Conversion to daylight saving time gas day 27 March 2021
On gas day 27 March 2021 there will be a switch from winter time to summer time. This means that this gas day will have 23 hours. To avoid any problems which may occur, please be aware of the following: BBL expects nominations according to the EDIGAS protocol. This means that a nomination for this gas day (27 March) consists of 23 hours in which, translated to UTC, the nomination for that day begins at 05:00 UTC (06:00 LET) and ends at 04:00 UTC (also 06:00 LET). When using ENOM with appropriate settings, this feature is facilitated when nominating for this gas day. When not using ENOM, please make sure that EDIGAS messages will have this time frame. Whenever possible, avoid sending in nominations in the period between 01:00 LET and 03:00 LET. Due to possible technical limitations, incoming nominations may be handled specially and different from the normal process and thus may introduce extra risks. We expect a nomination of 23 hours. Normally the daily amount will decrease with the same factor, so 23/24 part will be delivered, hourly quantities will stay the same. This last part depends on the delivery agreement between shippers. Take your hourly quantities into account with regard to the daily amount to be delivered.
BBL Company consultation on its General Terms and Conditions and Charging Methodology 2021
A consultation has opened on changes BBLC is proposing to make to its GT&C and Charging Methodology and BBL Company seeks your views on these proposed modifications. The proposed modifications will enable BBLC to introduce new products which will result in more efficient use of the pipeline as well as enabling BBLC to respond to changing market circumstances. In addition BBL Company wishes to align its credit control protocol and adopt the changed criteria applicable for shippers operating in the TTF market area, which will aid transparency and clarify what is allowed with regards to credit collaterals. Lastly a couple of changes are proposed for clarification purposes. Please refer to the consultations page of BBLC’s website for additional background to these proposals as well as to the consultation process.
Ofgem approves proposed Net Nomination Tool BBLC
On Friday 22 January 2021 Ofgem approved BBLC's Net Nomination Tool, which has been consulted between 7 April and 18 May 2020. BBLC has updated Exhibit A (Operating Manual) of the General Terms & Conditions accordingly which are published on the BBLC website. Download Approval of modified Access Rules1 for the BBL interconnector pursuant to Standard Licence Condition 11A of the Gas Interconnector Licence pdf Download