BBL Company consultation on its General Terms and Conditions and Charging Methodology
A consultation has opened on changes BBL Company (BBLC) is proposing to make to its GT&C and Charging Methodology. BBLC seeks your views on these proposed modifications. Please refer to the consultations page for additional background to these proposals as well as to the consultation process.
Reminder: Conversion to daylight saving time 31 March 2024
On gas day 30 March 2024 there will be a switch from wintertime to summertime. 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 (30 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.
Conversion to daylight saving time 31 March 2024
On gas day 30 March 2024 there will be a switch from wintertime to summertime. 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 (30 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.
Commodity Charge update
From 1 April 2024 onwards, BBL Company will make adjustments to some of its components which are part of the formula to determine the commodity charge. BBL Company’s focus is to have its commodity charge as much cost reflective as possible. Due to a substantial increase in 2024 for the electricity connection costs, the fixed fee (F) will be increased from 0.09 €/MWh to 0.175 €/MWh for both forward flow allocations as well as reverse flow allocations. Furthermore, there will be some changes applicable to the other factors of the commodity charge formula: The factor A for forward flow allocations will decrease from 0.0026 to 0.0021. The factor A for reverse flow allocations will decrease from 0.0026 to 0.0024. The factor B for reverse flow allocations will decrease from 0.0020 to 0.0000 (zero). More details can be found on BBL Company’s tariff page.
Meet BBL Company at E-world 2024
First of all we would like to wish you all the best for 2024! You are very welcome to meet us at E-world 2024 in Essen (Germany) which is being organized from 20 to 22 February 2024. Our team will be present at BBL Company’s own stand (number C110, located in hall 1). If you would like to schedule a meeting with us, please complete the form before the 15th of February 2024. Please indicate possible dates / time slots and topics that you wish to discuss, we will inform you as soon as possible about the final date / time. If you plan to visit us at E-world, please let us know by email at [email protected] and we will be happy to provide you with a free day ticket.
Announcement BBL physical flow switch to Forward Flow
The BBL physical flow direction is currently in Reverse Flow mode (GB > NL). Due to recent market developments BBLC will switch the physical flow direction to Forward Flow (NL > GB), starting gas day 26 November 06:00 CEST.
Update planned maintenance 2024
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2024 is the period from 16 September 2024 to 30 September 2024. Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
Increase BBL Company Implicit Allocation Reverse Flow capacity SUM ‘24
BBL Company will increase its Implicit Allocation Reverse Flow capacity products (GB > NL) for April 2024 through to September 2024 to 90% of the available capacity. In the capacity table the available amounts are shown. This increased capacity release will become effective starting Tuesday 21 November at 9:00 AM UK time. BBL Company kindly refers its shippers to its broker Cavendish Markets for acquiring this capacity.
Publication of market Demand Assessment Report (DAR) for incremental capacity
From 3 July 2023 to 28 August 2023 BBL Company has asked the market for its non-binding interest in incremental capacity on the Bacton interconnection point of the BBL Interconnector. The market Demand Assessment Report for IP Bacton, as prepared by BBLC together with its neighboring TSO National Gas Transmission, is now published on the BBLC website.
Daily Reverse Flow (GB > NL) tariffs from 1 November 2023
On 19 October 2023, BBLC announced a tariff decrease for Reverse Flow products for the remaining gas days of October 2023. BBLC will maintain the level of these tariffs in November 2023 until further notice. The applicable tariffs for Reverse Flow products can be found here and will be published for PRISMA's day ahead auction scheduled daily at 16:30 CEST.
Adjustment Daily Reverse Flow (GB > NL) tariffs October 2023
With effect of gas day 20 October 2023 06:00 CEST, BBLC decreases its daily tariffs for Reverse Flow products for the remaining gas days of October 2023. The new appliable tariffs for these Reverse Flow products can be found here and will be published for PRISMA's day ahead auction scheduled at 16:30 CEST today.
Announcement BBL physical flow switch to Reverse Flow (1)
The BBL physical flow direction is currently in Forward Flow mode (NL > GB). Due to recent market developments BBLC will switch the physical flow direction to Reverse Flow (GB > NL), starting gas day 19 October 2023 06:00 CEST. Once the pipeline is in Reverse Flow mode, BBLC enables and facilitates the market to make use of Reverse Flow as a firm capacity product. Availability short term products No daily capacity products will be offered on the PRISMA auction platform for the duration of the physical flow switch (estimated: one gas day). Once available again, the Reverse Flow daily capacity is 7,699,193 kWh/h. Actual information on the availability of capacity products can be found on the PRISMA platform only.