Public consultation on the “Common Regulations for the Natural Gas Balancing of Transmission System”
“Conexus Baltic Grid” AS and Estonian gas transmission system operator Elering AS developed a consultation document, which aim is to inform and ascertain the opinion of public regarding the proposed draft amendments to the “Common Regulations for the Natural Gas Balancing of Transmission System” (hereinafter – the Regulation), as coordinated by and between the Public Utilities Commission of Latvia (Decision No. 88 of October 2, 2025), and Estonian Competition Authority (Decision No. 7-29/2025-002 of October 10, 2025) (hereinafter – draft Amendments).
The purpose of the draft Amendments is to introduce changes to Section 10 of the Regulation in order to
clarify the principles for the construction of operational balancing merit order lists across different product levels and their activation based on the economically most efficient price within each respective product level, as well as to supplement Section 11 with provisions on self-billing for positive imbalance and negative neutrality charges.
The draft Amendments are intended to enter into force 30 days after coordinated approval by the Public Utilities Commission of Latvia and Estonian Competition Authority. Until the date of entry into force of the draft Amendments, the Decision No. 88 of October 2, 2025 of the Public Utilities Commission of Latvia, and the Decision No.7-29/2025-002, October 10, 2025 of the Estonian Competition Authority shall apply.
Please submit your proposals, questions and comments on the draft Amendments (in English) till May 23, 2026 by sending them (electronically) to the TSOs e-mail addresses: “Conexus Baltic Grid” AS ([email protected]) or Elering AS ([email protected]).