Update on available Implicit Allocation capacities BBLC for calendar year 2022
BBLC is pleased to announce that it will reinstate capacities via Implicit Allocation for the remainder of the calendar year 2022. Shippers who would like to acquire capacity via Implicit Allocations are able to do so from the 6th of April 2022 09:00 CET onwards. For further information please contact our brokering partner Cavendish Markets by sending an email to: [email protected] or calling +44 (0) 207 073 2621. An overview of capacities which will be offered from the 6th of April 2022 09:00 CET via Implicit Allocation will be published on BBLC’s website and can be found at the bottom (download section) of this page. Please note that for both forward and reverse flow capacity products, the commodity charge will be calculated on a daily basis. More information on this topic can be found here.
Reinstatement reverse flow capacity from 31st of March 2022 onwards
BBLC is pleased to announce that it will reinstate its reverse flow capacity from the 31st of March 2022 onwards. This reinstatement is one day earlier than previously communicated by BBLC. The capacity products can be booked via the regular daily PRISMA auctions. Please note that for both forward and reverse flow capacity products, the commodity charge will be calculated on a daily basis. More information on this topic can be found here.
Reminder: Conversion to daylight saving time 26 March 2022
On gas day 26 March 2022 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 (26 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.
Reintroduction reverse flow capacity products from 1st of April 2022, introduction flexible commodity charge
BBLC is pleased to announce that it will reintroduce reverse flow capacity products from the 1st of April 2022 onwards. The capacity products can be booked from 21 March 2022 onwards. Because of the current volatility in the energy markets the commodity charge will be changed. For both forward and reverse flow capacity products booked from gas day 21 March 2022 onwards the commodity charge will be calculated on a daily basis, using the Daily NL baseload price via EPEX day ahead auctions. The applicable commodity charge will be published in the tariff section on the BBLC website.
Forward flow tariffs April 1st 2022 – October 1st 2022
BBLC has adjusted the tariffs for its forward flow capacity products from April 1st till October 1st 2022. The applicable tariffs are published on BBLC’s website on subpage Actual tariffs.
BBLC Reverse Flow Capacity reduction
Due to returning operational difficulties BBLC will reduce its Reverse Flow capacity to zero starting gas day 2 February 2022 06.00 AM. This limitation will be kept under review.
Conditional Firm Reverse Flow implementation as of 1 February 2022
On 19 October 2021 BBLC communicated to the market that the introduction of the Conditional Reverse Flow Firm product was postponed until the necessary IT amendments were finalized, aiming at February 2022. These adjustments are now ready, enabling BBLC to start offering reverse flow technical capacity as conditional firm as of the 1st of February 2022 06:00 LET. Conditional Firm Reverse Flow will become interruptible: if the market demand in the UK is higher than 285 mcm/d in the period October through March, and; the BBL pipeline at the same time is in the forward flow direction, and; the BBL net nominations are in the reverse flow direction. More information can be found on the BBLC website and in the General Terms and Conditions Forward and Reverse Flow 2021.
BBL Company Reverse Flow Day Ahead and Within Day Capacity reduction
Due to operational difficulties BBL Company will reduce its Reverse Flow Day Ahead and Within Day capacity to zero starting Saturday 8 January 2022 at 06.00AM. This limitation will be kept under review.
Update: Minor disruptions in electronic communication
Update 2 January: The electronic communication with our services is stable again. Thank you for your understanding if you have had any inconvenience. At the moment, there are occasional minor disturbances in the electronic communication with our services. This means that the processing of nominations is not running smoothly. We are working hard to solve this problem. If you experience problems, please try again after a few moments.
Consultation on proposed revisions BBLC-NGG Interconnection Agreement
BBL Company (BBLC) and National Grid Gas (NGG) are proposing amendments to their Interconnection Agreement (IA) to accommodate an enhanced pressure service to be provided by NGG to BBLC. Stakeholders are welcome to submit their comments on what is presented (made visible by tracked changes) with regards to this pressure service via [email protected] until 28 January 2022. Downloads Consultation letter pdf Download Agreement pdf Download
Applicable commodity charge 2022
BBL Company will apply a commodity charge of 0.33 Euro/MWh for calendar year 2022 from 1 January 2022 onwards. This charge covers fuel gas as well as electricity costs and will be charged for both the forward and reverse flow direction based on shipper allocations.
Update planned maintenance 2022 - 2
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15-day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2022 is the period from 7 September 2022 to 21 September 2022. 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.