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What is it about?
ACER publishes today its Opinion on the Winter Supply Outlook for winter 2023-2024 of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).
ENTSOG's Outlook evaluates the European gas network's readiness to meet supply and demand requirements for the upcoming winter. It also provides an overview of summer 2024.
What are the main conclusions?
- Timely publication: ACER welcomes the timely publication of the Winter Supply Outlook.
- Scope of the analysis: ACER appreciates that the analysis carried out by ENTSOG includes different scenarios, including a full disruption of Russian gas supply and different availabilities of LNG imports and storage filling levels. It also welcomes that the Outlook extends its analysis by also assessing the level of preparedness for winter 2024-25.
- ENTSOG’s Outlook methodology: ACER finds that improvements are needed in the definition of demand and supply projections. To improve their transparency, ACER also suggests publishing the assumptions underlying the different demand and supply scenarios.
