ACER And ENTSOG Launch A New Joint Public Consultation On The Functionality Issue âGreater Flexibility To Book Firm Capacity At Interconnection Pointsâ Date
18/12/2020
The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSOG) launched today a joint public consultation related to the FUNC issue ‘Greater flexibility to book firm capacity at Interconnection Points’. An issue reported by the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) via the Gas Network Codes Functionality (FUNC) platform.
EFET argues that the standard capacity auction timetable, as defined in the Network Code on Capacity Allocation Mechanisms (NC CAM), limits opportunities for arbitrage to be fully exploited, particularly across the forward curve. In the reported issue, EFET presents a proposal to make firm capacity more readily available to network users by enabling TSOs to offer it for sale in uniform price allocation (UPA
ACER And ENTSOG Publish Two Solutions On The Functionality Platform Date
11/12/2020
ACER and ENTSOG published today two solutions on the Gas Network Codes Functionality (FUNC) platform, related to the two issues Missing harmonisation of interfaces on capacity platforms’‘ and Allowance of over-nomination in the event of capacity platform failure outside working hours .
⺠Missing harmonisation of interfaces on capacity platforms
In July 2019, Equinor ASA and ENGIE both reported the use of different interfaces and data exchange solutions for capacity trading amongst the European capacity booking platforms (GSA platform, RBP, PRISMA and GASSCO).
ACER and ENTSOG propose changes to the Common Data Exchange Solution Table, as well as foresees amendments to the EU Regulation establishing a Network Code on Interoperability and Data Exchange.