Quality of supply

Quality of supply is an aspect of security of supply. It relates to:
 
  • Reliability of supply: uninterrupted gas supply;
  • Gas quality;
  • Operational security of supply (short term): system operation, maintenance and dispatching;
  • Commercial quality: services.
The Gaswirtschaftsgesetz (Natural Gas Act) charges E-Control with monitoring the network service quality performance of the distribution system operators, i.e. commercial quality and supply reliability.