Tariff decision 2021
On Friday May 22, ACM published the GTS tariff decision 2021. ACM has updated the inflation percentage that was estimated by GTS in the tariff proposal (from 2% to 1,6%), leading to slightly lower tariffs than proposed by GTS. The tariffs will take effect on 1 January 2021.
Click here to view the tariff decision on the ACM website and click here for the tariffs.
Neutrality charge
In addition to the tariffs, GTS establishes a neutrality charge in accordance with the Network Code on Balancing. This charge settles costs and revenues from balancing activities, including the linepack flexibility service, settlements following from emergencies and costs resulting from shipper defaults. Up until 2021, these costs and revenues were not invoiced separately, but were included in the transport tariff.
The methodology for the neutrality charge, is described in an amendment to the Transport code gas LNB. The corresponding amendment decision was published on May 22.
In 2021, the amount settled via the neutrality charge is approximately EUR 17,4 mln. The amount is approximately EUR 237k higher than was expected during the publication of the tariff proposal, due to a shipper default in 2019.
Here the calculation of the neutrality charge and the charge per capacity product.
| Neutrality charge 2021 | File extension xlsx | File size 609 kB | Date last updated 15 Mar 2023 |
The transport tariff and the neutrality charge are jointly invoiced to shippers.