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.
Conversion to daylight saving time gas day 30 October 2021
On gas day 30 October 2021 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 30th) 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.
Upcoming quarterly PRISMA auction & update conditional firm
BBLC would like to remind shippers to the upcoming quarterly PRISMA auction which shall take place on the 2nd of November 2021. This auction will give BBLC shippers the opportunity to buy the remaining firm capacity for the Q1’22, Q2’22 & Q3’22 products in forward and reverse flow direction. Remaining capacity offered (kWh/h) Period Forward Flow (NL to UK) NLExBactonUKEn Reverse Flow (UK to NL) BBL Bacton (Normal) Q1’22 2,183,823 7,000,000 Q2’22 11,933,823 7,000,000 Q3’22 11,933,823 6,760,000 BBLC would like to point out the importance of creditworthiness of each shipper. Please check your PRISMA accounts and make sure everything is timely in place at BBLC in order to be able to book capacity at this quarterly auction. If you do have any question regarding your credit limit please contact: [email protected], in case of any other commercial enquiry please send an email to [email protected]. Conditional Firm Reverse Flow implementation On 1 October 2021 BBLC communicated to the market that Ofgem has approved the amended GT&C and Charging Methodology which has been consulted with the market earlier in 2021. These amended GT&C contains an introduction of the Conditional Reverse Flow Firm product, where reverse flow technical capacity is offered as conditional firm in the period October through March. To be able to offer conditional firm reverse flow capacity BBLC needs to implement several adjustments to its IT systems. These adjustments are aimed to be finalized by February 2022. Until then, the existing unconditional Reverse Flow Firm product remains available. BBLC will inform the market the eventual final implementation date by then.
BBLC General Terms & Conditions and Charging Methodology approved by Ofgem
On 29 September 2021 Ofgem has approved the GT&C and Charging Methodology which BBLC has consulted in spring 2021. Please find here BBLC’s GT&C and Charging Methodology.