the

min

istr

ies

or b

etw

een

the

regu

lato

rs o

f th

e im

pact

ed

coun

trie

s, a

nd th

e re

cent

am

endm

ents

for

it if

any

; or

a si

gned

lett

er, f

rom

at l

east

one

of

the

min

istr

ies

or

regu

lato

ry a

utho

ritie

s co

ncer

ned,

sta

ting

the

expl

icit

sup

port

for

the

proj

ect t

o be

par

t of

the

TY

ND

P 20

20.

j.E

xem

pti

on p

roce

ss (

mor

e ad

van

ced)

V

alid

(no

t rej

ecte

d) a

pplic

atio

n fo

r ex

empt

ion

unde

r th

e E

urop

ean

regu

lati

ons

(Art

icle

24

of R

egul

atio

n (E

C)

943/

2019

) or

equ

ival

ent

Pa

ge

13

of 3

4

A

1 A

2 A

3+B

R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

The

ack

now

ledg

men

t rec

eipt

of

the

appl

icat

ion

for

the

exem

ptio

n pu

rsua

nt to

Art

. 24

of R

egul

atio

n (E

C)

No

943/

2019

fro

m th

e re

spon

sibl

e re

gula

tory

aut

hori

ties

of th

e co

ncer

ned

EU

cou

ntri

es.

k.T

SO a

gree

men

t or

pr

oces

ses

(u

nde

r co

nsid

erat

ion)

)

Sign

ed a

gree

men

t8 wit

h al

l the

con

cern

ed T

SOs

mem

bers

of

EN

TS

O-E

OR

A

pos

itive

9 fea

sibi

lity

stu

dy (

wit

hin

the

vali

dity

per

iod)

per

form

ed o

r ap

prov

ed b

y al

l the

con

cern

ed T

SOs

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: C

opy

of a

sig

ned

agre

emen

t (e

lect

roni

cally

sig

ned

wou

ld b

e su

ffic

ient

) by

the

resp

onsi

ble

part

ies

of th

e T

SO

s in

volv

ed,

stat

ing

that

ther

e is

a c

omm

on

agre

emen

t for

ass

essi

ng th

e pr

ojec

t und

er c

onsi

dera

tion

and

subm

ittin

g it

for

TY

ND

P 20

20

proc

ess.

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: T

he s

igne

d co

mm

on a

gree

men

t w

ith

the

conc

erne

d T

SO/s

who

is

/are

mem

ber/

s of

EN

TSO

-E,

rega

rdin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

the

subm

itte

d pr

ojec

t OR

A

ll th

e im

pact

ed E

NT

SO-E

TS

O

posi

tive

fea

sibi

lity

10/p

re-

feas

ibili

ty11

stu

dies

, or

thei

r

stud

y, p

erfo

rmed

by

anot

her

part

y.

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: T

he s

igne

d co

nnec

tion

agre

emen

t wit

h al

l th

e co

ncer

ned

TS

Os.

A

ll th

e im

pact

ed E

NT

SO-E

TS

O p

osit

ive

feas

ibili

ty12

/pre

-fea

sibi

lity

13 s

tudi

es, o

r

stud

y, p

erfo

rmed

by

anot

her

part

y

l.Stu

dies

(un

der

Res

ulti

ng f

rom

an

EN

TS

O-E

B

y 22

Nov

embe

r 20

19, d

eliv

ery

of a

ll r

elev

ant i

nfor

mat

ion

to a

ll th

e co

ncer

ned

8 In

clud

ing

TS

Os

conf

irm

atio

n to

con

nect

the

spec

ific

infr

astr

uctu

re to

the

syst

em (

conn

ectio

n po

int a

nd b

udge

t) o

r th

e co

ntra

ct w

ith

the

TS

Os

to c

onne

ct (

i.e. a

ccep

tanc

e to

pay

for

th

e w

orks

).

9 The

stu

dy s

houl

d co

nclu

de th

at th

e pr

ojec

t is

com

patib

le w

ith

the

plan

ned

netw

ork

and/

or s

houl

d pr

opos

e ad

ditio

nal n

etw

ork

rein

forc

emen

ts to

inte

grat

e th

e pr

ojec

t in

the

futu

re

netw

ork

10 &

15 F

easi

bili

ty s

tudy

Sco

pe: i

t sho

uld

conf

irm

all

the

resu

lts

of th

e pr

e-fe

asib

ilit

y st

udy

or a

men

d th

em a

nd c

onfi

rm th

e ph

ysic

al a

nd e

nvir

onm

enta

l via

bili

ty n

ot o

nly

of th

e pr

ojec

t it

self

but

als

o of

the

conn

ecti

on p

oint

s an

d ad

ditio

nal i

nves

tmen

ts r

equi

red.

11

& 1

6 Pre

-fea

sibi

lity

stu

dy S

cope

: it s

houl

d in

clud

e at

a m

inim

um th

e co

nnec

tion

poi

nt/p

oint

s of

the

proj

ect t

o th

e E

urop

ean

tran

smis

sion

gri

d, th

e ad

mis

sibl

e tr

ansf

er c

apac

ity

in th

e re

leva

nt b

ound

ary,

the

addi

tion

al in

vest

men

ts r

equi

red

for

a se

cure

ope

rati

on a

nd n

etw

ork

code

s fu

lfil

men

t.

Pa

ge

14

of 3

4

A

1 A

2 A

3+B

co

nsid

erat

ion)

syst

em n

eeds

stu

dy

(Ide

ntif

icat

ion

of S

yste

m N

eeds

or

Reg

iona

l Inv

estm

ent P

lans

) .

TSO

s to

fac

ilita

te a

pre

-fea

sibi

lity

or f

easi

bili

ty s

tudy

; or

sign

ed c

ontr

actu

al

agre

emen

t wit

h al

l the

con

cern

ed T

SOs

to p

erfo

rm a

pre

-fea

sibi

lity

or

feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

; or

ackn

owle

dgem

ent b

y al

l TSO

s co

ncer

ned

of th

e ou

tcom

e of

the

stud

y pe

rfor

med

by

the

prom

oter

. R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

Alr

eady

ava

ilab

le to

EN

TSO

-E

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: T

he p

roof

of

deli

very

14 o

f al

l rel

evan

t inf

orm

atio

n to

all

the

conc

erne

d T

SO

s to

fa

cilit

ate

a pr

e-fe

asib

ilit

y or

fea

sibi

lity

stud

y; o

r th

e si

gned

con

trac

tual

ag

reem

ent w

ith

all t

he c

once

rned

TSO

s to

per

form

a p

re-f

easi

bili

ty o

r fe

asib

ility

stu

dy; o

r a

sign

ed le

tter

(s)

by a

ll T

SOs

conc

erne

d ac

know

ledg

ing

the

outc

ome

of th

e st

udy

perf

orm

ed b

y th

e pr

omot

er a

nd a

cop

y of

the

stud

y.

14 D

eliv

ery

by a

ny f

orm

of

com

mun

icat

ion

(e.g

. em

ail,

form

) th

at is

in li

ne w

ith

the

invo

lved

TS

Os

proc

ess.

All

rel

evan

t inf

orm

atio

n m

eans

all

the

info

rmat

ion

requ

este

d by

the

conc

erne

d T

SO

s to

per

form

a p

re-f

easi

bili

ty o

r fe

asib

ilit

y st

udy.

Pa

ge

15

of 3

4

4.2

.2.

TE

CH

NIC

AL

CR

ITE

RIA

FO

R T

RA

NS

MIS

SIO

N P

RO

JE

CT

S A

ND

RE

QU

IRE

D I

NF

OR

MA

TIO

N

The

fol

low

ing

tabl

e sh

ows

the

list

of

tech

nica

l pa

ss-f

ail

crite

ria.

A

ll m

ust

be f

ulfi

lled

by t

he s

ubm

issi

on d

eadl

ine.

All

inf

orm

atio

n m

ust

be

prov

ided

in

the

Eng

lish

lan

guag

e. T

he p

roje

ct p

rom

oter

mus

t pr

ovid

e al

l re

quir

ed i

nfor

mat

ion

thro

ugh

the

on-l

ine

tool

acc

essi

ble

via

the

EN

TSO

-E w

ebsi

te.

A

1 A

2 A

3+B

m

.Tec

hni

cal

desc

rip

tion

M

ain

equi

pmen

t is:

-

a hi

gh-v

olta

ge o

verh

ead

tran

smis

sion

line

des

igne

d fo

r a

tran

smis

sion

vol

tage

of

110

kV o

r m

ore

in th

e ca

se o

f di

rect

cr

oss-

bord

er in

fras

truc

ture

OR

-

a hi

gh-v

olta

ge o

verh

ead

tran

smis

sion

line

des

igne

d fo

r a

tran

smis

sion

vol

tage

of

220

kV o

r m

ore

in th

e ca

se o

f in

tern

al in

fras

truc

ture

OR

-

a hi

gh v

olta

ge u

nder

grou

nd/s

ubm

arin

e tr

ansm

issi

on c

able

des

igne

d fo

r a

volt

age

of 1

10K

V o

r m

ore.

Req

uire

d in

form

atio

n:

- A

bri

ef te

chni

cal d

escr

ipti

on o

f th

e pr

ojec

t -

iden

tific

atio

n of

the

mai

n in

vest

men

t ite

m, w

ith

tech

nolo

gy (

AC

/DC

) an

d vo

ltag

e le

vel;

end

-sub

stat

ions

, km

of

rout

e, e

tc.

- id

entif

icat

ion

of a

dditi

onal

inve

stm

ent i

tem

s, w

ith te

chno

logy

(A

C/D

C)

and

volta

ge le

vel;

end

-sub

stat

ions

, km

of

rout

e, e

tc.

n.L

ocat

ion

Mai

n eq

uipm

ent a

t lea

st is

par

tial

ly lo

cate

d in

one

of

the

coun

trie

s re

pres

ente

d w

ithi

n E

NT

SO

-E

Req

uire

d in

form

atio

n:

Loc

atio

n of

the

proj

ect i

n th

e E

NT

SO

-E m

ap -

GIS

coo

rdin

ates

o.

Init

ial e

stim

atio

n of

the

Tra

nsf

er

capa

city

incr

ease

The

initi

al e

stim

atio

n of

the

net t

rans

fer

capa

city

incr

ease

(N

TC

) ex

pres

sed

in M

W w

here

: -

for

the

cros

s-bo

rder

infr

astr

uctu

re :

no m

inim

um li

mit

is im

pose

d -

for

the

inte

rnal

infr

astr

uctu

re: n

o m

inim

um li

mit

is im

pose

d. I

f th

e im

pact

on

the

NT

C is

und

er 1

00 M

W, p

roje

cts

mus

t be

plan

ned

to e

nsur

e se

curi

ty o

f su

pply

or

load

gro

wth

or

to a

llow

new

gen

erat

ion

conn

ecti

on.

Req

uire

d in

form

atio

n:

i. A

n as

sess

men

t of

the

incr

ease

in th

e tr

ansf

er c

apac

ity

whi

ch th

e pr

ojec

t wil

l ena

ble,

exp

ress

ed in

MW

. ii

. A

n ex

plan

atio

n of

the

use

of th

at tr

ansf

er c

apac

ity in

crea

se (

cros

s-bo

rder

impa

ct, g

ener

atio

n co

nnec

tion,

and

/or

secu

ring

load

gro

wth

)

p.P

roje

ct n

etw

ork

m

odel

ling

data

A

ll th

e pr

ojec

t cha

ract

eris

tics

nece

ssar

y to

mod

el th

e pr

ojec

t in

the

netw

ork

tool

use

d by

EN

TSO

-E in

the

asse

ssm

ent p

roce

ss

Req

uire

d in

form

atio

n:

i. E

lect

ro-t

echn

ical

par

amet

ers

of th

e pr

ojec

t whi

ch a

re n

eces

sary

to m

odel

the

prop

osed

inve

stm

ent i

n th

e ne

twor

k

Pa

ge

16

of 3

4

A

1 A

2 A

3+B

st

udie

s:

For

an

alt

erna

ting

cur

rent

(A

C)

infr

astr

uctu

re:

conn

ectio

n po

ints

(su

bsta

tions

nam

e), n

omin

al v

olta

ge, t

ype

of

cond

ucto

r, n

r/ph

ases

, res

ista

nce

(R),

rea

ctan

ce (

X),

con

duct

ance

(B

), th

erm

al li

mit

(Im

ax),

km

of

the

who

le r

oute

(f

or a

line

/cab

le),

km

of

the

rout

e to

eac

h bo

rder

if th

e in

fras

truc

ture

is a

tie-

line

; F

or a

dir

ect

curr

ent

(DC

) in

fras

truc

ture

: co

nnec

tion

poi

nts

(sub

stat

ions

nam

e), t

ype

of c

ondu

ctor

, typ

e of

co

nver

ters

(V

SC/L

CC

), n

omin

al v

olta

ge, c

apac

ity,

km

to e

ach

bord

er if

the

infr

astr

uctu

re is

a ti

e-li

ne, t

herm

al li

mit

(I

max

), M

var

capa

bilit

y ra

nge

at te

rmin

als,

bus

-bar

to b

us-b

ar lo

sses

pro

file

ove

r M

W r

ange

; ii

. E

xpec

ted

year

ly u

nava

ilabi

lity,

dif

fere

ntia

ting

bet

wee

n pl

anne

d an

d fo

rced

out

ages

, and

the

max

imum

sin

gle

fail

ure

acco

rdin

g to

the

desi

gn.

, the

list

and

fea

ture

s of

the

inte

rnal

rei

nfor

cem

ents

req

uire

d to

con

nect

the

proj

ect i

n th

e tr

ansm

issi

on n

etw

ork

base

d on

the

affe

cted

TS

Os

anal

ysis

. q.

Dat

e of

co

mm

issi

onin

g,

stat

us a

nd c

osts

15

- D

ate

of c

omm

issi

onin

g an

d st

atus

of

each

of

the

inve

stm

ent i

tem

s pa

rt o

f th

e pr

ojec

t.

- C

APE

X a

nd O

PE

X o

f ea

ch o

f th

e in

vest

men

t ite

ms

part

of

the

proj

ect (

see

Ann

ex 3

for

gui

danc

e on

CA

PE

X a

nd

OPE

X).

N

ote:

Thi

s da

ta is

man

dato

ry a

nd th

eref

ore

any

non-

com

plia

nce

wil

l res

ult i

n ex

clus

ion

from

the

fina

l TY

ND

P.

Req

uire

d in

form

atio

n:

i. A

n es

tim

atio

n of

the

com

mis

sion

ing

date

for

eac

h in

vest

men

t ite

m

ii.

A ti

mel

ine

of th

e im

plem

enta

tion

plan

incl

udin

g pr

e-fe

asib

ility

and

fea

sibi

lity

stu

dies

, eng

inee

ring

des

ign,

ex

empt

ion

and

perm

ittin

g pr

oced

ures

, man

ufac

turi

ng, c

onst

ruct

ion

and

com

mis

sion

ing

iii

. A

pro

ject

sta

tus

for

each

inve

stm

ent i

tem

, ind

icat

ing

whe

ther

the

inve

stm

ent

iv

. T

he to

tal i

nves

tmen

t cos

t (an

d fo

r ea

ch in

vest

men

t ite

m)

at th

e co

mm

issi

onin

g ye

ar v

alue

and

yea

rly

oper

atio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce c

ost:

CA

PE

X+

OPE

X.

15 N

ote:

The

val

idit

y of

this

dat

a w

ill b

e ch

ecke

d by

EN

TS

O-E

bas

ed o

n ch

eck

rule

dis

cuss

ed w

ith

AC

ER

aga

inst

gen

eral

pro

ject

dev

elop

men

t (st

atus

and

co

mm

issi

onin

g da

te)

and

refe

renc

e co

sts.

Pa

ge

17

of 3

4

4.3

. C

RIT

ER

IA F

OR

ST

OR

AG

E P

RO

JE

CT

S A

ND

RE

QU

IRE

D D

OC

UM

EN

TA

TIO

N

4.3

.1.

AD

MIN

IST

RA

TIV

E C

RIT

ER

IA F

OR

ST

OR

AG

E P

RO

JEC

TS

AN

D R

EQ

UIR

ED

DO

CU

ME

NT

AT

ION

The

fol

low

ing

tabl

e sh

ows

the

list

of a

dmin

istr

ativ

e pa

ss-f

ail

crite

ria:

Pa

ss-f

ail

crite

ria

mea

ns t

hat

all

proj

ects

r

egar

dles

s of

the

ir

4.3

.1 b

. to

e.

by t

he

subm

issi

on d

eadl

ine.

All

docu

men

tati

on m

ust

be p

rovi

ded

in t

he E

nglis

h la

ngua

ge.

The

pro

ject

pro

mot

er m

ust

prov

ide

all

requ

ired

do

cum

enta

tion

as a

sca

nned

cop

y th

roug

h th

e on

line

pla

tfor

m a

cces

sibl

e vi

a th

e E

NT

SO-E

web

site

.

C

b.

Com

pan

y ex

iste

nce

(al

l16)

The

pro

ject

pro

mot

er s

hall

be

a re

gist

ered

und

erta

king

or

a su

bsid

iary

of

a re

gist

ered

und

erta

king

that

has

bee

n in

exi

sten

ce f

or a

t lea

st 1

yea

r be

fore

the

date

of

subm

issi

on (

for

mor

e ad

vanc

e pr

ojec

ts)

or le

ss th

an 1

yea

r

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: T

he s

tatu

tes

of th

e re

gist

ered

und

erta

king

c.F

inan

cial

str

engt

h (

all)

T

he a

sset

s of

the

unde

rtak

ing

or it

s sh

areh

olde

rs s

hall

am

ount

to a

t lea

st 1

mil

lion

euro

s

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: T

he la

st a

vail

able

bal

ance

she

ets

subm

itte

d to

the

natio

nal t

ax o

ffic

e no

late

r th

an 2

017.

Fo

r co

mpa

nies

you

nger

than

1 y

ear

this

info

rmat

ion

is to

be

take

n fr

om th

e co

mpa

ny e

xist

ence

doc

umen

tati

on.

d.

Tec

hnic

al e

xper

tise

(al

l)

The

pro

ject

pro

mot

er h

as th

e te

chni

cal e

xper

tise

to r

eali

se th

e pr

ojec

t on

its

own

or b

y us

ing

subc

ontr

acto

rs.

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: In

form

atio

n on

the

indu

stri

al u

nder

taki

ng a

nd it

s te

chni

cal e

xper

tise

, inc

ludi

ng r

efer

ence

s fr

om o

ther

rel

evan

t pr

ojec

ts.

16

Pa

ge

18

of 3

4

e.C

onta

ct d

etai

ls (

all)

a)

1

SPO

C w

ith

emai

l and

pho

ne n

umbe

r b)

2

dele

gate

d co

ntac

ts: e

mai

l and

pho

ne n

umbe

r. T

hey

are

resp

onsi

ble

for

rece

ivin

g T

YN

DP

co

mm

unic

atio

ns in

cas

e th

e S

POC

is n

ot a

vaila

ble

(due

to o

ut o

f of

fice

not

ific

atio

n or

left

pos

itio

n)

c)

Gen

eral

com

pany

con

tact

wit

h em

ail,

phon

e nu

mbe

r an

d po

stal

add

ress

for

exc

epti

onal

com

mun

icat

ion

or

lette

r re

quir

ing

sign

atur

e.

The

fol

low

ing

tabl

e sh

ows

a li

st o

f ad

diti

onal

adm

inis

trat

ive

crit

eria

: A

t lea

st o

ne m

ust b

e fu

lfil

led.

T

here

are

cri

teri

a ap

plic

able

for

all

proj

ects

and

oth

ers

appl

icab

le o

nly

for

proj

ects

wit

h a

stat

us u

nder

con

side

rati

on o

r fo

r pr

ojec

ts w

ith

a st

atus

mor

e ad

vanc

ed th

an u

nder

con

side

rati

on.

C

f.P

CI

(all)

PC

I la

bel i

n th

e la

st a

vaila

ble

PCI

list

R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

PCI

num

ber

and

defi

nitio

n as

in th

e la

st a

ppro

ved

EC

pub

lishe

d PC

I lis

t.

In c

ase

of a

ppli

cati

on f

or in

clus

ion

in th

e 4th

PC

I li

st, t

he p

rom

oter

sha

ll sp

ecif

y th

is in

the

subm

issi

on

plat

form

. EN

TSO

-E w

ill t

ake

into

con

side

rati

on it

s ap

plic

atio

n an

d th

is c

rite

ria

will

be

rech

ecke

d w

hen

the

4th

PC

I li

st is

pub

lishe

d by

the

Eur

opea

n C

omm

issi

on.

g.N

atio

nal p

lan

(mor

e ad

vanc

ed)

Incl

usio

n in

the

last

ava

ilabl

e ve

rsio

n of

the

Nat

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n (N

DP

) of

the

EN

TS

O-E

cou

ntry

w

here

the

stor

age

will

be

built

. To

sati

sfy

this

cri

teri

a, th

e pr

ojec

t in

ques

tion

nee

ds to

be

effe

ctiv

ely

incl

uded

in

the

last

ava

ilab

le v

ersi

on o

f the

ND

P (

e.g.

by

expl

icit

appr

oval

(no

t jus

t by

refe

renc

e) o

f the

pro

ject

in

ques

tion

into

the

plan

). T

his

appl

ies

to th

ose

coun

trie

s w

here

the

ND

P is

sup

pose

d to

incl

ude

stor

age

proj

ects

. R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

The

ref

eren

ce (

e.g.

pro

ject

cod

e) o

f th

e pr

ojec

t in

the

last

ava

ilab

le v

ersi

on o

f th

e N

atio

nal D

evel

opm

ent P

lans

of

at l

east

one

EN

TSO

-E c

ount

ry. I

n ca

se o

f di

ffer

ence

in th

e da

ta in

dica

ted

com

pare

d to

the

resp

ecti

ve d

ata

of N

DP

s th

e ex

plan

atio

n an

d ju

stif

icat

ion

of th

ose

diff

eren

ces

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed.

h.

Nat

ion

al

pla

n (u

nder

co

nsid

erat

ion)

In

clus

ion

in th

e la

st a

vaila

ble

vers

ion

of th

e N

atio

nal D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

(ND

P)

of th

e E

NT

SO

-E c

ount

ry

whe

re th

e st

orag

e w

ill b

e bu

ilt. T

o sa

tisf

y th

is c

rite

ria,

the

proj

ect i

n qu

esti

on n

eeds

to b

e ef

fect

ivel

y in

clud

ed

in th

e la

st a

vail

able

ver

sion

of t

he N

DP

(e.

g. b

y ex

plic

it co

nsid

erat

ion

(not

just

by

refe

renc

e) o

f the

pro

ject

in

ques

tion

into

the

plan

). T

his

appl

ies

for

thos

e co

untr

ies

whe

re th

e N

DP

is s

uppo

sed

to in

clud

e st

orag

e pr

ojec

ts.

Req

uire

d do

cum

enta

tion

: T

he r

efer

ence

(e.

g. p

roje

ct c

ode)

of

the

proj

ect i

n th

e la

st a

vail

able

ver

sion

of

the

Nat

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

ns

of a

t lea

st o

ne E

NT

SO-E

cou

ntry

. In

case

of

diff

eren

ce in

the

data

indi

cate

d co

mpa

red

to th

e re

spec

tive

dat

a of

ND

Ps

the

expl

anat

ion

and

just

ific

atio

n of

thos

e di

ffer

ence

s sh

ould

be

prov

ided

Pa

ge

19

of 3

4

i. M

S /

NR

A

agre

emen

t (u

nder

co

nsid

erat

ion)

Pr

ojec

t sha

ll h

ave

a si

gned

agr

eem

ent b

etw

een

the

com

pete

nt m

inis

trie

s or

reg

ulat

ors

or a

lett

er o

f su

ppor

t fr

om a

t lea

st o

ne o

f th

e co

mpe

tent

min

istr

ies

or r

egul

ator

y au

thor

ities

. R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

The

sig

ned

agre

emen

t on

the

proj

ect p

roce

edin

g be

twee

n th

e m

inis

trie

s or

bet

wee

n th

e re

gula

tors

of

the

impa

cted

cou

ntri

es, a

nd th

e re

cent

am

endm

ents

for

it if

any

; or

a si

gned

lett

er, f

rom

at l

east

one

of

the

min

istr

ies

or r

egul

ator

y au

thor

itie

s co

ncer

ned,

sta

ting

the

expl

icit

sup

port

for

the

proj

ect t

o be

par

t of

the

TY

ND

P 2

020.

j.T

SO

agre

emen

t or

pr

oces

ses

(mor

e ad

vanc

ed)

Si

gned

con

nect

ion

agre

emen

t with

the

TS

O w

ithin

the

EN

TSO

-E c

ount

ry w

here

the

stor

age

will

be

built

. R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

The

sig

ned

conn

ectio

n ag

reem

ent w

ith

the

impa

cted

TSO

.

l.Stu

dies

(un

der

cons

ider

atio

n)

Fe

asib

ility

/pre

-fea

sibi

lity

stud

y pe

rfor

med

or

appr

oved

by

the

TSO

wit

hin

the

EN

TSO

-E c

ount

ry w

here

the

stor

age

will

be

built

OR

Del

iver

y by

22

Nov

embe

r 20

19 o

f al

l rel

evan

t inf

orm

atio

n to

all

the

conc

erne

d T

SO

s to

fac

ilita

te a

pre

-fea

sibi

lity

or f

easi

bili

ty s

tudy

; or

ackn

owle

dgem

ent b

y al

l TSO

s co

ncer

ned

of th

e ou

tcom

e of

the

stud

y pe

rfor

med

by

the

prom

oter

. R

equi

red

docu

men

tati

on:

The

impa

cted

EN

TS

O-E

TSO

fea

sibi

lity

17/p

re-f

easi

bili

ty18

st

udy,

per

form

ed b

y an

othe

r pa

rty

OR

the

pro

of o

f de

liver

y to

all

impa

cted

TSO

s of

all

rel

evan

t inf

orm

atio

n to

fac

ilita

te a

fea

sibi

lity/

pre-

feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

19; O

R a

sig

ned

lett

er(s

) by

all

TS

Os

conc

erne

d ac

know

ledg

ing

the

outc

ome

of th

e st

udy

perf

orm

ed b

y th

e pr

omot

er a

nd a

cop

y of

the

stud

y.

17 F

easi

bili

ty s

tudy

Sco

pe: i

t sho

uld

conf

irm

all

the

resu

lts

of th

e pr

e-fe

asib

ilit

y st

udy

or a

men

d th

em a

nd c

onfi

rm th

e ph

ysic

al a

nd e

nvir

onm

enta

l via

bili

ty n

ot o

nly

of th

e pr

ojec

t its

elf

but a

lso

of th

e co

nnec

tion

poin

ts a

nd a

ddit

iona

l inv

estm

ents

req

uire

d.

18 P

re-f

easi

bili

ty s

tudy

Sco

pe: i

t sho

uld

incl

ude

at m

inim

um th

e co

nnec

tion

poi

nt/p

oint

s of

the

proj

ect t

o th

e E

urop

ean

tran

smis

sion

gri

d, th

e ad

mis

sibl

e tr

ansf

er c

apac

ity

in th

e re

leva

nt b

ound

ary,

the

addi

tion

al in

vest

men

ts r

equi

red

for

a se

cure

ope

rati

on a

nd n

etw

ork

code

s fu

lfil

men

t.

19 D

eliv

ery

by m

eans

any

for

m o

f co

mm

unic

atio

n (e

.g. e

mai

l, fo

rm)

that

is in

line

wit

h th

e in

volv

ed T

SO

s pr

oces

s. A

ll r

elev

ant i

nfor

mat

ion

mea

ns a

ll th

e in

form

atio

n re

ques

ted

by th

e co

ncer

ned

TS

Os

to p

erfo

rm a

pre

-fea

sibi

lity

or

feas

ibil

ity

stud

y.

Pa

ge

20

of 3

4

4.3

.2.

TE

CH

NIC

AL

CR

ITE

RIA

FO

R S

TO

RA

GE

PR

OJ

EC

TS

AN

D R

EQ

UIR

ED

IN

FO

RM

AT

ION

The

fol

low

ing

tabl

e sh

ows

the

list

of t

echn

ical

pas

s-fa

il c

rite

ria:

Pa

ss-f

ail

crit

eria

mea

ns t

hat

all

proj

ects

r

egar

dles

s of

the

ir a

dvan

cem

ent

4.3

.2 j

. to

p.

by t

he s

ubm

issi

on d

eadl

ine.

A

ll in

form

atio

n m

ust b

e pr

ovid

ed in

the

Eng

lish

lang

uage

. The

pro

ject

pro

mot

er m

ust p

rovi

de a

ll r

equi

red

info

rmat

ion

via

the

form

in th

e on

-li

ne to

ol a

cces

sibl

e vi

a th

e E

NT

SO-E

web

site

.

C

j.

Tec

hni

cal d

escr

ipti

on

The

pro

ject

sha

ll b

e an

ele

ctri

city

sto

rage

fac

ility

use

d fo

r st

orin

g el

ectr

ical

ene

rgy

into

ano

ther

ene

rgy

form

for

pr

oduc

ing

elec

tric

ity a

t a la

ter

date

on

a pe

rman

ent o

r te

mpo

rary

bas

is in

abo

ve-g

roun

d or

und

ergr

ound

in

fras

truc

ture

or

geol

ogic

al s

ites.

R

equi

red

info

rmat

ion:

B

rief

tech

nica

l des

crip

tion

of

the

stor

age

proj

ect:

type

of

stor

age

(hyd

ro, p

ure

pum

ping

or

incl

udin

g na

tura

l inf

low

; ba

ttery

, typ

e of

tech

nolo

gy u

sed;

etc

.)

k.

Cap

acit

y &

Gen

erat

ion

The

pro

ject

sha

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5.

5.1. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY ALL PROJECTS

In the main submission window, and in addition to the administrative criteria listed in Section 4, all projects which are included in a National Development Plan(s) (final or draft), shall deliver to ENTSO-E the reference (i.e. project code and page number) of the project in the last available National Development Plans for all the ENTSO-E countries directly concerned.

NB: This does not constitute a requirement for projects to be included in a National Development Plan, but merely a requirement to inform ENTSO-E when it is the case. This requirement applies indifferently of the additional administrative criteria for which the promoter chooses to deliver proof of compliance.

5.2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY PROJECTS SELECTED

IN THE TYNDP2020

In Q1-Q2 2020 ENTSO-E will contact projects accepted into the TYNDP2020 with request for additional information. This additional information will be reflected in the projects sheets published on entsoe.eu and serves only to provide further information on the project. The window for submission of additional information is provisionally foreseen to extend from March to May 2020. Exact dates will be announced in Q1 2020. Workshops and/or webinars will be organised

The additional information that will be requested includes, but is not limited to, the following items:

- Project promoters will be contacted after the finalisation of the Identification of System Needs (IoSN) report with a request to link their projects to the needs identified in the IoSN report. Project promoters will have to provide this update during a dedicated submission window of one month.

- Deliver the cost justification in line with the Cost Benefit Methodology into force. - Deliver any other explanation in line with the Cost Benefit Analysis Methodology which will

enhance the description of the project benefits in the TYNDP report.

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6.

6.1. ACCESS TO AND USAGE OF THE PROVIDED DATA AND

DOCUMENTATION

The administrative documents provided by the project promoters during the submission phase and referring to their legal status, financial capability and technical expertise should be solely used by ENTSO-E to ensure compliance with the administrative criteria defined in their practical implementation documents and should be treated as confidential by ENTSO-E.

The technical input provided by the project promoters and the benefits of the projects assessed in accordance with the CBA methodology should be made public by ENTSO-E.

The cost data submitted by the project promoters for the projects to be included in the TYNDP will be made public by ENTSO-E.

By default, all the data and documentation provided by the promoter will be accessible to the European Commission and the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

6.2. PROJECT SUBMISSION PROCESS AND ACCEPTANCE / REJECTION

PROCESS BASED ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CRITERIA

The project promoter is fully responsible for the correctness and completeness of the information that it provides in the TYNDP procedure.

In case of incomplete and/or inconsistent submission of information during the application period, ENTSO-E will send a formal request to the project promoter to complete and/or correct the missing/inconsistent information. With this request the promoter is informed that failure to provide the required information will result in exclusion from the TYNDP project list. Acknowledgement of this request from the promoter has to be received within five working days after ENTSO- request. If the promoter fails to acknowledge the request within five working days and/or fails to submit the requested data within the fixed deadline included in the request, the project is rejected and the project promoter can pass to review phase (detailed in section 6.5).

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6.3. UPDATE OF TECHNICAL DATA

6.3.1. REQUESTS BY PROJECT PROMOTERS TO UPDATE TECHNICAL

DATA

Requests by project promoters to update project information shall be dealt with in the following manner: - In case of incorrect information submitted within the submission window, the promoter shall inform

ENTSO-E of this error. The updated data shall be sent to ENTSO-E by the end of ENTSO-E application review period which will be communicated to all the applicants once the submission window is expired. After this period the data will be considered frozen for the purposes of the CBA Assessment.

- During the data processing phase and the assessment phase (December 2019 - June 2020) no data update request by project promoters will be accepted by ENTSO-E for the purpose of the CBA Assessment.

- If the project information changes from the moment of confirmation of acceptance in the TYNDP and the start of the TYNDP consultation, the promoter will have the opportunity to update the project information during the TYNDP consultation phase. This update will be included in a dedicated section of the TYNDP project sheet and will be clearly labelled with the date of information submission and the disclaimer that this update is not reflected in the CBA assessment results published in the TYNDP. The technical data used for the CBA assessment will in any case be published and labelled as input data for the CBA assessment.

6.3.2. REQUESTS BY ENTSO-E TO CORRECT OR COMPLETE THE

TECHNICAL DATA PROVIDED

ENTSO-E reserves the right to ask a project promoter to correct or confirm the technical data provided at any time. The project promoter will then be asked to provide the corrected technical data within five (5) working days.

If the project promoter fails to provide the requested data within 5 (five) working days, and the missing/inconsistent data does not allow for a full CBA calculation of the project, this specific project will be disregarded, and not included and assessed in the TYNDP.

6.4. ACCESS TO ASSESSMENT RESULTS

ENTSO-E recognises the importance of the project assessment results to the overall quality and acceptance of the TYNDP and to individual promoters projects.

Therefore, ENTSO-E will send to project promoters single point of contact, at least two weeks in advance of the public consultation on the TYNDP 2020, the specific assessment results for their project[s].

Upon review of these results, project promoters may have questions or queries. A request can be made to the ENTSO-E TYNDP project team for a bilateral meeting by sending a request for a meeting to the point of

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contact set out in Annex 2 of this document. This request should include a brief description of the topics and issues that the project promoter wishes to discuss and the project promoter s upcoming availability.

In conjunction with project promoters and stakeholders, ENTSO-E will host public workshops at key stages in the development of the TYNDP to consult on associated methodologies and results. Project promoters are strongly advised to make themselves aware and contribute through these workshops to the ongoing development of the TYNDP. These workshops will be announced with a brief synopsis and registration details at: https://www.entsoe.eu/news-events/events/Pages/default.aspx.

6.5. RIGHT TO REQUEST A REVIEW

ENTSO-E shall treat all applications, including supporting documents, in line with the procedure laid down in Sections 6.

In the event of disagreement with ENTSO-E decision to reject a project from the provisional list, the concerned project promoter has a right to ask ENTSO-E to review its rejection decision in accordance with the review procedure outlined in this Section 6.5.

6.5.1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE REVIEW PROCEDURE

The purpose and scope of the review procedure is to hear evidence as to why the applicant considers that the initially rejected project in question complies with the eligibility, administrative and technical criteria and the procedure laid down in this document, and should therefore be included in the TYNDP 2020.

The review procedure is carried out before the Network Development Stakeholder Group (NDSG) which is a voluntary group consisting of members from generator, distributor, trader, consumer, NGO etc. interest groups; with the Commission and ACER as permanent observers and chaired by ENTSO-E as further specified in the NDSG Terms of Reference (ToR).

6.5.2. HOW TO REQUEST A REVIEW

Where ENTSO-E has issued a rejection decision to a candidate, the decision document provides the rejected project promoter ten (10) working days from the date of the decision document to send a review request to ENTSO-E, via email to the point of contact indicated in Annex 2 of this document.

The applicants review request must indicate the decision challenged, the reasons for the challenge and contain the necessary supporting evidence.

Hearings are organised before the NDSG and are followed by the NDSG issuing a non-binding recommendation to ENTSO-E who will adopt the final decision in the matter.

Any time during the review procedure, ENTSO-E may consult the Commission and ACER. If deemed necessary, the authorities may also consult the relevant stakeholders on an ad-hoc basis when considering the project promoters' justifications. When taking its final decision, ENTSO-E considers but is not bound by - the expressed views, in addition to the non-binding NDSG recommendation.

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The following elements - considered as having been already consulted with stakeholders earlier in the process, agreed upon and finalised are not to be open for discussion within this review phase: scenario assumptions and data, CBA methodologies in force and project data submitted within the process.

Detailed review procedure steps will be provided in ENTSO- notification, but the main elements will be according to Figure 2.

ENTSO-E issues a rejection notification

By 10 working days after the rejection notification

Project promoter issues a review request

At least 3 weeks after ENTSO-notification

Hearing before NDSG takes place, in person or by web conference. ENTSO-E will share with the NDSG, at the latest one week before the hearing,:

- the review requests received from project promoters; - the related rejection notifications, containing the justification for

ENTSO- ; - an overview of the review procedure with the timeline and

deadline for each step.

By two weeks after the hearing

NDSG informs ENTSO-E of their non-binding opinion (or decision not to provide an opinion) in writing.

By 5 weeks after reception of ommendation

The System Development Committee of ENTSO-E adopts a decision. ENTSO-E notifies the project promoter of its decision, including the reasons for it.

Figure 2. Provisional timeline for the review process

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To ensure that the project promoters belonging to the categories A3 + B + C, and who have been involved in the TYNDP 2018, are duly informed about the submission window for the TYNDP 2020, ENTSO-E will adhere to the following steps:

1. On the opening of the submission window (October 2019), ENTSO-E announces the opening publicly on entsoe.eu and sends an e-mail to inform all project promoters of categories A3, B and C who were included in the TYNDP 2018 of the opening of the process using contacts made available by promoters in the TYNDP platform and PCI submission platform. ENTSO-E asks project promoters to acknowledge good reception by e-mail within 5 working days.

2. A reminder is sent by email after 3 working days.

3. Project promoters who did not send an acknowledgement are contacted by phone (if a phone number has been provided trough the TYNDP and PCI platform).

4. After the 5 working days are expired, ENTSO-E sends per email to EC and ACER the list of A3, B and C project promoters who did not send an acknowledgement and asks for alternative contact points. Promoters are then contacted with the alternative contact details, if available.

5. At the closure of the submission window, ENTSO-E sends a letter to A3, B and C project promoters who did not apply to inform them that they will not be included in the TYNDP 2020, copy to EC and ACER.

6. In Q1-2020 ENTSO-E publishes on its public website a list of the TYNDP 2018 projects with an indication of whether they have applied for the TYNDP 2020.

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-

ENTSO-E can be contacted by using the following contact details:

- Email: lea.dehaudt@entsoe.eu - Phone: +32 2 741 86 29 - Address: Lea Dehaudt, Av. Cortenbergh 100, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

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CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (CAPEX): GUIDANCE FOR PROMOTERS

The following costs are considered to be CAPEX:

Expected costs for permits, feasibility studies, design and land acquisition;

Expected cost for equipment, materials and execution costs (such as towers, foundations, conductors, substations, protection and control systems);

Expected costs for temporary solutions which are necessary to realise a project (e.g. a new overhead line has to be built in an existing route, and a temporary circuit has to be installed during the construction period);

Expected environmental and consenting costs (such as costs to avoid environmental impacts or compensated under existing legal provisions, cost of planning procedures);

Expected costs for devices that have to be replaced within the given period (consideration of project life-cycle); and

Dismantling costs at the end of the equipment life-cycle.

CAPEX figures must be declared as real values (i.e. not taking into account inflation) for each investment. The values are to be expressed as constant values in the TYNDP year. For example, for TYNDP 2020-30 the values are to be represented in constant 2020 values.

Example:

For each investment the promoter should provide the aggregated real value (i.e. excluding inflation rate) of the expected capital expenditure for the investment and the year that the investment is to be commissioned. This is illustrated by Project X, which is a cluster of three investments: investment A, investment B and investment C. Investment A is expected to be commissioned in 2022, whereas investment B and C are expected to be commissioned in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

The assumption for Project X is that capital expenses for each investment are aggregated and represented as a single value in the year of its commissioning. Thus, the input the promoter should provide is given below:

COMMISSIONING YEAR

INVESTMENT A 40* 2022

INVESTMENT B 10* 2023

INVESTMENT C 20* 2024

TABLE: ILLUSTRATION OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY PROJECT PROMOTERS

[Note*: the investment costs are real values in 2020 (for TYNDP2020-30) terms]

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The provision of the CAPEX expenses in this way permits comparison of the project with other projects, as they can be discounted using common assumptions to the point in time for which the assessment is needed (the year in which the study is performed). This step is not requested of the promoter.

The costs shall be reported according to the investment status and related uncertainties, in the following manner:

For mature investments in the permitting or under construction status:

Costs should be reported based on the current data of project promoters together with a transparently explained uncertainty range24.

For non-mature investments in the planned but not yet in permitting or under consideration status

1. if detailed project costs information is available: this should be used and applied with the same principle as for mature investments.

2. if detailed project costs information is not usually available, project promoters will multiply a set of standard investment costs (to be provided by ENTSO-E in the context of the TYNDP) with a defined project-specific complexity factor. Regarding the definition of the complexity factor, three situations should be applied:

a. giving a range for the standard costs per group of assets that includes a maximum and minimum value according to his expectations without project promoter explanation (see table below25);

b. in case the project promoter according to his expectations chooses a complexity factor that exceeds the previous ranges, this choice should be explained using, for example, the description of project characteristics: e.g. terrain, routing, presence of historical landmarks, presence of other infrastructure, population density, special materials and designs, protected areas, etc.

c. in case the project promoter does not know anything about the project investments costs in this non-mature phase (including the effect of possible impacts of project characteristics), the costs should be equal to the standard investment costs using a complexity factor equal to 1.026.

Finally, the investment costs will be one value to which an uncertainty range is applied.

The table of maximum and minimum complexity factor per group of assets is presented below:

24 For example, information presented on National Investment Plans. 25 Taken for example from the ACER report according with minimum and maximum interquartile. 26 This information will be updated in future TYNDP when project promoters have more detail.

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Investment type Maximum CF Minimum CF

AC Onshore Overhead Lines (OHL)

1.30 0.50

AC Onshore Cable 1.20 0.70

Subsea Cables 1.10 0.90

AC Substation 1.30 0.60

Transformer 1.30 0.70

HVDC Converter Station 1.20 0.90

TABLE OF MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM COMPLEXITY FACTOR PER GROUP OF ASSETS

OPERATING EXPENDITURE (OPEX): GUIDANCE FOR PROMOTERS

The following costs are to be considered as OPEX:

Expected annual maintenance costs; and

Expected annual operation costs.

These values are real values and are to be reported as an annual average figure in constant TYNDP year (e.g. 2020 euros).

It is important to highlight what can be mistakenly considered as a component of the OPEX but does not fall into this category:

system losses: they are considered in a dedicated indicator the cost of purchasing energy for storage investments: this is an internal variable for the SEW

computation.

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Project submitted

in...

Project commissioning

date is...

Studies performed

Time horizon Scenarios Analysis

Main submission window

Until 2034 included

2025 National Trends Full CBA including network computations (losses)

2030 National Trends Full CBA including network computations (losses)

Distributed Energy, Global Ambition

Market only CBA

In 2035 and later 2030 National Trends, Distributed Energy, Global Ambition

Market only CBA

Submission window for future projects

After 2035 2030 National Trends Market only CBA

The following table summarises the studies envisaged in the TYNDP 2020, including the identification of system needs study.

Time horizon

Role in TYNDP

Scenario Scenario characteristics Studies performed in

TYNDP 2020

2025 Central scenario

National Trends

Best estimate for MAF and TYNDP

Market CBA

Network computation (losses)

2030 Central scenario

National Trends

Aligned with NECPs (September 2019 data latest)

System Needs analysis (including optimal grid, boundaries analysis, no grid analysis)

Full CBA including network computations (losses)

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Variance scenarios

Distributed Energy

Top Down scenarios using

Market only CBA

Global Ambition

2040

Central scenario

National Trends Bottom-up scenario. Data collected end 2018

System Needs Analysis 2040

Variance scenarios

Distributed Energy

Top-down scenarios using climate budget approach

Not used in TYNDP 2020

Global Ambition