National Energy Regulatory Council (hereinafter – Council) has published the document for the public consultation on the level of multipliers, seasonal factors and discounts, to be applied in AB Amber Grid's tariff structure for 2025, fulfilling the requirements of the Regulation (EU) 2017/460, of 16 March 2017, establishing a network code on harmonized transmission tariff structures for gas (hereinafter – Tariff Network Code or TAR NC), i.e. rules on the application of a reference price methodology, publication and consultation requirements.
The structure of this public consultation reflects the structure of the public consultation requirements established in Article 28 of the Tariff Network Code.
According to the Art. 28(1) of the Tariff Network Code, National Regulatory Authority (hereinafter – NRA) is obliged to conduct a consultation with the NRAs of all directly connected Member States and the relevant stakeholders for every tariff period on:
- the level of Multipliers,
- the level of Seasonal Factors, if any,
- the level of discounts set out in the Art. 9(2) of the Tariff Network Code – i.e. on discounts, if any, at Entry points from Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities,
- the level of discounts set out in Art. 9(2) of the Tariff Network Code – i.e. on discounts at Entry points from and Exit points to infrastructure developed with the purpose of ending the isolation of Member States in respect of their gas transmission systems – currently not relevant for Lithuanian Entry–Exit system,
- the level of discounts set out in Art. 16 of the Tariff Network Code – i.e. on discounts for standard capacity products for interruptible capacity.
Therefore, based on the Art. 28 of the Tariff Network Code, Council hereby issues the consultation document for the tariff period of 2025 (calendar year).
It is proposed to retain in 2025 all aforementioned aspects the same as in the current (2024) tariff period (see Table 1).
Table 1:
MULTIPLIERS Description and justification of the level of multipliers and their application for individual Entry and Exit points. | No | Multipliers will be kept at the same level as in current tariff period (2024). |
SEASONAL FACTORS Level of seasonal factors, scope and justification of their application, and the calculations of the prices for non-yearly standard firm capacity products, in line with Art. 15 of TAR NC. | No | Seasonal Factors will be kept at the same level as in the current tariff period (2024). In 2023 Lithuanian NRA approved Lithuanian transmission system operator's natural gas transmission services tariffs that will come into effect from 1st of January 2024[1]. Accordingly Seasonal Factors for current regulatory period (2024-2028) that were consulted before were approved as well. Seasonal Factors will be updated in the next regulatory period or earlier with prior consultation. |
DISCOUNTS AT ENTRY FROM LNGT AND AT GIPL INTERCONNECTION | No | No discount at Entry point from Klaipėda LNG Terminal is proposed in 2025 (same as in 2024). No discount for Santaka (GIPL) Entry / Exit point is proposed in 2025 (same as in 2024). |
DISCOUNT FOR INTERRUPTIBLE PRODUCTS Level of discounts and the calculations of the prices for standard interruptible capacity products, in line with Art. 16 of TAR NC. | No | For interruptible capacity ex-ante discount of 10% will be applied in 2025 (same as in 2024). |
All interested parties are invited to submit comments and proposals for consultation document and attachments by e-mail to [email protected] (with copy to [email protected] and [email protected]) no later than 15th February 2024.
There are no comments or proposals for consultation document received.
[1] Resolution on the approval of the prices for the natural gas transmission services of Amber Grid AB for the year 2024, https://www.vert.lt/en/SiteAssets/Gas/Resolution.pdf .
