The development of services to facilitate the market
The transportation capacity made available at the network entry points (daily average offered) is more than 370 million cubic metres. With the Bordolano field gradually coming into operation, the storage capacity has increased to 12.0 billion cubic metres. Storage capacity allocated through auctions via the capacity portal now make up 98% of capacities offered and allocated.
In 2016, a new integrated service was offered as an experiment which by an auction process links the corresponding storage capacity to every regasification slot. The service will be offered again in 2017.
Thanks to the development of Snam services over the last ten years the Italian gas market has seen constant growth in transportation operators going from 30 in 2003 to almost 200. Additionally, 45 connection contracts were signed in 2016 to create new delivery/redelivery points (including 2 for the injection of biomethane) or upgrade existing ones.
Through the new balancing system, operational since October 2016 managed by the PRISMA platform, operators can now make gas exchanges and transport capacity transactions on an intra-day, daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis, for a maximum of 15 years.
To encourage even greater flexibility of the system, Snam was willing to allow its customers continuous renomination cycles 24 hours a day, based on which operators can reformulate their transportation programmes up to 35 times for the same gas day.
Snam buys and sells gas through the new regime to guarantee the balancing of each operator. At the end of the day it provides the gas at a premium to whoever sold more than they brought to the system or, conversely, if the operator introduced more gas than its customers consumed, it will purchase the excess quantity, at a discount.
The new balancing system implemented through EU Regulation 312/2014 came into force on 1 October 2016.
Gas Logistics Application
Manages the commercial processes of daily planning, allocation and provisional and definitive balances.
Sampei Portal
Manages storage contracts in terms of the management of gas stocks and movements.
Myg@sview Portal
Dashboard which can be customised by transportation users and traders with a set of functions that allows rapid access to transportation and balancing services.
ServiRe Portal
Managements the requests for opening new Redelivery Points and for closing/reopening existing ones.
Stogit Capacity Portal
Manages the storage capacity contract-based process.
In order to manage relations with operators, Snam has developed IT systems and web portals that now represent a unique feature of the company that is regularly upgraded.
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
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Transportation |
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Active customers (shippers) (no.) |
134 |
139 |
136 |
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New connection agreements for delivery/redelivery points (no.) |
45 |
65 |
45 |
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Contracted transportation capacity/Available transportation capacity (foreign entry/interconnection points) (%) |
85 |
86 |
72 |
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Compliance with deadlines for issuing connection offers (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Compliance with deadlines for performing services subject to specific commercial quality standards (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Interruptions carried out with sufficient advance notice (%) |
95 |
92 |
98 |
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Regasification |
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Active customers (shippers) (no.) |
3 |
4 |
4 |
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Compliance with maximum time for the acceptance of monthly programming proposals for deliveries (%) |
100 |
n.r.(*) |
100 |
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Compliance with the maximum period of interruption/reduction in capacity at the terminal due to maintenance works (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Storage |
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Active customers (shippers) (no.) |
107 |
118 |
91 |
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Contractual storage capacity/Available storage capacity (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Compliance with deadlines for performing services subject to specific commercial quality standards (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Connection flow lines subject to supervision (%) |
76 |
76 |
100 |
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Total capacity not made available following interruptions/reductions to the service (%) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Shipper’s Day in transportation
During the event dedicated to shippers and traders the main challenges that the market is facing following the increase harmonisation of European rules, with special reference to those of access and commercial balancing were illustrated. Among the topics discussed were: the development of the commercial offering over the last year; the new market scenarios for biomethane; the latest development in the upgrading of gas metering.
170 people attended the event representing around 80 companies.
Shipper’s Meeting in storage
During the shipper meeting with customers there was the opportunity of visiting the new Bordolano storage facility. Meetings with customers will continue in future years.
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