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• Balancing group code
• Balancing group network operator
• Capacity
• Connection user
• Contract
• Design temperature
• Entry network operator
• Entry point
• Exit network operator
• Exit point
• Firm capacity
• Fiscal gas year
• Interruptible capacity
• Line pack
• Load flow commitment
• Market area
• Market area-wide network
• Market area-wide network operator
• Maximum offtake
• Network operator
• Nomination
• Renomination
• Subbalancing account
• Technical requirements
• Virtual entry point
• Virtual exit point
• Virtual trading point
• Working days

 

Balancing group code

Unique code for a balancing group, which is assigned by the balancing group network operator to the respective balancing group manager, and which serves to identify the nominations or renominations of gas quantities.

Balancing group network operator

A market area-wide network operator, or a third party, with whom a balancing group can be established, and with whom a balancing group contract can be concluded.

Capacity

Maximum hourly flow rate at an entry or exit point within a particular period of time, which is expressed according to the network operator's specifications in m³/h (standard volume) or kWh/h

Connection user

Any end consumer who uses a connection to the low-pressure, medium-pressure, or high-pressure network for the extraction of gas, within the framework of a contract or connection usage relationship as per §3 of the Ordinance on General Conditions for Network Connection and its Usage for Gas Supply at Low Pressure (Low Pressure Connection Ordinance NDAV) of 01/11/2006.

Contract

The term encompasses the entry contract, exit contract, and balancing group contract.

Design temperature

Temperature determined according to the relevant climate zone as per DIN EN 12831 supplementary sheet 1, table 1a.

Entry network operator

The network operator of an entry point with whom the transport customer concludes an entry contract

Entry point

A point within a market area, at which gas can be transferred to a network operator's network, including transfer at import points, domestic sources, storage facilities, mixing plants and conversion plants

Exit network operator

The network operator of an exit point with whom the transport customer concludes an exit contract.

Exit point

A point within a market area, at which a transport customer can extract gas from a network operator's network at market area borders, for the purpose of storage, or in order to supply end consumers. If the exit network operator is a local distribution network operator, the exit point is also the metering point.

Firm capacity

Capacity which can be booked by the transport customer on a fixed basis as per §4 of the network access conditions

Fiscal gas year

Period from 1 October, 6 am of a calendar year, to 1 October, 6 am of the following calendar year.

Interruptible capacity

Capacity which can be booked by a transport customer on an interruptible basis as per §4 of the network access conditions The use of interruptible capacity can be interrupted by the network operator as per §39 of the network access conditions.

Line pack

Possibility for storage of gas by means of compression in pipeline networks and distribution networks, unless the compression occurs for reasons of network control.

Load flow commitment

Contractual agreement between transport customer and network operator regarding the commitment to provide a specific gas flow at an entry or exit point In particular, load flow commitments include entry commitments.

Market area

A combination of (partial) networks At www.gasnetzkarte.de you can see which individual (partial) networks belong to which market areas.

Market area-wide network

(Partial) network(s) belonging to the market area-wide network operator(s).

Market area-wide network operator

A market area's network operator(s) named as market area-wide network operator(s) upon creation of the market area, or third parties appointed by such operators, to whom rights and duties of the market area-wide network operator(s) are transferred in whole or in part.

Maximum offtake

The specified maximum possible output utilisation at an entry or exit point in a local distribution network according to the network's design state

Network operator

The term encompasses entry network operators, exit network operators and balancing group network operators.

Nomination

Declaration of the gas quantities to be transported within defined timeframes, as per §22 of the network access conditions and as per the Operating Manual, appendix NZB 2 of the network access conditions.

Renomination

Subsequent modification of the nomination

Subbalancing account

Account in a balancing group for assignation of entry and exit quantities to transport customers.

Technical requirements

Technical parameters which are necessary for the booking and for the gas transport, in particular: pressure, gas quality, measurement, allocation

Virtual entry point

A balancing group's non-bookable entry point, via which gas is transferred from another balancing group

Virtual exit point

A balancing group's non-bookable exit point, via which gas is transferred to another balancing group

Virtual trading point

A virtual point at which gas can be traded within the market area after entry and before exit. The virtual trading point is not assigned to a physical entry or exit point, and enables buyers and sellers to buy and sell gas without capacity booking.

Working days

Days from Monday to Friday, except for public holidays, 24/12, and 31/12, whereby a public holiday in an individual federal state is considered a nationwide public holiday unless stated otherwise in the stipulations of 'Business processes upon switch of gas supplier (GeLi Gas)'.