Commission Regulation (EU) No 312/2014Show full title

CHAPTER IV U.K. NOMINATIONS

Article 12 U.K. General provisions

1. The gas quantity to be specified in the nomination and re-nomination shall be expressed either in kWh/d for daily nominations and re-nominations or in kWh/h for hourly nominations and re-nominations.

2. The transmission system operator may require network users to provide further information on nominations and re-nominations in addition to the requirements set out in this Regulation, including, inter alia, an accurate, updated and sufficiently detailed forecast of the expected inputs and off-takes, this in accordance with the specific need(s) of the transmission system operator.

3. Articles 13 to 16 regarding nominations and re-nominations for unbundled capacity products shall apply mutatis mutandis to single nominations and re-nominations for bundled capacity products. Transmission system operators shall cooperate for the purpose of implementing nomination and re-nomination rules for bundled capacity products at interconnection points.

4. Article 15(3) and Article 17(1) shall be without prejudice to the rule for minimum interruption lead times referred to in Article 22 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 984/2013 of 14 October 2013 establishing a Network Code on Capacity Allocation Mechanisms in Gas Transmission Systems and supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2009(1).

Article 13 U.K. Information regarding nominations and re-nominations at interconnection points

Nominations and re-nominations provided by network users to the transmission system operators with regard to interconnection points shall contain at least the following information:

(1)

interconnection point identification;

(2)

direction of the gas flow;

(3)

network user identification or, if applicable, its balancing portfolio identification;

(4)

network user’s counterparty identification or, if applicable, its balancing portfolio identification;

(5)

start and end time of the gas flow for which the nomination or re-nomination is submitted;

(6)

gas day D;

(7)

the gas quantity requested to be transported.

Article 14 U.K. Nomination procedure at interconnection points

1. A network user shall be entitled to submit to the transmission system operator a nomination for gas day D no later than the nomination deadline on gas day D-1. The nomination deadline shall be [F1 1.00 p.m.] on gas day D-1.

2. The last nomination received by the transmission system operator from a network user before the nomination deadline shall be taken into account by the transmission system operator.

3. The transmission system operator shall send the message regarding the confirmed quantities to the respective network users no later than the confirmation deadline on gas day D-1. The confirmation deadline shall be [F2 3.00 p.m.] on gas day D-1.

4. The transmission system operators at either side of the interconnection point may agree to offer a pre-nomination cycle within which:

(a) network users are not obliged to submit nominations;

(b) network users may submit to transmission system operators the nominations for gas day D no later than [F3 12.00 p.m.] on gas day D-1;

(c) the transmission system operator shall send the message regarding the processed quantities to the respective network users no later than [F4 12.30 p.m.] on gas day D-1.

5. In the absence of a valid nomination sent by the network user before the nomination deadline, the respective transmission system operators shall apply the default nomination rule agreed between these transmission system operators. The default nomination rule in force at an interconnection point shall be made available to the network users of the transmission system operators.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 14(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 14(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 14(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Art. 14(4)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 15 U.K. Re-nomination procedure at interconnection points

1. A network user shall be entitled to submit re-nominations within the re-nomination period which starts immediately after the confirmation deadline and ends no earlier than three hours before the end of gas day D. The transmission system operator shall start a re-nomination cycle at the start of every hour within the re-nomination period.

2. The last re-nomination received by the transmission system operator from a network user before the re-nomination cycle starts shall be taken into account by the transmission system operator in the re-nomination cycle.

3. The transmission system operator shall send the message regarding the confirmed quantities to the respective network users within two hours from the start of each re-nomination cycle. The start time of the effective gas flow change shall be two hours from the start of the re-nomination cycle, unless:

(a) a later time is requested by the network user; or

(b) an earlier time is allowed by the transmission system operator.

4. It shall be assumed that any change to the gas flow occurs at the start of each hour.

Article 16 U.K. Specific provisions at interconnection points

1. Where daily and hourly nominations and re-nominations co-exist at an interconnection point, the transmission system operators or national regulatory authorities (as appropriate) may consult the stakeholders for the purpose of identifying whether harmonised nominations and re-nominations should be submitted at both sides of this interconnection point. This consultation shall consider at least the following:

(a) financial impact on transmission system operators [F5 , non-UK TSOs] and network users;

(b) impact on cross-border trade;

(c) impact on the daily balancing regime at the interconnection point(s).

2. Following this consultation, the proposed changes, if any, [F6 may] be approved by the national regulatory authorities. Once the proposed changes are approved the transmission system operators shall amend accordingly the existing interconnection agreements and the transport contracts or other legally binding agreements and publish those changes.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Art. 16(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Word in Art. 16(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/531), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 17 U.K. Rejection of nominations and re-nominations or amendment of the requested gas quantity at interconnection points

1. The transmission system operator may reject:

(a) a nomination or re-nomination no later than two hours after the nomination deadline or the beginning of the re-nomination cycle in the following cases:

(i)

it does not comply with the requirements as to its content;

(ii)

it is submitted by an entity other than a network user;

(iii)

the acceptance of the daily nomination or re-nomination would result in a negative implied nomination flow rate;

(iv)

it exceeds the network user’s allocated capacity;

(b) a re-nomination no later than two hours after the beginning of the re-nomination cycle in the following additional cases:

(i)

it exceeds the network user’s allocated capacity for the remaining hours, unless this re-nomination is submitted in order to request interruptible capacity, where offered by the transmission system operator;

(ii)

the acceptance of the hourly re-nomination would result in an expected gas flow change before the end of the re-nomination cycle.

2. The transmission system operator shall not reject a network user’s nomination and re-nomination on the sole ground that this network user’s intended inputs are not equal to its intended off-takes.

3. In case a re-nomination is rejected, the transmission system operator shall use the network user’s last confirmed quantity, if any.

4. Without prejudice to the specific terms and conditions applicable to interruptible capacity and capacity subject to congestion management rules, the transmission system operator may in principle only amend the gas quantity requested under a nomination and re-nomination in exceptional events, and emergency situations when there is an evident danger to system security and stability. Transmission system operators shall notify to the national regulatory authority any such action taken.

Article 18 U.K. Nomination and re-nomination procedure at points other than interconnection points

1. The national regulatory authority shall, if not determined already, after consultation of the transmission system operator, determine at which points other than interconnection points nominations and re-nominations are required.

2. Where nominations and re-nominations are required at points other than interconnection points the following principles shall apply:

(a) network users shall be entitled to submit re-nominations for the gas day;

(b) the transmission system operator shall confirm or reject the submitted nominations and re-nominations considering the timelines referred to in Article 17.

(1)

OJ L 273, 15.10.2013, p. 5.