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1. Facilitating entrance on gas market for new
entities.
2. Enabling gas trade separated from physical
network location.
Premises for new TNC
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3. Implementation of 3rd Energy Package resulting from Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 2009/73/EC
and Regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council No.
713/2009 and 715/2009.
4. Separation of physical entry point and exit points, i.e. enabling gas
transport from physical entry points to the virtual point and from the
virtual point to physical exit points.
5. Settlement of gas quantities supplied to the network and off-taken
from the network, i.e. trade balancing.
6. Simplification of principles of gas system use.
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CCA/CA
CCA
FRAMEWORK
AGREEMENT
Framework Agreements
1. The nature of transmission
contracts has totally changed –
by introducing "framework
agreements” – reduced only to
client registration and
submission of appropriate
security measures, and
extension of agreement by any
entry points and exit points may
take place at any moment and
according to concrete needs.
2. All agreements to date will be connected into one for
each client, to ensure coherent and unified principles as well as joint balancing.
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1. The TNC introduces a “virtual point” – not possessing a
concrete location and enabling gas trade inside the
transmission network by clients.
2. The offered product at the virtual point is gaseous fuel –
E high-methane gas.
3. Lw low-methane gas will not be included in trade at the virtual
point.
4. Gas in closed enclaves (e.g. Białystok region - without
connection to the system) will not be included in trade.
5. The product offered at the virtual point will not be a combined
product, comprising of gaseous fuel and capacity.
Virtual point
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1. The TNC regulates cooperation of
the TSO with the Gas Exchange
(TGE).
2. This makes it possible to sell and
purchase gas on the gas exchange
at prices fixed on market conditions
and in keeping full confidentiality of
the transaction.
Cooperation of TSO with TGE
3. The sale agreement concluded with the Gas Exchange is valid and
effective between the parties that concluded it and is subject to
performance by the TSO.
4. Should it prove physically impossible to fulfil the agreement:
• The TSO perform the agreement using the instruments for balancing
• The entity that caused the imbalance situation shall effect a fee for the
imbalance.
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1. Creating a balancing services market - one of the instruments
allowing TSO GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. to maintain integrity of the system
and ensuring security of gas supplies based on market
mechanisms.
2. System services offers will be offered by system users
3. Standard balancing services will include:
• Sale of gas at virtual point,
• Sale of gas in concrete locations,
• Reduction of gas supply at physical entry points to the
transmission system.
Balancing services market
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1. A change in the conditions of cooperation with operators of
distribution systems and storage facilities will enable clients to
transmit gas between transmission systems and distribution systems
as well as storage facilities.
2. Changing agreements with the DSO and SSO into inter-operator
transmission contracts (ITC).
3. Only the DSO and SSO will purchase capacity at physical points
joining their systems with the transmission system of GAZ-SYSTEM
S.A.
Changes in principles of cooperation with DSO and SSO
DSO DSO
TSO Virtual
point
SSO DSO1
DSO2
TSO
Entry Entry
Exit do
DSO1
Exit do
OSD2
Exit
Exit
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1. Implementation of auction
mechanisms on connections with other EU gas systems,
giving the possibility of the
most interested entities to
enter the market and may be a source of additional funds
for the development of such
connections.
Access to the transmission network
2. Implementation of the contracted capacity allocation with
the aid of auctions based on the principles resulting from
the draft CAM Network Code (CAM NC) prepared by ENTSOG pursuant to Directive 2009/73/EC.
3. Streamlining of the procedure effecting changes in the
seller of the gas and increasing its effectiveness for clients wanting to select a new seller.
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1. Change in duration of gas year in order to
adapt to EU solutions and therefore facilitate
commercial transactions (i.e. Oct – Sept instead
of the calendar year starting Jan – Dec).
2. The gas day from 6:00 am until 6:00 am will be
binding as of 1 July 2012.
Gas year
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1. The change in admissible
quality parameters of gas
that has been preceded by
a series of tests on gas
equipment (Wobbe Index)
in order to adapt it to the
amended Polish Standards
and to facilitate checking
of the new, more calorific
gas via the LNG terminal.
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Wobbe Index
2. The range of variability of the E high-methane natural gas Wobbe
Index for the introduced under the new draft TNC amounts to 45.0 –
56.9 MJ/m3.