Ten Year Statement
The 2008 edition of the Ten Year Statement is published in line with Special Condition C2 of our Gas Transporters’ Licence and Section O of the Uniform Network Code. Special Condition C2 requires that the Ten Year Statement, published annually, shall provide a ten-year forecast of transportation system usage and likely system developments that can be used by companies, who are contemplating connecting to our system or entering into transport arrangements, to identify and evaluate opportunities.
The Statement explains our latest volume forecasts, system reinforcement projects and investment plans. It has been published at the end of the 2008 planning process following a re-appraisal of our analysis of the market and expands on the work published in our “Transporting Britain’s Energy – Development of NTS Investment Scenarios” document in July 2008. The Statement forms the basis of our industry wide consultation process, Transporting Britain’s Energy, due to restart in the new year, and is the first element of our 2009 planning process.
For previous versions, see the TYS Archive.
Transmission Planning Code
The Transmission Planning Code describes National Grid’s approach to planning and developing the NTS in accordance with its duties as a gas transporter and other statutory obligations relating to safety and environmental matters.
Gas Regional Initiative (GRI)
In 2006 the European Regulators (ERGEG) launched the Electricity Regional Initiative (ERI) and the Gas Regional Initiative (GRI).
The Electricity and Gas Regional Initiatives are European-wide initiatives intended as a concrete contribution to the integration of national markets by facilitating the creation of regional energy markets, in electricity and gas respectively. Such regional market integration is a practical and achievable way of delivering step-wise progress towards a competitive single European market for electricity and gas.
With respect to GRI, Great Britain is part of the North–West Region which also includes the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway (observer).
The GRI NW Investment website was created after consultation with stakeholders by the relevant transmission system operators (TSOs). This website gives gas transmission system users an overview of all ongoing and most of the future infrastructure expansion projects and Open Seasons of the participating TSOs.