PC_2022_G_06 - Public consultation on the FUNC issue: how to ensure greater flexibility to book firm capacity at interconnection points
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Overview
On 27 June 2022, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) hosted a workshop to discuss possible solutions to address the FUNC issue: how to ensure greater flexibility to book firm capacity at interconnection points. Additionally, the urgency of making a change in capacity allocation was also discussed.
Why we are consulting
To inform its decision making process, ACER and ENTSOG are now opening a public consultation to continue the collection of more detailed inputs from stakeholders. Feedback on how to assess the:
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potential costs and benefits of the proposed solutions,
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examples demonstrating how a change would benefit the market and
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assessment of how a more optimal capacity allocation can address the current gas market challenges would be particularly welcome.
The public consultation ran from 1 July to 18 August 2022.
Consultation documents
Evaluation of responses
Next steps
The inputs gathered during the workshop and the public consultation assisted ACER and ENTSOG in proposing a solution to address the FUNC issue.