Assessment of the Long-Term Transmission Capacity Requirements according to §17 (German Gas Network Access Ordinance)

The amended version of the German Gasnetzzugangsverordnung (Gas Network Access Ordinance - ‘GasNZV’) as adopted in 2010 added a number of new requirements relating to network expansion and network connection. Section 17 GasNZV requires gas transmission system operators to assess – by April 1 each year – their long-term market area-wide capacity requirements. The present publication is the first implementation of this requirement by the cooperation partners of the NetConnect Germany market area.