Reporting period 2019 - 2021
According to section 98(2) Gas Act 2011, the regulatory authority E-Control has to draw up and publish a report on the situation on the Austrian flexibility and storage market at least every three years. On the basis of this report, the Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology can transform the current, negotiated third-party access regime to storages into a regulated regime.
In these reports, the regulatory authority must assess the level of competition on the storage market by referencing price comparisons, the range of products on offer and their use, market concentration (supply and demand side) with consideration of the availability of alternative sources of flexibility and the availability of storage capacity compared to demand for it.
To honor the storage system operators’ right to comment on the report, they were consulted from 24 June 2022 until 8 July 2022. Three responses were received, all of which are treated confidentially.
