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.
Planned maintenance 2022
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 30-day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2022 is the period from 1 September 2022 to 30 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.
Update planned maintenance 2021
BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 3 gas days starting from Tuesday 14 September 2021 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Friday 17 September 2021 at 06:00 CEST. During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Demand Assesment for Incremental capacity
BBLC hereby announce that it will accept non-binding demand indications for a period of 8 weeks. This demand assessment is a first step within the incremental capacity process described by NC CAM (Regulation 2017/459). Interested parties are invited to submit indications until 30 August 2021 with use of the attached template. The key dates for this market demand assessment are as follows: Activity Date Publication of market demand indication document 5 July 2021 Market demand indication window open 8 weeks Market demand indication window closed 30 August 2021 Market demand assessment report publishes No later than 25 October 2021 Download BBLC’s form for non-binding demand indications by network users for incremental capacity 2021 pdf Download
Pre-announcement Incremental capacity process
In accordance with the European regulation NC CAM (EU) 2017/459 interested parties may submit non-binding demand indications for interconnection points for a window period of 8 weeks, starting from the day that the annual yearly auction opens. Therefore BBLC will publish on July 5th to all interested parties an demand indication document in order to facilitate the submission of market demand indication requirements for incremental capacity at IP Bacton. The publication will be published on July 5th on our website. The key dates for this market demand assessment process are as follows: Activity Date Publication of market demand indication document 5 July 2021 Market demand indication window open 8 weeks Market demand indication window closed 30 August 2021 Market demand assessment report publishes No later than 25 October 2021
Update planned maintenance 2021 - 2
On 5 November 2020 BBL Company informed the market about the yearly 15-day period within which the planned maintenance would take place in September 2021. The planned maintenance will take place during 3 gas days starting Tuesday 14 September 2021 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Friday 17 September 2021 06:00 CEST. During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
BBLC capacity tariffs for the gas year 2021/2022
BBLC has recently published the tariffs for forward flow and reverse flow capacity (FF/RF) for the gas year 2021/2022 on its website. All tariffs are based on NC TAR and our current charging methodology. All published tariffs are maximum tariffs. BBLC may reduce the actual multipliers from the published starting multipliers. The actual multipliers are published on the BBLC website. Published capacity tariffs (forward and reverse flow tariffs) do not include BBLC commodity charges. BBLC’s current commodity charge is € 0.130/MWh as published on our website. This commodity charge can be adjusted. If this would be the case, BBLC will publish the adjustment before the end of the calendar year on its website.
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