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Today, ACER publishes its report on the French national regulatory authority’s (CRE’s) proposed gas transmission tariffs. In its report, ACER assessed the methodology proposed for calculating the tariffs applicable to transmission networks and provided several recommendations to further justify the methodology.
What are ACER’s recommendations?
- Improve the justification provided for the proposed flow scenarios, in particular:
- Support the proposed distance cost driver calculation with evidence.
- Demonstrate that the application of non-economic combination of points is consistent with the possibility of sourcing gas to neighbouring markets from the French hub.
- Provide a clearer explanation of the calculation steps and outcome of the optimisation algorithm.
- Increase transparency: ACER recommends that CRE assesses the impact of the proposed flow scenarios and unit cost equalisation on the distance cost driver and on tariffs.
- Yearly assessment on contracted capacity: ACER proposes a yearly assessment of the difference between the forecasted contracted capacity and the actual contracted capacity at the beginning of each tariff period.
