BBL Company consultation on its General Terms and Conditions and Charging Methodology 2023
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.
BBL Company Commodity Charge 2023
From 1 April 2023 onwards BBL Company will be implementing some changes to its commodity charge formula. BBL Company has completed further analysis of its energy consumption data and has concluded that the following changes are required to reflect the on-going costs incurred: The formula will be split into two separate formulas, one applicable for forward flow (NL > GB) shipper allocations and the other for reverse flow (GB > NL) shipper allocations. An index for the gas price component will be included. The variable for the gas component of the reverse flow commodity charge formula will be increased. Further details can be found on this website.
Increase BBL Company Implicit Allocation forward flow capacity
BBL Company will increase its Implicit Allocation forward flow capacity products (NL > GB) for October 2023 through to March 2024 to 90% of the available capacity. Within this period shippers can book both individual monthly and quarterly forward flow capacity products. In the capacity table the available amounts are shown. This increased capacity release will become effective starting Monday 12 December at 9:00 AM UK time. BBL Company kindly refers its shippers to its broker Cavendish Markets for acquiring this capacity.
Update planned maintenance 2023 - 2
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15-day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2023 is the period from 1 September 2023 to 15 September 2023. 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 forward flow capacity 2022
BBL Company will increase its Implicit Allocation forward flow capacity products (NL > GB) for December 2022 through to March 2023 to 90% of the available capacity. Within this period shippers can book both individual monthly forward flow capacity products as well as a first quarter 2023 forward flow capacity product. In the capacity table the available amounts are shown. This increased capacity release will become effective starting Wednesday 16 November at 9.00AM UK time. BBL Company kindly refers its shippers to its broker Cavendish Markets for acquiring this capacity.
PRISMA Within Day capacity available gas day 1 November
Due to technical issues BBL Company was not able to offer the day ahead Reverse Flow capacity product on PRISMA for gas day 1st of November 2022. This issue has been solved, Within Day capacity products are available for gas day 1 November 2022.
BBLC PRISMA auctions: Notification period CAM capacity products
BBLC has been granted an exemption on certain articles in NC CAM which allows BBLC to announce the auction of CAM capacity products in the annual, quarterly and monthly auctions for both available capacity and the accompanying reserve prices up to three (3) days before the start of such auction. Upcoming Quarterly auction 7th November 2022 BBLC will be offering forward flow capacity for Q1, Q2 & Q3 2023 and reverse flow capacity for Q2 & Q3 2023 during this auction. An overview of current available capacities can be found here. For this auction, all available capacities and reserve prices will be visible on the PRISMA platform on the 3rd of November 2022 in the afternoon.
Conversion to daylight saving time gas day 29 October 2022
On gas day 29 October 2022 there will be a switch from summer time to winter time. This means that this gas day will have 25 hours. To avoid any problems please be aware of the following: BBL expects nominations according to the EDIGAS protocol. This means that a nomination for this gas day (October 29th) consists of 25 hours in which, translated to UTC, the nomination for that day begins at 04:00 UTC (6.00 LET) and ends at 05:00 UTC (also 6.00 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 timeframe. Whenever possible, avoid sending in nominations in the period between 01:00 LET and 04:00 LET. Due to possible technical limitations, incoming nominations may be handled different from the normal process and therefore may introduce extra risks. We expect a nomination of 25 hours. Normally the daily amount will increase with the same factor, so 25/24 part will be delivered, hourly quantities will stay the same. But this last part depends on the delivery agreement between shippers. When the agreement shows that the daily amount must stay the same, the hourly quantities need to be decreased. Shipper has to take care of this issue himself.
Update on the availability of Physical Reverse Flow products as of 1st October 2022
BBL Company will endeavour to facilitate the market with Reverse Flow capacity for the upcoming winter period by offering the Daily Reverse Flow product on a daily basis (DA) from gas day 1st October 2022 onwards. The available Day Ahead Reverse Flow capacity will be communicated via the PRISMA auction platform. For example, the Day Ahead auction scheduled on Gas Day 30th September 2022 will show the available Reverse Flow Capacity for Gas Day 1st October, and so on for the succeeding days.
Planned maintenance 2023
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 30 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2023 is the period from 1 September 2023 to 30 September 2023. 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.
Update: planned maintenance September 2022
BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 3 gas days starting from Tuesday 13 September 2022 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Friday 16 September 2022 at 06:00 CEST. During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Bacton exit flows through the BBL pipeline
Given recent articles in the media, BBL Company would like to announce that it has not had any issues with gas quality while transporting the gas. At this stage BBL Company also has no indication or information that gas quality issues will arise in the near future.