Multi-gas year Forward Flow (NL to GB) booking incentive

Booking incentive for combined multi-gas year firm forward flow capacity bookings.

With reference to BBL Company’s charging methodology, BBL Company introduces a new booking incentive. Capitalized terms used but not defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the general terms and conditions as published on BBL Company’s website.

Under the booking incentive, as from 25th of November 2025 multi-gas year bookings of Firm Forward Flow capacity for the following booking incentive periods can be made at a discounted tariff:

  1. the fourth quarter (Q4) of a calendar year and the first quarter (Q1) of the following calendar year combined; or 
  2. the first quarter (Q1) of a calendar year; or
  3. the consecutive Months December, January and February combined,

1, 2 and 3 hereafter referred to as “Booking Incentive Period(s)”.

The following conditions apply:

  • The booking incentive applies to bookings of Firm Forward Flow capacity for the Booking Incentive Periods for a minimum of two (2) consecutive gas years. For Booking Incentive Period 1 the first possible gas year is 2026 and for Booking Incentive Period 2 and 3 the first possible gas year is 2025;
  • The Firm Forward Flow capacity for the second gas year of the consecutive gas years and each applicable following gas year should be booked within five (5) Business Days from the Business Day on which the Firm Forward Flow capacity for the first gas year was booked;
  • All bookings of Firm Forward Flow capacity for the Booking Incentive Periods for each of the consecutive gas years will initially be made at a non-discounted tariff. In case bookings of Firm Forward Flow capacity for a second gas year and possible further gas years are booked within five (5) Business Days from the Business Day on which the Firm Forward Flow Capacity for the first gas year was booked,  the tariff of all bookings made within the period of five (5) Business Days, including the initial booking, will be adjusted retroactively in accordance with the below table and the according discounted tariff will be charged for all applicable bookings;
  • All bookings shall be made through Implicit Allocation;
  • Each individual booking eligible for the booking incentive shall have a minimum capacity of 100 MWh/h per product and the booked capacity should be the same for all individual bookings;
  • BBL Company’s general terms and conditions apply to all of the bookings made under the booking incentive;
  • BBL Company reserves the right to change the conditions of the booking incentive and to withdraw the booking incentive in its entirety. This will not affect bookings already made.

The booking incentive will initially apply to 1 GWh/h of Firm Forward Flow capacity until 1 October 2036, this possibly being subject to change as communicated on BBL Company’s website. 

Tariff

The applicable tariff under the booking incentive is shown in the table below. These tariffs are subject to annual indexation.

Unit of measurement Number of consecutive gas years
2 3 4 5 5+
Q4+Q1

Within one gas year combined

EUR/MWh (price level: November 2025)
0.85 0.75 0.65 0.55 0.55
Q1

EUR/MWh (price level: November 2025)
0.99 0.79 0.74 0.69 0.69
Dec-Jan-Feb

Within one gas year combined

EUR/MWh (price level: November 2025)
1.19 0.99 0.89 0.79 0.79

 

Available capacities

The available capacities for this booking incentive are shown in the table below.

Start GY 2025 (MWh/h) GY 2026 (MWh/h) GY 2027 (MWh/h) GY 2028 (MWh/h) GY 2029 (MWh/h) GY 2030 and later (MWh/h)
25/11/2025 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
01/10/2026   1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
01/10/2027     1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
01/10/2028       1.000 1.000 1.000
01/10/2029         1.000 1.000
01/10/2030 and later           1.000