ACER Finds Still Existing Contractual Congestion In European Gas Networks

Contractual congestion, a situation where gas capacity demand exceeds the technical capacity, has been detected at about 15% of entry and exit sides at interconnection points across the EU. The Agency’s annual congestion report’s main outcome is reflected in a list specifying at which interconnection points a certain congestion management procedure ( the so-called Firm Day-Ahead Use-It-Or-Lose-It mechanism) will have to be applied from July 2016 on, if congestion is still found in next year’s report. Find out more here.