Relations with the regulatory authority

Over the years Snam has established a constructive relationship and effective cooperation with the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and the Environment – ARERA in the various sectors in which Snam works:

Natural Gas Transportation

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification

Natural Gas Storage

Gas Market Monitoring

In the context of its evaluations of wholesale gas markets, the Authority appointed Snam, as the leading transportation company, together with the Energy Markets Operator, to assist it in monitoring activities by: (i) preparing an integrated database of transportation, balancing, storage and regasification services, made available to the Regulator and updated daily; (ii) making available scheduled indexes and reports in the context of the balancing function, system equilibrium and flexibility of supply sources, (iii) providing additional specific analysis when requested by the Authority.