Energie-Control Austria Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements and Third-Party Access Services Concerning Storage Facilities
Energie-Control Austria Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements and Third-Party Access Services Concerning Storage Facilities
Article 19 of the European Commission's new Regulation 715/2009/EC provides transparency requirements for storage system operators. In addition, Article 15 of the Regulation contains stipulations for third-party access to storage facilities. The below interpretative note details the legal point of view of Energie-Control Austria on these issues and sets minimum requirements, to provide storage customers with all information they need to take informed decisions, in a straightforward and non-discriminatory manner.As part of its supervisory duties according to section 24 para. 1 item 1 Energie-Control-Gesetz (E-Control Act), E-Control is entrusted with monitoring compliance of the market participants with all tasks assigned to them by virtue of ordinances issued pursuant to the E-Control Act or by way of directly applicable EU law.
Market players were invited to submit their comments on the consultation paper "Energie-Control Austria Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements and Third-Party Access Services Concerning Storage Facilities" to E-Control.
Three storage undertakings submitted comments, which are summarised and evaluated by the regulatory authority in the below document.
Those comments that E-Control regarded as justified were taken into account in the final version of the document “Energie-Control Austria Interpretative Note on Transparency Requirements and Third-Party Access Services Concerning Storage Facilities”.
The legal basis for transparency requirements and third-party access services is mainly laid down in Article 19 and Article 15(2)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009.
