Bjørn W Melaa

Excom Vice Chairman

The Gas Regional Initiativesand the CBP

"working towards a standardised European gas network"

Who is EASEE-gas?

What are the CBPs?

The service proposed by EASEE-gas

Who is EASEE-gas?

What are the CBPs?

The service proposed by EASEE-gas

EuropeanAssociation for theStreamlining ofEnergyExchange- - gasgas

• Mission: "to develop and promote common practices to simplify and streamline business processes between the stakeholders that will lead to an efficient and effective European Gas Market"

• Created in March 2002 with the support of the Madrid ForumMember States

Industry

European Commission

Regulators

Ownership of gas Physical flow of gas

Producers

End Users

Transporters

DistributionNetwork

Operators

Suppliers

Retail Suppliers

LNG Terminal and Storage Operator and

Service Provider(LTSOSP)

Traders &Shippers

AssociateMembers

Members are from the entire European gas chain

• 86 full members & 25 associate members

• 6 segments currently active

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Producer

Transporter

DNO

Trader & Shipper

Supplier

LTSOSP

Retail Supplier

End User

Number of memberships

Segments need at least 5 members to be "active"

• Provides a unique structured platform in Europe where gas industry participants can:

- discuss harmonisation & simplification of business process

- agree on CBP, on a voluntary basis

• "Voluntarism is better than regulation"

• Will not advocate before any regulatory body

• The US example shows it works

Who is EASEE-gas?

What are the CBPs?

The service proposed by EASEE-gas

• CBP aim to deal with "user oriented purposes", and with the whole description of the process: business process, message and workflow design, technology standard

• It is essential to monitoring implementation

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CBP "Common Business Pratice"

CBP 2003-002-01(02) Harmonisation of units

CBP 2003-002-01 Harmonisation of nomination and matching process

CBP 2003-003-02 Edig@s protocol

CBP 2005-001-01 Harmonisation of gas quality

CBP 2005-002-01 Interconnection agreement

CBP 2005-003-01 Constraints

CBP 2007-001-01 Message transmission protocol

CBP 2007-002-01 Common data network

CBP 2007-003-01 Company's identifier encoding

CBP 2007-004-01 Connexion point identifier encoding

CBP 2007-005-01 Edig@s release periods

CBP 2007-006-01

CBP 2006-000-01

Harmonisation of the allocation information exchange

Secondary capacity trading

business process

message & w

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design

technologystandard implementation

Existing CBPs: current situation

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tbc : to be completed

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Who is EASEE-gas?

What are the CBPs?

The service proposed by EASEE-gas

Action plan 2008

1. Implement existing CBPs

2. Complete existing CBPs

3. "Transpose" existing CBPs to other segments

4. Draw up new CBPs

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Action plan 20081. Implement existing CBPs

• Make implementation easier– Help desk– Inform EASEE-gas members & partners for IT preparation– Set up a responsible contact list for implementation, for each company

• Propose to monitor implementation– Set up a CBP preparation & implementation timetable

(eg. "company x CBP")– Set up "EASEE-gas workshops" dedicated to implementation issues

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Action plan 20082. Complete existing CBPs

• CBP 2003-002-01 Harmonisation of nomination and matching process

• CBP 2006-000-01 Harmonisation of the allocation information exchange

• CBP 2007-006-01 Secondary capacity trading

• Common manual for sales agreements

• "Dictionary of terms & definitions"

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• CBP 2003-002-01 TSO / producer TSO / regas operator TSO / storage operator regas nominations storage nominations

• CBP 2005-002-01 TSO / producer TSO / regas operator TSO / storage operator

• CBP 2006-000-01 regas capacity storage capacity

• CBP 2007-006-01 regas capacity storage capacity

Action plan 20083. "Transpose" existing CBPs to other segment

harmonisation of nomination and matching

process

harmonisation of the allocation information exchange

secondary capacity trading

interconnection agreement

business process

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• Commodity trading arrangements (cf. Efet)

• Shipping-swapping

• Changing supplier

• Explore and develop ways for the consultation process, with GTE+

Action plan 20084. Draw up new CBPs

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Thank you for your attention