3.1.2 (e) Provisions on capacity allocation, congestion management and anti-hoarding and reutilisation procedures

Provisions on capacity allocation: Capacity booking 

Provisions on congestion management and anti-hoarding and reutilisation procedures
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Surrender of contracted capacity

  • At interconnector points
  • Yearly, quarterly, monthly products
  • If it takes place till 24.00 on the working day preceding the date of the short-term auctions.
  • Until the capacity is resold, it remains by the network user intends to return
  • Surrender is possible after the sale of free firm capacities.
  • The surrendered capacities may not be transferred in a secondary transaction or in customer migration.
  • Settlement of surrendered capacities according to the Price Application Regulation.
  • Bundled capacities can be surrendered as bundled.

Firm day-ahead use-it-or-lose-it

  • At interconnection points
  • Demand is higher than supply (OBC 2.1.5.1.4 a. ACER CMP report)
  • Network users (counting together the jointly controlled undertakings according to 2012/490/EU Commission Decision), which booked owned more than 10% of the technical capacity of the given point during the previous gas year, will be examined. The firm capacities not nominated by these network users till 14.00 on the day before the gas day will be withdrawn from the concerned network users on the basis of 2.1.5.1.4 b. of OBC; instead of this capacity, interruptible capacity will be provided. This interruptible capacity can be interrupted according to the order detailed in 2.2.2.1.1. point of OBC.
  • These withdrawn capacities will be offered as firm daily capacities at the relevant capacity auction.
  • The network user is not entitled to any fee refund concerning the withdrawn capacities.

Capacity increase through oversubscription and buy-back scheme

  • At interconnector points
  • The costs and revenues related to the mechanism are shared between the network users and FGSZ on the basis of the principles defined by the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH)
  • Every year, FGSZ makes a proposal for an incentive-based oversubscription buy-back scheme to MEKH.
  • A market-based buy-back procedure should be applied in which the system users can offer capacities.

Long-Term use-it-or-lose-it

  • At interconnector points
  • Full or partial withdrawal of booked and regularly unused capacity (OBC 2.1.5.1.2 (b))
  • The capacity may not be transferred in a secondary transaction or in customer migration.
  • With the participation of MEKH
  • Sale of withdrawn capacities after the sale of other available capacities on a time stamp basis.
  • Settlement of withdrawn capacities according to the Price Application Regulation.
Further detailed information: 2.1.5. point of OBC