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Madrid, 07th February 2012

15th SG Meeting South Gas Regional Initiative

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Index10:30-10:40 I. Opening

1. Welcome

1. Agenda and minutes from the last meeting (for approval)

10:40- 11:20 I. ACER and EC role in the Regional Initiatives (ACER presentation)

Preparation for the PCI identification in 2012 (EC presentation)

11:20 – 12:30 I. Capacity Allocation Mechanism

1. CAM to apply in the interconnection Spain-Portugal

Regulators presentation. TSOs presentation

1. Capacity platforms (GRTgaz presentation)

12:30-12:50 I. Congestion Management Procedures harmonisation:

Update of work done (for information by TSOs)

Update on CMP draft (for information by a Member State)

12:50 -13:10 COFFE BREAK

13:10-13:40 I. Regional Investment Plant in the South Region (GRIP) (presentation by TSOs)

13:40-14:00 I. MIBGAS: Study on cross border tariffs between Portugal and Spain- public consultation (for information by Regulators)

14:00-14:20 I. Transparency: questionnaires to check compliance with Regulation 715/2009 (for information by Regulators)

14:20-15:00 I. AOB and next meetings

1. Meetings calendar (for information by Regulators)

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III. Capacity Allocation Mechanisms

Area of work Responsible

Starting

Deadline

CAM harmonisation proposal (CAM pilot testing Sp‐Pt borders)

TSOs Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012

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CAM to apply in the interconnection Spain-PortugalDECIDED

. Mechanism: yearly coordinated auctions to sell available capacity between Portugal and Spain. Monthly products. . Capacity to be sold in a single virtual point aggregating the current physical available capacity at the two interconnection points. Firm capacity to be maximise. Capacity that is subjected to operational restrictions can be sold as interruptible. . Product: Bundled capacity- the same capacity will be allocated at the two sides of the border to the same company.. Gas day: from 0 to 24 h in each country (working as currently).. Units: kWh/day.. Definition of allocation procedure: volume-based cleared-price auctions with a single round. Shippers will submit requests for a number of price steps for each month capacity product they want. Shippers will be allowed to submit bids and to withdraw or modify bids previously submitted during some days. At the end of each day, TSOs will publish the aggregated results. No provisional interim allocation will be performed. Capacity will be allocated after the final bidding window closes.

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CAM to apply in the interconnection Spain-Portugal

DECIDED

. Price: The regulated tariff will be the reserve price (related to firm capacity).For interruptible tariff calculation TSOs need to provide regulators with the probability of interruption.Marginal pricing for each capacity product shall be used.. Secondary capacity markets: Capacity is sold to the same company at both sides of the border. TSOs need to be informed by shippers of the secondary capacity trades before the yearly, monthly and daily limits for programming and nomination, so they can identify the owners of the capacity.. Application of the procedure for the first time: June 2012.. Gas year: CAM NC draft: 1st October to 30th September.

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REMAINING POINTS TO BE DEFINED BY REGULATORS. Definition of allocation procedure: Regulators must decide how to match

offer and demand and calculate the final price (one price with pro-rata or the two last prices to allocate all the capacity).  Allocation of capacity on the Portuguese side corresponding with capacity already contracted on the Spanish side. .  Price and revenues. CMP application and short-term capacity allocation after the auction, during the gas year.. Definition of interruptible price regime

CAM to apply in the interconnection Spain-Portugal

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REMAINING POINTS TO BE PROPOSED BY TSOs. Products: specific capacities (figures) to be sold as firm and interruptible.. Definition of allocation procedure:

Duration of bidding window. Definition of price steps.

. Companies allowed to request the same products on both sides of the countries.

. Request format, to fill out by shippers when asking for capacity.

. Calendar.

CAM to apply in the interconnection Spain-Portugal

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IV. Congestion Management Procedures harmonisation

Area of work Responsible

Starting

Deadline

CMP harmonisation proposal (CMP pilot testing Fr‐Sp borders)

NRAs-TSOs Jan. 2011 Jan. 2012

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V. Regional Investment Plan in the South Region (GRIP)

Area of work Responsible

Starting

Deadline

Drafting of the South Regional Investment Plan 2012

TSOs Jul. 2011 Jan. 2012

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Regulators proposal:

To launch a public consultation on the TSOs GRIP, from 7th February to 7th March 2012.

Regional Investment Plan in the South Region (GRIP)

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VI. MIBGAS

V.1 Sp-Pt study on cross border tariffs

Area of work Responsible

Starting

Deadline

CNE-ERSE joint study on tariff regimes in Spain and Portugal

NRAs 2010 Dec. 2011

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Sp-Pt study on cross border tariffs

Public Consultation was launched on the 18th January 2012

Analysis of cross border transmission gas tariffs between Portugal and Spain in public consultation.

Deadline: 17th February 2012. The consultation can be found on ERSE, CNE and

ACER websites.

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VII. Transparency

Questionnaires to check compliance with Regulation 715/2009

Area of work Responsib

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eSupervision of compliance with the implementation of the new provisions on transparency in the Regulation 715/2009/CE, for transmission, LNG and storage infrastructure operators

NRAs Sep. 2011 Dic. 2011

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VII. Transparency

Key steps Responsible Deadline Agree information template NRAs November 2011 Template to be filled by TSOs, LSOs, SSOs

TSOs, LSOs, SSOs 15 January 2012

SGRI assess/ clarify and consolidate responses

NRAs 31 January 2012

Publish preliminary report and invite stakeholders to comment on the responses

NRAs/ stakeholders February 2012

Publish conclusions NRAs March 2012

Transparency Project Plan

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VII. Transparency

1) Survey Procedure • Questionnaires were sent on December 2nd 2011 to the following agents:

• Deadline to answer: January 15th, 2012.

• Mail reminder was sent on January16th.

• 2 remaining answers from LSOs.

TSOs LSOs SSOs

Portugal REN REN REN / GALP

France TIGF / GRTgaz ELENGY / STFMC (Fos Cavaou) STORENGY / TIGF

Spain NATURGAS / ENAGAS

ENAGAS / BBG / REGANOSA / SAGGAS ENAGAS

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VII. Transparency

2) TSOs’ transparency: preliminary assessment• According to questionnaires sent by the TSOs, the preliminary assessment

shows, in general, a high level of compliance with Regulation 1775/2009:

Good level of compliance with provisions that require information publication on:

Gas system description

Service description and contracting process

Used CAM and CMP

Nomination and matching procedures

Balancing rules and imbalance charges

Secondary markets

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VII. Transparency

2) TSOs’ transparency: preliminary assessment (cont.)Some room for improvement on:

Clarity of services’ price

Flexibility and tolerances levels

Participation in secondary markets

Historical data

Form of publication (English, units, etc.)

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VII. Transparency

3) TSOs’ transparency: preliminary conclusions• Some non-compliance are currently being implemented.

• There’s some misunderstandings among TSOs about some transparency requirements (i.e., requirements that are considered “not applicable”, information not directly published by the TSOs but by third parties, etc.). These misunderstandings are easily to be solved and will quickly improve the level of compliance.

• There’s information not published directly by the TSOs but by other market’s agents. Again, this difficult is easy to overcome with links.

• Compliance with some obligations require the modification of national legislation. This is specifically refers to the need to publish data in units that use a combustion temperature of reference of 298,15º K. The change of reference temperature would have a considerable impact on others national processes (i.e., measurement processes, invoicing, etc.), so it must be analysed very carefully.

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VII. Transparency

4) Next steps• Regulators to contact TSOs to clarify misunderstanding affecting transparency

obligations

• Regulators to also check information sent by LSOs and SSOs

• Public Consultation to be launched in February:

Operators’ questionnaires will be published on ACER web site. Stakeholders will have fully access to these questionnaires and will be able to provide their view. Opinions will provide a valuable assessment of operators compliance with the transparency requirements in Regulation 1775/2009, helping authorities to ensure that the legislative requirements are appropriately implemented, in particularly with:

•Quality, consistency, update frequency and availability of the information

•Information accessibility

•Information accuracy

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VIII. AOB and next meetings

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J uly deadlines3.2 Feedback to ENTSOG on metodology of GRIP

NEXT MEETING: 19th IG MEETING – 28th MARCH

Calendar 1st semester 2012 - SGRI

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JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCHM Tu W Th F Sat Sun M Tu W Th F Sat Sun M Tu W Th F Sat Sun

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APRIL MAY JUNEM Tu W Th F Sat Sun M Tu W Th F Sat Sun M Tu W Th F Sat Sun

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J anuary deadlines1.2 CAM proposal Pt- Sp2.1 CMP proposal Fr- Sp3.1 SGRIP draft

June deadlines3.4 Regulation 994/2010 SoSimplementation in SGRI

Allocation Cap. Sp-Pt