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| 12.29.2006 |
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Renewal of the mandate of the Board of Auditors of the Authority for Electricity and Gas.
The Authority has renewed the mandate of the Board of Auditors and appointed Counsellor Rocco Colicchio as Chairman and Prof. Giorgio Brunetti and Prof. Felice Martinelli as members. The Board of Auditors will remain in office for three years with effect from 7 January 2007. |
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330/06
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| 12.28.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to the organisational structure of the Authority for Electricity and Gas, appointment of heads of departments, holders of special positions and heads of units.
On the basis of the amendments and additions to the organisational and functioning Regulations introduced by Resolution 327/06, the Authority has approved its new internal organisational structure and has indicated the new division of responsibilities and competencies among management staff. The Authority has also appointed the heads of the newly constituted departments. |
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328/06
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| 12.28.2006 |
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Review of the Regulations for the organisation and functioning of the Authority for Electricity and Gas.
The Authority has approved the revised text of its internal organisational and functional Regulations, which were introduced with Resolution 182/04. The aim of the changes is to optimise the organisational and functional structure of the Authority, to meet the need to move forward the convergence process in the electricity and gas sectors, and to create an organisational structure in keeping with the complete liberalisation of the gas and electricity markets. The Regulations enter into force on 1 January 2007. |
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327/06
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| 12.28.2006 |
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Extension of the deadline for the close of the proceedings opened with Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 195 of 11 September 2006.
The deadline for the close of the proceedings opened with Resolution 195/06 into the Municipality of Conza della Campania and Gas Service Abruzzo Srl has been extended to 30 April 2007 with sole respect to the catchment areas of Cappadocia and Fagnano Alto, to enable the office concerned to complete the necessary investigations. |
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323/06
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| 12.28.2006 |
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Adoption of provisions containing amendments to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 52 of 22 April 1999 and adjustment for the quarter January-March 2007 of the tariffs for the supply of gas other than natural gas distributed over urban networks.
For the first quarter (January-March) of 2007 the tariffs for the supply of liquefied petroleum gas pursuant to Art. 2.1 of Resolution 52/99 decreased by 1.058 Euro/GJ. For the supply of commercial propane with gross heating power of 100.07 MJ/ m3 the reduction amounts to 0.105874 Euro/m3. |
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322/06
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| 12.28.2006 |
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Adjustment for quarter January-March 2007 of electricity tariff components and parameters. Amendments and supplements to Annex A to Resolution 5 of 30 January 2004.
The Authority has adjusted the electricity tariffs for the quarter January-March 2007. For the average Italian household, with consumption of 2700 kWh/year and contracted power of 3 kW, the tariff remains unchanged with respect to the previous quarter, at a level gross of taxes of 15.60 eurocents/kWh. The expected reductions in raw material costs were offset by the recovery in the costs incurred by the Single Buyer in the three-year period 2004-2006 but not yet recouped in the tariff, and by the slight increase in transmission and distribution tariffs, system costs and metering tariffs. As the last-named tariffs weigh above all on residential customers, many of whom have had electronic meters installed in recent years, the average tariff in the captive market has fallen by 1.6% with respect to October-December 2006, to 13.19 eurocents/kWh. |
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321/06
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| 12.28.2006 |
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Adjustment for the quarter January-March 2007 of the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas and obligatory requirements for sales operators.
In the three months from January to March 2007 the raw material component QE of the natural gas tariff did not increase with respect to the last quarter of 2006, since the changes in costs emerging from the most recent trends in the hydrocarbon fuels market were below the ?no-change? threshold above which increases would kick in. Moreover, as in previous three-month periods the partial adjustment to the benefit of consumers? has been maintained. For consumers using less than 200,000 cubic metres per year the national average value of the economic conditions of supply (reference price) as defined by the Authority (differentiated locally, and which suppliers are required to offer alongside their own proposals), was set at 69.56 eurocents/m3. This can be broken down as follows: 1) distribution over local and urban networks, 7.43 eurocents/m3 (equating to 10.7% of the total); 2) national transportation, 3.34 eurocents/m3 (4.8% of the total); 3) storage, 0.98 eurocents/m3 (1.4% of the total); 4) wholesale trading, 3.58 eurocents/m3 (5.2% of the total); 5) retail sales, 2.39 eurocents/m3 (3.4% of the total); 6) raw material QE, 23.30 eurocents/m3 (33.5% of the total); and 7) taxes, 28.54 eurocents/m3 (41.0% of the total); |
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320/06
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| 12.27.2006 |
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Instructions for the Cassa Conguaglio per il Settore Elettrico concerning special consumer tariff schemes for 2007
For 2007 the Authority has instructed the Cassa Conguaglio (Electricity Equalization Fund) to allow for the compensatory component governed by Art. 73 of the Quality Code for users benefiting from special tariff schemes (Art. 11.11 of Decree Law 35/2005) by applying an increase of 4% of the special tariffs for 2006. This was done further to a guarantee provided by beneficiaries of the schemes that they would meet the obligatory requirement to repay any sums that, in light of a decision by the European Commission, prove to have been unduly received. It is also envisaged that the guarantees should be sufficient to cover any sums paid after 31 December 2006 and up to 30 June 2007, since this is deemed a reasonable timescale for the Offices of the Commission to decide the case or express their opinion on the problem of energy costs for energy-intensive industries. |
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319/06
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| 12.27.2006 |
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Adjustment of the economic conditions for the withdrawal of electricity pursuant to Art. 13 paragraphs 3 and 4 of Legislative Decree 387 of 29 December 2003, in accordance with Art. 11.5 of the Decree of 24 October 2005 issued by the Minister for Productive Activities in conjunction with the Minister for the Environment and the Protection of the Territory
Further to the Decree of 24 October 2005 issued by the Minister for Productive Activities in conjunction with the Minister for the Environment, the Authority has adjusted the conditions for the withdrawal of electricity subject to Resolution 34/05. |
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318/06
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| 12.27.2006 |
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Opening of procedure for the decisions falling within the Authority for Electricity and Gas?s remit with respect to the production costs of electricity from renewable sources
The Authority has opened a procedure with a view to making the decisions falling within its remit and concerning the production costs of electricity from renewable sources, mainly with a view to adjusting the conditions for the withdrawal of electricity subject to Resolution 34/05 and the allowed costs deriving from the green certificates mechanism for producers with plants operating under CIP6 conditions (Resolution 113/06). |
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317/06
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| 12.27.2006 |
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Change to the sub-division of the relevant network into catchment areas pursuant to Art. 15 of Resolution 168 of 30 December 2003.
The Authority has approved Terna?s proposal to eliminate the catchment area known as ?Turbigo-Roncovalgrande? from the sub-division of the network. This change is deemed timely as a result of the entry into service of the 380 kV Turbigo-Ospiate electricity line, which means that the conditions envisaged by Art. 15.1 of Resolution 168/03 to define the catchment area in question no longer apply. In the absence of the change proposed by Terna, operators responsible for dispatching points in the Turbigo-Roncovalgrande area could be restricted in their participation in the energy markets. |
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315/06
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| 12.27.2006 |
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Amendments to the provisions of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 168 of 30 December 2003.
Further to the consultation document of 28 November 2006, the Authority has made amendments to Resolution 168/03 concerning: 1) provisions to allow the Transmission System Operator (Terna) to have the option of procuring resources for the dispatching service on a forward basis; 2) the method of calculating the charge for the supply of resources in the dispatching services market with a view to stabilising operators? costs. The Authority also envisages extending the operation of the platform for changes in preliminary withdrawal programmes until the platform of energy accounts envisaged by Resolution 111/06 is fully up and running. |
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314/06
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| 12.27.2006 |
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Guidelines for Terna S.p.A. concerning the procurement of resources for the dispatching service to ensure continuity of the electricity supply in the catchment area of Idroelettrica Valcanale S.a.s.
The Authority has invited Terna to draw up an agreement with Valcanale S.a.s. to arrange the supply of services for dispatching by Valcanale?s production units. The agreement was deemed necessary in view of the particular configuration of the electricity network in Valcanale?s catchment area, as a result of which the above-mentioned production units are needed to ensure security of supply for users in the area even in critical situations. The agreement should remain in force until 31 December 2008, after which it will no longer be necessary once the new section of the network (the Tarvisio-Kelag line) begins operating. |
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313/06
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| 12.22.2006 |
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Adoption of provisions concerning the basic and special tariff options for 2007 for the distribution of electricity on networks with third-party access obligations.
The Authority has approved the basic options for 2007 proposed by the electricity companies listed in Table 1 of the present Resolution as they meet the criteria set forth in part II of the Quality Code. The special options for 2007 proposed by the distribution companies listed in Table 2 of the Resolution have also been approved. |
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312/06
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| 12.22.2006 |
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Approval of proposed agreement between the Authority for Electricity and Gas and the Ministry for Economic Development concerning the destination, criteria and conditions for use of the resources referred to at Art. 2 paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Ministerial Decree of 18 December 2006.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved the proposed agreement (Annex A to the Resolution) presented by the Ministry for Economic Development pursuant to Art. 2 paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Minister of Economic Development?s Decree of 18 December 2006, in which 11 million euros are earmarked for social initiatives designed to reduce the cost of energy supplies for civil uses. The agreement is intended to benefit economically disadvantaged consumers and will be implemented through specific agreements between the Authority and other public bodies. |
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311/06
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| 12.20.2006 |
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Penalty applied to ASM Brescia S.p.A. pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry opened with Resolution 222/05 into ASM Brescia S.p.A. for failure to observe the provisions concerning the criteria for determining gas distribution tariffs, and has fined the company 1,930,000 euros. The company asked users to pay additional costs with respect to the tariff approved by the Authority for services included in the essential services already remunerated by the same tariff. This was deemed prejudicial to users? interests in respecting the tariff and the interests of competitors with respect to the ?level playing field? requirements. |
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310/06
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| 12.20.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Valgas S.p.A. pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry opened with Resolution 222/05 into Valgas S.p.A. for failure to observe the provisions concerning the criteria for determining gas distribution tariffs, and has fined the company 30,000 euros. The company asked users to pay additional costs with respect to the tariff approved by the Authority for services included in the essential services already remunerated by the same tariff. This was deemed prejudicial to users? interests in respecting the tariff and the interests of competitors with respect to the ?level playing field? requirements. |
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309/06
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| 12.20.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Sinergia S.p.A. pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry opened with Resolution 222/05 into Sinergia S.p.A. for failure to observe the provisions concerning the criteria for determining gas distribution tariffs, and has fined the company 25,822.84 euros. The company asked users to pay additional costs with respect to the tariff approved by the Authority for services included in the essential services already remunerated by the same tariff. This was deemed prejudicial to users? interests in respecting the tariff and the interests of competitors with respect to the ?level playing field? requirements. |
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308/06
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| 12.20.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Cige S.p.A. pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry opened with Resolution 222/05 into Cige S.p.A. for failure to observe the provisions concerning the criteria for determining gas distribution tariffs, and has fined the company 110,000 euros. The company asked users to pay additional costs with respect to the tariff approved by the Authority for services included in the essential services already remunerated by the same tariff. This was deemed prejudicial to users? interests in respecting the tariff and the interests of competitors with respect to the ?level playing field? requirements. |
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307/06
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| 12.20.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Servizi Valtrompia Spa pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry opened with Resolution 222/05 into Servizi Valtrompia S.p.A. for failure to observe the provisions concerning the criteria for determining gas distribution tariffs, and has fined the company 25,822.84 euros. The company asked users to pay additional costs with respect to the tariff approved by the Authority for services included in the essential services already remunerated by the same tariff. This was deemed prejudicial to users? interests in respecting the tariff and the interests of competitors with respect to the ?level playing field? requirements. |
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306/06
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| 12.20.2006 |
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Guidelines to Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale Spa concerning the compensation mechanism for the costs related to electricity transits on foreign electricity networks as a result of cross-border trading in electricity for 2007
The Authority has decided to allow for any costs incurred by Terna S.p.A. in 2006 as a result of the planned agreement with Raetia Energies on regulating the remuneration of the costs incurred for electricity transits on the interconnection line operated by the same Raetia Energies and Terna. The Authority has also decided to allow for any costs incurred by Terna for the first three months of 2007 in the event of an extension of the Association of European Transmission System Operators (ETSO) agreement on compensation for costs related to electricity transits on foreign electricity networks as a result of cross-border exchanges of electricity. The ETSO agreement should subsequently be replaced by a new mechanism to be adopted on a transitional, voluntary basis for the remaining months of 2007. |
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305/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Sorgea Srl pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry into Sorgea Srl opened through Resolution 156/05 for failure to inspect the gas distribution network during the three years from 2002-2004 and has decided to fine the company 74,760 euros. At 31 March 2004, the company had inspected only part of the high- and medium-pressure networks, thus breaching the rules established by the Authority with respect to the security of the gas distribution service. |
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303/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Megas Azienda Multiservizi S.p.A. pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry into Megas Azienda Multiservizi S.p.A. opened through Resolution 156/05 for failure to inspect the gas distribution network during the three years from 2002-2004 and has decided to fine the company 140,440 euros. At 31 March 2004, the company had inspected only part of the high- and medium-pressure networks, thus breaching the rules established by the Authority with respect to the security of the gas distribution service. |
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302/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Penalty applied to ASA Azienda Servizi Ambientali S.p.A. pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry into ASA Azienda Servizi Ambientali S.p.A. opened through Resolution 156/05 for failure to inspect the gas distribution network during the three years from 2002-2004 and has decided to fine the company 210,140 euros. At 31 March 2004, the company had inspected only part of the high- and medium-pressure networks, thus breaching the rules established by the Authority with respect to the security of the gas distribution service. |
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301/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Asme Spa pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry into Asme S.p.A. opened through Resolution 156/05 for failure to inspect the gas distribution network during the three years from 2002-2004 and has decided to fine the company 25,822.84 euros. At 31 March 2004, the company had inspected only part of the high- and medium-pressure networks, thus breaching the rules established by the Authority with respect to the security of the gas distribution service. |
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300/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Libarna Energie S.p.A. pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry into Libran Energies S.p.A. opened through Resolution 156/05 for failure to inspect the gas distribution network during the three years from 2002-2004 and has decided to fine the company 41,529 euros. At 31 March 2004, the company had inspected only part of the high- and medium-pressure networks, thus breaching the rules established by the Authority with respect to the security of the gas distribution service. |
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299/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Close of formal inquiry into Intesa S.p.A. opened with Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 156 of 27 July 2005
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry into Intesa S.p.A. opened through Resolution 156/05 for failure to inspect the gas distribution network during the three years from 2002-2004 and has decided not to fine the company since the conditions for so doing do not apply. The company sent the Authority two notes pointing out that it had completed the network inspection operations in good time, but had committed clerical errors in notifying the Authority of the data needed for verification. |
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298/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to review the provisions referred to at Art. 8 of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 138 of 4 December 2003.
The Authority has opened a procedure to review the retail sales component of the economic terms of supply (QVD), expressed in euros/GJ and applied at a uniform rate for all consumption bands higher than 20 GJ, applied to residential users and defined by Resolution 138/03. This review can be explained by the fact that the component has never been up-dated and at its current values is unlikely to reflect the trends recorded in costs and prices in Italy?s natural gas market. |
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297/06
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| 12.19.2006 |
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Close of proceeding opened with Resolution 191/06
The proceeding opened with Resolution 191/06 to verify the storage service tariff proposals submitted by Edison Stoccaggio for thermal year 2006-07 has been closed, since the company has withdrawn the proposal. |
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296/06
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| 12.18.2006 |
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Approval of tariff proposals for thermal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 for natural gas distribution and the supply of gas other than natural gas pursuant to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolutions 170 of 29 September 2004 and 173 of 30 September 2004, as supplemented and amended
The Authority has approved for thermal year 2005-06 the tariff proposals for the natural gas distribution service submitted by the 96 distribution companies listed in Table 1 annexed to the present Resolution, and for thermal year 2006-07 the proposals submitted by the 92 distributors listed in Table 2. These tariff proposals will be applied with effect from 1 October 2005 for thermal year 2005-06 and from 1 October 2006 for thermal year 2006-07. |
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295/06
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| 12.18.2006 |
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Provisions concerning standards for communications between gas sector operators pursuant to Art. 2.12 (g) and (h) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has established the binding national communication standard to be adopted in communications between companies operating in the gas sector. The provision aims to rationalise and standardise information flows between about 390 natural gas sellers and 430 local distributors, in order to provide greater protection for consumers by introducing simple, innovative channels of communication between operators. The new national standard should encourage: (1) respect for the maximum timescales set by the Authority for the commercial services most often requested (such as connections or activation of gas supplies); (2) the entry of new competitor operators in the sale of gas; (3) changes of supplier by consumers (switching); and (4) the promotion of technological innovation in the exchange of information. With effect from 1 July 2007, information concerning requests for commercial services or supplier switching will be exchanged ? by gas distributors, wholesalers and sellers ? by ?certified e-mail?, with a consequent reduction in all other types of communication (letters, faxes etc). Gas distributors will, however, have the option of using more advanced internet-based or ?application to application? systems; distributors will be required to make these available in a non-discriminatory manner to all users of the service with effect from 1 October 2008. |
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294/06
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| 12.18.2006 |
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Establishment of specific primary energy saving targets for 2007 for electricity and natural gas distributors subject to the obligatory requirements pursuant to the Ministerial Decrees of 20 July 2004.
In implementation of the Ministerial Decrees of 20 July 2004, the AEEG has defined the primary energy saving targets for electricity and natural gas distributors for 2007. Overall, the target amounts to over 633,000 toe, about 61% of which applicable to electricity distributors and the remaining 39% to gas distributors. The target for this third year of application of the white certificate mechanism is therefore fairly ambitious, but the fact that in 2005 and 2006 the targets were easily met and indeed surpassed gives grounds for optimism. |
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293/06
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| 12.18.2006 |
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Obligations for the installation of electronic meters for low voltage withdrawal points
The Authority has established an obligatory requirement on all electricity distributors operating on Italian territory to install electronic electricity meters for all low-voltage (LV) users, including residential users. This requirement will be extended gradually: by the end of 2008 the meters should be distributed to at least 25% of consumers; by end-2009 to 65%; by end-2010 to 90%; and by end-2011 to 95%. Distributors are free to choose the type of meter, which must however satisfy a series of technical requirements, including the possibility of recording hourly measurements. Those distributors who have already installed (or purchased) meters for LV customers that are compatible with those envisaged for MV and HV consumers are exempt from the requirement. |
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292/06
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| 12.15.2006 |
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Compliance with Authority for Electricity and Gas provisions concerning the destination of the revenue generated by the financial resources deriving from payments on account relating to nuclear energy, the extraordinary income from the dismantling and improvement of existing sites and infrastructure, and cover of the costs of activities connected with the dismantling of decommissioned nuclear power stations, the close of the fuel cycle and related and consequent activities.
The AEEG has decided that Sogin S.p.A. is required to apply to the letter all AEEG Resolutions concerning the dismantling and decommissioning of nuclear plants. Sogin is required to use all revenue generated by the financial resources deriving from payments on account relating to nuclear energy and the extraordinary income from the dismantling and improvement of existing sites and infrastructure pursuant to Art. 1.102 of Law 239/2004 to cover only those costs recognised by the Authority, with reference to both past and future financial years. In light of the present provision, Sogin is required, within 90 days, to submit a revised and supplemented version of the note of 31 October 2006 concerning the financial resources relating to nuclear energy operations. Finally, it is required, again within 90 days, to submit a report on the timescale and arrangements envisaged to cover the allowed costs. |
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290/06
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| 12.15.2006 |
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Provisions for the procurement and remuneration of resources guaranteeing instant interruptibility or interruptibility with notice of electricity withdrawals with effect from 1 January 2007
The Authority has drawn up the arrangements for the procurement of resources to guarantee instant interruptibility or interruptibility with notice of electricity withdrawals starting from 2007, as a result of the consultation process opened with the document published on 24 May 2006. Under these arrangements, interruptible resources should be supplied in 2007 by those operators who provided the service in 2006, following similar arrangements. With effect from 2008, Terna will use new mechanisms to select the resources. These will in part continue to be regulated, and in part will be based on market mechanisms. |
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289/06
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| 12.15.2006 |
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Provisions for 2007 concerning the management of import and export congestions on the interconnection network with abroad
The Authority has approved the provisions for 2007 concerning the management of import and export congestions on the interconnection network with abroad in fulfilment of the provisions of Article 9 of Regulation 1228/2003. It has provided that congestions should be resolved using methods based on the allocation of rights of use for capacity made available through explicit auctions conducted on an annual, monthly and daily basis, and that the proceeds of the allocation procedures should be used to safeguard value for money in electricity supplies for consumers. |
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288/06
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| 12.15.2006 |
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Opinion of the Authority for Electricity and Gas and the Ministry for Economic Development on the outline decree containing the arrangements and conditions for electricity imports for 2007 and guidelines for the Acquirente Unico S.p.A. concerning long-term import contracts for 2007.
The Authority has expressed a favourable opinion on the outline decree containing the arrangements and criteria for electricity imports for 2007 since the draft can be seen to be consistent with the guidelines for the management of cross-border congestions defined by the Regional Coordination Committee of ERGEG?s Centre-South Europe Regional Initiative. |
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287/06
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| 12.12.2006 |
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General equalisation provisions for 2005, 2006 and 2007
The timescales envisaged by clauses 42.8, 42.9 and 42.10 of the Quality Code have been extended for the equalisation mechanisms for 2005 in order to evaluate the explanatory notes sent in by distribution companies along with the data needed to calculate the equalisation amounts. In addition, any surpluses (deficits) resulting from the application of the cost equalisation mechanism for the transmission service for 2005 and 2006 have been divided amongst distribution companies in a manner proportionate to the costs incurred by each for the service. |
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286/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Close of formal investigation into Spigas Srl opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 37 of 23 February 2006.
The Authority has decided not to impose a fine on Spigas after the close of the formal investigation into the company opened through Resolution 37/06 for apparently using the modulation storage service for purposes other than those for which it was given priority for capacity allocation purposes pursuant to Art. 10.7 of Resolution 26/02. |
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285/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Fine imposed on Edison S.p.A.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has closed the formal investigation into Edison opened through Resolution 37/06 for improper use of storage capacity allocated in thermal years 2004-05 and 2005-06. The outcome of the investigation was that the Authority issued a fine totalling 20 million euros on the company. The fine can be explained by the fact that Edison used its storage capacity for reasons other than those for which it had been allocated; the improper use of the capacity involved withdrawals from storage in the winter of 2004-05 and the months of November and December 2005 that were higher than those needed, in view of the actual weather conditions, to serve customers with consumption of less than 200,000 cubic metres/year (a category which includes residential customers). |
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284/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Fine imposed on Enel Trade S.p.A.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has closed the formal investigation into Enel Trade SpA opened through Resolution 37/06 for improper use of storage capacity allocated in thermal years 2004-05 and 2005-06. The outcome of the investigation was that the Authority issued a fine totalling 24 million euros on the company. The fine can be explained by the fact that Enel Trade used its storage capacity for reasons other than those for which it had been allocated; the improper use of the capacity involved withdrawals from storage in the winter of 2004-05 and the months of November and December 2005 that were higher than those needed, in view of the actual weather conditions, to serve customers with consumption of less than 200,000 cubic metres/year (a category which includes residential customers). |
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283/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Fine imposed on Sorgenia S.p.A.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has closed the formal investigation into Sorgenia opened through Resolution 37/06 for improper use of storage capacity allocated in thermal years 2004-05 and 2005-06. The outcome of the investigation was that the Authority issued a fine of 0.9 million euros on the company for thermal year 2005-06. The fine can be explained by the fact that Eni used its storage capacity for reasons other than those for which it had been allocated; the improper use of the capacity involved withdrawals from storage in the winter of 2004-05 and the months of November and December 2005 that were higher than those needed, in view of the actual weather conditions, to serve customers with consumption of less than 200,000 cubic metres/year (a category which includes residential customers). |
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282/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Fine imposed on Eni S.p.A.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has closed the formal investigation into Eni opened through Resolution 37/06 for improper use of storage capacity allocated in thermal years 2004-05 and 2005-06. The outcome of the investigation was that the Authority issued a fine totalling 90 million euros on the company. The fine can be explained by the fact that Eni used its storage capacity for reasons other than those for which it had been allocated; the improper use of the capacity involved withdrawals from storage in the winter of 2004-05 and the months of November and December 2005 that were higher than those needed, in view of the actual weather conditions, to serve customers with consumption of less than 200,000 cubic metres/year (a category which includes residential customers). |
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281/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Fine imposed on Gas Natural Vendita Italia S.p.A.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has closed the formal investigation into Gas Natural Vendita Italia opened through Resolution 37/06 for improper use of storage capacity allocated in thermal years 2004-05 and 2005-06. The outcome of the investigation was that the Authority issued a fine of 370,000 euros on the company for thermal year 2004-05. The fine can be explained by the fact that Gas Natural used its storage capacity for reasons other than those for which it had been allocated; the improper use of the capacity involved withdrawals from storage in the winter of 2004-05 and the months of November and December 2005 that were higher than those needed, in view of the actual weather conditions, to serve customers with consumption of less than 200,000 cubic metres/year (a category which includes residential customers). |
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280/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Close of formal investigation into Gas Plus Italiana Spa opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 37 of 23 February 2006.
The Authority has decided not to impose a fine on Gas Plus Italiana after the close of the formal investigation into the company opened through Resolution 37/06 for apparently using the modulation storage service for purposes other than those for which it was given priority for capacity allocation purposes pursuant to Art. 10.7 of Resolution 26/02. |
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279/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Close of formal investigation into Hera Trading Srl opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 37 of 23 February 2006.
The Authority has decided not to impose a fine on Hera Trading after the close of the formal investigation into the company opened through Resolution 37/06 for apparently using the modulation storage service for purposes other than those for which it was given priority for capacity allocation purposes pursuant to Art. 10.7 of Resolution 26/02. |
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278/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Close of formal investigation into Italtrading Spa opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 37 of 23 February 2006.
The Authority has decided not to impose a fine on Italtrading after the close of the formal investigation into the company opened through Resolution 37/06 for apparently using the modulation storage service for purposes other than those for which it was given priority for capacity allocation purposes pursuant to Art. 10.7 of Resolution 26/02. |
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277/06
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| 12.06.2006 |
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Close of formal investigation into Gaz de France opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 37 of 23 February 2006.
The Authority has decided not to impose a fine on Gaz de France after the close of the formal investigation into the company opened through Resolution 37/06 for apparently using the modulation storage service for purposes other than those for which it was given priority for capacity allocation purposes pursuant to Art. 10.7 of Resolution 26/02. |
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276/06
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| 12.05.2006 |
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Provisions concerning tariffs for the metering service and the purchase and sale of electricity for the captive market, and further residential options for 2007. Amendments to the Tariff Code approved through Authority Resolution 5 of 30 January 2004.
With the present Resolution the Authority had adjusted charges for 2007 for the delivery of the metering service and for the purchase and sale of electricity on the captive market (tariff components MIS1 and COV1 expressed in eurocents/kWh consumed, applied to the captive market) and the tau components of tariffs D1, D2 and D3 for low-voltage residential users. In view of the tariff system review envisaged for low-voltage residential users in general, to be conducted by 1 July 2007, the Authority has extended to 30 June 2007 the additional residential options approved for 2006, without prejudice to the possibility for operators to suspend these options, or to change them with respect to the values of tariffs D1, D2 and D3 in force from 1 January 2007. |
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275/06
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| 12.05.2006 |
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Close of formal investigations into a number of electricity distribution companies opened through Resolution 152 of 9 September 2004.
The Authority has completed the formal investigations opened into 11 electricity distributors following the blackout of September 2003. As the companies in question were found not to have been involved in the events under investigation, the Authority has decided not to impose any penalties on them. |
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274/06
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| 11.30.2006 |
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Verification of project proposals and measurement plans for energy efficiency projects submitted in accordance with Annex A of Resolution 103 of 18 September 2003.
The AEEG has examined 5 energy efficiency improvement projects (submitted by 4 different companies) and judged them as complying with the minimum requirements established by the ministerial decrees of 20 July 2004 and by Resolution 103/03. In three cases, the projects were seen to be compliant from the outset, while for another two the companies were required to make a number of amendments and additions to address the points raised previously by the AEEG. The AEEG can at this point issue a Resolution approving all five proposed projects and measurement plans. |
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268/06
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| 11.30.2006 |
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Extension of the timescale for the entry into force of the Directive for the Transparency of billing documents for electricity consumption, Annex A to Resolution 152 of 19 July 2006, and for the cancellation of Resolution 55 of 16 March 2000.
The Authority has postponed the entry into force of Resolution 152/06, originally scheduled for 1 July 2007, after requests for clarification and comments from some operators on the limited time available to adjust information systems. The Resolution in question requires sales operators on both the captive and free markets to comply with a number of requirements concerning billing transparency. The provision also revokes the earlier Resolution, no. 55/00. More specifically, the entry into force of Resolution 152/06 has been postponed to 1 April 2007 for customers currently in the captive market and to 1 July 2007 for free customers. Finally, the cancellation of Resolution 55/00 has also been postponed to 1 April 2007. |
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267/06
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| 11.29.2006 |
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Extension of the deadline by which sales operators must comply with obligatory requirements in sales contracts on the natural gas wholesale market pursuant to Art. 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 of Resolution 134 of 28 June 2006.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has extended by three months ? to 28 February 2007 ? the deadline by which natural gas wholesalers must comply with the obligation to offer their customers (sales companies) new economic terms for sales contracts entered into after Resolution 284/04 came into force (1 January 2005). This extension makes it easier to draw up contracts, the regulator?s intention being that the ?renegotiation? of natural gas sales contracts should ensure greater consistency between wholesale purchase conditions and those applied at the retail level. |
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266/06
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| 11.28.2006 |
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Definition of charges for storage thermal year 2006-07 for the purpose of replenishing strategic storage pursuant to Art. 15.10 of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 119 of 21 June 2005
For storage thermal year 2006-07 the Authority has confirmed the charges set through Resolution 21/06 for the replenishment of strategic storage (as defined by Art. 15.10 of Resolution 119/05 concerning the rules for access to the storage service) in keeping with the price scenario in Italy and on the international markets and in keeping too with the renewed need to retain a sufficiently strong incentive to conserve the gas held for strategic storage purposes. |
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265/06
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| 11.28.2006 |
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Conclusion of formal investigation into Ahrntaler Bauindustrie GmbH srl opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 287/05 of 23 December 2005.
The Authority has closed the formal investigation into Ahrntaler Bauindustrie which was opened through Resolution 287/05 to examine the company?s apparent failure to propose tariff options for 2006. The investigation was closed since, on the basis of the documentation produced by the company and checks carried out by the Authority, it emerged that Ahrntaler Bauindustrie no longer carries out electricity distribution services. |
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264/06
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| 11.28.2006 |
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Penalty applied to Thuga Mediterranea srl in accordance with Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has issued a fine of ?1,088,000 to Thuga Mediterranea and has ordered the company to pay this sum within 30 days of the date of notification. The Authority had opened a formal investigation into the company for failure to carry out annual checks on the degree of odorisation of the gas in one of its plants. Since Thuga Mediterranea has not produced any documentation in this respect and did not ask to be given a chance to put its case in the final hearing, the Authority has decided to issue a penalty amounting to 4% of the company?s relevant sales on grounds that include the gravity of the breach, the party?s commitment to eliminate or reduce its effects, and the character and economic conditions of the party in question. |
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263/06
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| 11.28.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 188 of 14 September 2005 concerning the metering of electricity produced by photovoltaic plants
For photovoltaic plants benefiting from the incentive tariff as a result of the Ministerial Decrees of 28 July and 6 February 2006, the Authority has supplemented the provisions of Resolution 188/05 and provided further information to operators concerning the technical conditions for the positioning and connection of metering devices for the electricity they produce. |
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260/06
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| 11.27.2006 |
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Approval of tariff proposals for thermal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 for the distribution of natural gas and the supply of gas other than natural gas pursuant to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolutions 170 of 29 September 2004 and 173 of 30 September 2004 as amended.
For thermal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 the Authority has approved the tariff proposals of the 166 operators listed in Table 1 annexed to the Resolution since they appear to comply with the criteria established by Resolutions 170/04 and 173/04. Exceptions are the tariff catchment areas of Fagnano Alto and Cappadocia served by Gas Service Abruzzo S.r.l. The approval of the tariff proposals of the 41 operators indicated in Table 2 annexed to the Resolution has been postponed until completion of the procedures to determine productivity trends, establish tariffs in start-up areas for which the companies have waived their tariff freedom, or implement the amendments indicated. |
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258/06
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| 11.21.2006 |
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Determination of continuity improvements in the electricity distribution service for 2005.
The Authority has published the countrywide continuity of supply figures for 2005 and has established the incentives and penalties to be applied to distribution companies as a consequence. In 2000 the AEEG became the first European regulator to introduce a system envisaging economic incentives to improve service continuity. From 2000 to 2005 the level of ?long? interruptions (of over 3 minutes) was reduced by 58% in terms of average duration per customer and by 38% in terms of number of interruptions. ?Short? interruptions (lasting less than 3 minutes but more than 1 second) are not at present included in the incentive mechanism and the level of such interruptions was unchanged in 2005 with respect to the previous year. The AEEG has however opened procedures to include these interruptions in the incentive/penalty scheme. |
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257/06
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| 11.21.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to define the arrangements to determine the electricity withdrawn in the dispatching service with respect to the possible extension of the hourly or hourly bands system for withdrawals by medium- and low-voltage consumers
The Authority has opened a procedure to examine the possibility of introducing a load profiling mechanism based on time bands for both free and eligible customers, and to analyse certain irregularities with respect to public lighting installations, for which a different profile is used to establish tariffs and load profiles. The measures under consideration would encourage the move to the free market while maintaining sufficient levels of protection for smaller customers. |
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256/06
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| 11.16.2006 |
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Opinion on the draft decree concerning amendments to the arrangements for the reimbursement of non-recoverable costs in the electricity sector, issued pursuant to Art. 2.2 of Decree Law 25 of 18 February 2003 coordinated with Law 83 of 17 April 2003.
The opinion is favourable. |
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255/06
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| 11.16.2006 |
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Urgent temporary provisions concerning incentives for the release of transportation capacity pursuant to Art. 1.8 of the Minister for Economic Development?s Decree of 4 August 2006.
In application of the provisions of the Ministerial Decree of 4 August 2006, which envisaged that import capacity should be maximised for the period 13 November 2006-31 March 2007, the Authority for Electricity and Gas has granted users of the transportation service the option of relinquishing their use of part of their allocated continuous capacity at entry points interconnected with abroad. This would enable transport companies to allocate the capacity in question to other users to enable them to avoid incurring penalty payments corresponding to those for the use of strategic storage where import capacity is not maximised as required by the above-mentioned decree. Transport companies should then publish the capacity released and allocate it on a monthly basis on a first-come-first-served basis; applications may be submitted up to the end of the month to which the capacity release refers. |
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254/06
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| 11.16.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 111 of 9 June 2006 and Annex A to that same Resolution, concerning the opening of the platform for the registration of forward purchases and sales.
The Authority has postponed to 1 April 2007 the date on which Resolution 111/06 comes into force and, accordingly, the date of effect of the cancellation of Resolution 168/03. It has also expanded the scope of the Resolution to introduce new rules governing the economic aspects of scheduled unbalancing within the dispatching service which take into account the possibility for Terna to procure the same energy in the electricity market. |
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253/06
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| 11.15.2006 |
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Adjustment for 2007 of the average price of conventional fuel in the avoided fuel cost component pursuant to Title II.2 of Interministerial Committee on Prices (CIP) Provision 6 of 29 April 1992.
After public consultation, the Authority has adjusted the avoided fuel cost (CEC component) for ?CIP 6 plants? for 2007. The need for this adjustment arose since the contractual instrument (Snam/Confindustria agreement) on which the adjustment has been based since 31 December 2006 will no longer be in place after 1 January 2007. The adjustment adopted is in line with the current cost structure in the natural gas market and takes efficiency gains in plants into account, including with respect to the date they started operating. In future it will also lead to a reduction in the general system costs borne by consumers, the most significant element of which (the A3 component of the electricity tariff) is still the ?CIP 6? incentive mechanism. |
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249/06
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| 11.15.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to establish the arrangements for public tenders for the selection of new suppliers of last resort pursuant to Art. 1.46 of Law 239 of 23 August 2004.
A consultation procedure has been opened to define the arrangements to be adopted for the public tenders to select new suppliers of last resort in accordance with the provisions of Law 239/2004 to replace the previous suppliers of last resort selected through the Ministry of Productive Activities Decree of 12 February 2004. |
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248/06
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| 11.15.2006 |
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Inspection at BIM ? Gestione servizi pubblici Spa
The Authority intends to carry out an inspection at BIM ? Gestione servizi pubblici Spa to verify the accuracy of the technical, economic and accounting data submitted for the purpose of determining the distribution tariffs for thermal years 2004-05 and 2005-06. |
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247/06
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| 11.08.2006 |
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Amendments to the Electricity Quality Code pursuant to Annex A to Resolution 4 of 30 January 2004 as amended.
The AEEG has decided to amend some articles of the Electricity Quality Code with a view to simplifying the procedures to be followed by medium-voltage (MV) customers to bring their installations into line with requirements. Art. 33 has been amended with immediate effect to enable consumers and other MV users to carry out the necessary adjustments before the end of the year. Amendments and additions have also been decided for other articles concerning the arrangements for distribution companies to record interruptions to the electricity service, with the introduction of a series of new concepts and definitions. To enable distribution companies to adopt the procedures they will need to follow to correctly record and document interruptions affecting the high-voltage (HV) distribution network, the amendments in question will take effect from 1 January 2007. The provision also recommends that interested parties should carry out maintenance operations on their plants in accordance with IEC 0-15, the technical standard for the adoption by distribution companies of the technical rules for connection to electricity distribution networks. |
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246/06
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| 11.08.2006 |
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Extension of timescales for procedures opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 186 of 3 August 2006.
The AEEG has decided to extend the timescales for the formal investigations opened through Resolution 186/06 into the companies involved in the complex chain of control of Edison and Edipower, which apparently omitted to submit some or all of the information required pursuant to Art. 4.7 of Resolution 50/05. This envisages that market operators and users of the dispatching service should supply GME, GRTN-Terna and, for information, the AEEG, with all the information needed to assess and evaluate linkages and relations of control between market operators and dispatching users. The investigations have been extended to 30 March 2007, with a new date of 30 April 2007 for the adoption of the final provisions. |
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243/06
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| 11.08.2006 |
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Renewal of the formal investigation into Azienda Servizi Ambientali S.p.A. opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 33/06 of 20 February 2006 with a view to adopting a provision pursuant to Art. 2.20(c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995 and amendment of objection raised
The AEEG has decided to renew the formal investigation opened on 20 February 2006 with a view if applicable to issuing a fine against Azienda Servizi Ambientali (ASA) S.p.A. (a gas distribution company). The investigation was opened as a result of the inspections previously conducted by the Tax Police, which suggested that ASA S.p.A. had failed to comply with a number of obligations set forth in Resolutions 47/00 (Art. 27) and 168/04 (Art. 36) with respect to 2004 and part of 2005. From an examination of the defence brief submitted by the company on 24 April it emerged that Art. 27 of Resolution 47/00 had already been breached in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and that in 2005 Art. 56 of Resolution 168/04 had also been breached. These factors all contributed to the decision to renew the investigation already under way, extend the scope of the objections raised and confirm those already made, with a view to imposing a fine on ASA S.p.A. if applicable. |
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242/06
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| 11.08.2006 |
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Close of formal investigation into Hera S.p.A. opened through Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 156/05 of 27 July 2005.
The Authority has decided not to fine Hera S.p.A. and has closed the formal investigation into the company opened through Resolution 156/05 for failure to complete the inspection of the entire high- and medium-pressure network with respect to the Ferrara distribution plant by the end of the 2002-2004 three-year period. It emerged during the investigation that Hera had in fact completed the inspection in good time, but had made errors in submitting the relevant information to the Authority. |
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241/06
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| 11.07.2006 |
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Opening of procedures to determine natural gas distribution tariffs for thermal years 2005-06 and 2006-07.
The Authority has decided: a) to open the procedure concerning the companies listed in Annexes A and B to Resolution 240/06 to determine the natural gas distribution tariffs for thermal year 2005-2006; and b) to open the procedure concerning the companies listed in Annexes C and D of the Resolution to determine the tariffs for thermal year 2006-07, again for the distribution of natural gas. The procedures will last 120 days, starting from the date of receipt of notification of the present provision. |
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240/06
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| 11.07.2006 |
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Urgent temporary provisions concerning natural gas transport tariffs and security of supply for customers with consumption not exceeding 200,000 cubic metres per year.
In derogation from the tariff regulations for gas transportation defined by Resolution 166/05, it is envisaged that for thermal year 2006-07 transport companies should apply a capacity charge CPe recalibrated on a daily basis with effect from 1 October 2006 to any further transport capacity applied for by wholesale suppliers of last resort (i.e. the ENI Group) after the entry into force of Ministry for Economic Development Decree of 29 September 2006. This will apply purely for the time required to complete the tender procedures to select the new suppliers of last resort (see Decree in question and Resolution 248/06). Resolution 166/05 applies to capacity at entry points interconnected with abroad used to supply gas for entry points left without gas, as defined at Art. 2.1 of the Decree. |
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239/06
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| 11.06.2006 |
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Opening of fact-finding investigation into the causes and dynamics of the interruption in the electricity service which occurred across the country on 4 November 2006.
Besides promoting collaboration between the relevant authorities, this investigation also aims to gather information on the functioning of the system during the hours leading up to the interruptions and identify the actors involved and the procedures adopted to cope with the emergency, with a view also to drawing up proposals for improvements to interconnection mechanisms with other countries. The conclusions are expected within six months. |
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238/06
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| 11.03.2006 |
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Opening of a formal inquiry with a possible view to imposing a fine on Enel Distribuzione S.p.A. for failure to comply with the provision pursuant to paragraph 3.1 of Authority Resolution 200 of 28 December 1999.
The AEEG has opened a formal inquiry into Enel Distribuzione S.p.A. with a possible view to imposing fines for alleged failure to comply with paragraph 3.1 of Authority Resolution 200/99. This article requires distributors to attempt at least once a year to carry out meter readings for customers with contracted power of less than or equal to 30kW. Fact-finding investigations carried out by the Authority suggest that Enel Distribuzione S.p.A. did not comply with this obligation for all of its customers in the period 2003-2005. |
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237/06
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| 11.03.2006 |
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Closure of fact-finding investigation into the conduct of operators in the market for natural gas sales to consumers, opened through Authority Resolution 225 of 28 October 2005; opening of procedures for drawing up provisions aimed at amending and supplementing Resolution 42 of 13 May 1999, Resolution 229 of 11 December 2001, Resolution 126 of 22 July 2004 and Resolution 168 of 29 September 2004.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has published its final Report on the fact-finding investigation into the commercial conduct of operators in the market of natural gas sales to consumers (conduct such as acquiring new customers and reacquiring customers who had previously switched to another supplier) and into conduct by distributors which may obstruct competition in the market (in the context of customers seeking to transfer to other sales companies or competing operators seeking to replace a sales company associated with the same distributor). The information gathered has enabled the Authority to assess the commercial strategies of the sales companies, the quality of contracts on offer and the type of obstacles hindering the development of competition intended to benefit customers. The opening of the fact-finding investigation was made necessary by the numerous complaints lodged by consumers and operators, regarding: (1) conduct of authorised sales companies which does not comply with the principles established through the Code of Commercial Conduct for the sale of natural gas to consumers (which sets specific requirements on sales companies in the liberalised gas market concerning transparency in the presentation of commercial offers); (2) conduct of various operators which conflicts with the requirement to ensure free access to distribution networks and maximum impartiality and neutrality in the distribution service and in associated activities. Within the scope of the fact-finding investigation, the abovementioned complaints were assessed individually and the results integrated with the information gathered from a sample of authorised sales companies serving a total of around 14 million consumers connected to the distribution network (around 75% of the national total) and corresponding to 24.7 billion m? of gas sold during 2005 (around 68% of the gas distribut ed over local networks). The Report?s conclusions confirm the persistence of serious problemswith respect to the real level of competition in this segment of the market (sales), owing to: 1) the structure of the supply side, where the high number of companies results in marked segmentation across the country; 2) a growth strategy focusing almost exclusively on company acquisitions that give priority to an approach envisaging integration with distribution activities; 3) strategies (for the competitive acquisition of customers in new areas) which are primarily focused on medium to large customers; 4) the low level of transparency in discounts on offer and in the contracts drawn up for customers who intend to change supplier; 5) the timescales required for switching procedures and the lack of information on the market and on the options available, all of which discourages consumers from changing to another supplier. |
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235/06
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| 10.24.2006 |
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Extension of deadlines for the closure of the procedures opened through Authority Resolution 152 of 9 September 2004.
The Authority has extended the deadline for the investigation concerning the adoption of prescriptive provisions and penalties in relation to the interruption in the electricity service which occurred across the country on 28 September 2003. |
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233/06
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| 10.24.2006 |
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Instructions to the Electricity Equalisation Fund concerning payment of the amounts relative to the supplementary payments for 2004 pursuant to paragraph 50.1 of the Quality Code, approved through Authority Resolution 5 of 30 January 2004; amendments to the same Quality Code.
With the present resolution the AEEG has issued instructions to the Electricity Equalisation Fund to provide for the payment to distribution firms of the supplements to VI revenues. More specifically, through an amendment to the Quality Code, the Authority now envisages that in the year following the one to which the excess revenue refers, distribution companies should calculate as an addition to their actual revenues any reimbursements due to customers with relevant claims who, in spite of documented attempts by the distribution companies (that is, after two separate attempts) to contact them, can no longer be traced. |
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232/06
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| 10.18.2006 |
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Imposition of fine on Enel S.p.A., in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995.
The Authority has decided to impose a fine ?1 million on Enel S.p.A. in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995 for failure to comply with, or being significantly late in complying with, the Authority?s requests for information as set out in Resolution 188/04. The information regards annual and long-term contracts for procuring natural gas from other countries, and in particular the average monthly Free On Board (f.o.b.) purchase prices for the period October 2002-September 2004. The company?s conduct is considered serious inasmuch as it hindered the flow of information necessary for the Authority to effectively carry out its regulatory activities. |
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230/06
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| 10.18.2006 |
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Imposition of fine on Plurigas S.p.A., in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995.
The Authority has decided to impose a fine of ?1.5million on Plurigas S.p.A. in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995 for failure to comply with, or being significantly late in complying with, the Authority?s requests for information as set out in Resolution 188/04. The information regards annual and long-term contracts for procuring natural gas from other countries, and in particular the average monthly Free On Board (f.o.b.) purchase prices for the period October 2002-September 2004. The company?s conduct is considered serious inasmuch as it hindered the flow of information necessary for the Authority to effectively carry out its regulatory activities. |
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229/06
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| 10.18.2006 |
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Imposition of fine on Sorgenia S.p.A., in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995.
The Authority has decided to impose a fine of ?200,000 on Sorgenia S.p.A. in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995 for failure to comply with, or being significantly late in complying with, the Authority?s requests for information as set out in Resolution 188/04. The information regards annual and long-term contracts for procuring natural gas from other countries, and in particular the average monthly Free On Board (f.o.b.) purchase prices for the period October 2002-September 2004. The company?s conduct is considered serious inasmuch as it hindered the flow of information necessary for the Authority to effectively carry out its regulatory activities. |
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228/06
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| 10.18.2006 |
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Imposition of fine on Dalmine Energie S.p.A., in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995.
The Authority has decided to impose a fine of ?300,000 on Dalmine Energie S.p.A. in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995 for failure to comply with, or being significantly late in complying with, the Authority?s requests for information as set out in Resolution 188/04. The information regards annual and long-term contracts for procuring natural gas from other countries, and in particular the average monthly Free On Board (f.o.b.) purchase prices for the period October 2002-September 2004. The company?s conduct is considered serious inasmuch as it hindered the flow of information necessary for the Authority to effectively carry out its regulatory activities. |
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227/06
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| 10.18.2006 |
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Imposition of fine on Eni S.p.A., in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995.
The Authority has decided to impose a fine of ?10million on Eni S.p.A. in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995 for failure to comply with, or being significantly late in complying with, the Authority?s requests for information as set out in Resolution 188/04. The information regards annual and long-term contracts for procuring natural gas from other countries, and in particular the average monthly Free On Board (f.o.b.) purchase prices for the period October 2002-September 2004. The company?s conduct is considered serious inasmuch as it hindered the flow of information necessary for the Authority to effectively carry out its regulatory activities. |
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226/06
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Verification of project proposals and measurement plans for energy efficiency projects submitted in accordance with Annex A of Resolution 103 of 18 September 2003.
This resolution contains the outcomes of checks on projects concerning energy efficiency in final uses, which electricity and gas distributors are required to submit in accordance with Annex A of Resolution 103/03. |
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225/06
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Closure of formal inquiry opened into Isontina Reti Integrate e Servizi S.p.A. through Authority Resolution 156 of 27 July 2005.
The Authority has closed the formal inquiry opened into Isontina Reti Integrate e Servizi S.p.A. (IRIS) through Resolution 156/05, and has decided that the original grounds for imposing a fine on the company were unwarranted. The company had previously failed to transmit data relative to inspections carried out on medium- and high-voltage networks. IRIS subsequently supplied the data, and claimed that inspections had in fact been carried out across the entire network. |
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223/06
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Closure of formal inquiry opened into Gritti Gas Rete S.r.l. through Authority Resolution 156 of 27 July 2005.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has decided not to impose a fine on Gritti Gas Rete S.r.l., and has closed the formal inquiry opened into the same company through Resolution 156/06. |
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222/06
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Closure of formal inquiry opened into Acel S.p.A. through Authority Resolution 156 of 27 July 2005.
The Authority has decided not to impose the fine on Acel S.p.A. that had previously been envisaged for the company?s failure, with respect to the Lecco distribution plant, to complete the inspections scheduled to take place within the three-year period 2002-2004 on the gas distribution network for which it is responsible. In a note received by the AEEG on 21 March 2006, the company in fact submitted the data requested, and claimed that it had correctly carried out the inspections on the entire network concerned within the timescale envisaged, but had failed to transmit the data to the Authority as a result of a clerical error. The Authority has verified this claim, which means that the original grounds for imposing the fine no longer exist. The formal inquiry opened into Acel through Resolution 156/05 has therefore been closed. |
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221/06
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Resolution 220/06. Approval of storage code drawn up by Stogit S.p.A., in accordance with Art. 12.7 of Legislative Decree 164 of 23 May 2000.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved the Storage Code for the operation of the gas storage service and user access to storage, as drawn up by Stogit S.p.A. on the basis of the criteria defined by the Authority. The main areas regulated by the code include: the procedures by which storage firms establish available capacity; associated services and their development based on capacity use; and the procedures by which storage firms allocate capacity in their own facilities to operators applying for it. The code also envisages specific clauses concerning the responsibilities of users and storage companies with regard to the efficient operation of the service and guarantees as to the available storage services. |
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220/06
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority Resolution 173 of 30 September 2004, in implementation of the Council of State rulings concerning the adjustment of the revenue constraint on the distribution of gas other than natural gas.
The Authority has amended the tariff regulations set out by Resolution 173/04 concerning the adjustment of the revenue constraint on the distribution of gas other than natural gas, in accordance with the Council of State rulings on this matter. To this end, it has established decreasing rates of productivity gains for thermal years 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, determined in such a way as to bring about productivity gains in the second period of regulation which, taken overall, will be lower than those imposed in the first regulatory period. |
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219/06
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| 10.04.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority Resolution 170 of 29 September 2004, in implementation of the Council of State decisions concerning the adjustment of the revenue constraint on natural gas distribution.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has amended the revenue constraint element of the rules governing gas distribution tariffs for the second regulatory period (Resolution 170/04), in accordance with the Council of State rulings issued following the challenges and subsequent appeals lodged with the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) by a number of distribution service operators. More specifically, the Authority has set decreasing rates of productivity gains for thermal years 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, determined in such a way as to bring about productivity gains (the X-factor in the price-cap adjustment formula) in the second period of regulation (October 2004-October 2008) which, taken overall, are less than those imposed in the first regulatory period, of 5%. The new productivity rates for thermal years 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 are 4.8%, 4.6% and 4.4% respectively. For companies who have been involved in mergers in the natural gas distribution sector, a reduction in the X-factor has also been granted with effect from thermal year 2005-2006. The size of the reductions will be proportionate to the extent and recency of the merger. |
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218/06
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| 10.04.2006 |
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Opening of fact-finding investigation into the system fault which took place in Sicily on 17 July 2006.
The Authority has decided to open a fact-finding investigation into the system fault which occurred in Sicily on 17 July 2006. The failure gave rise to an interruption in the electricity service which affected a high number of users for a period of around three hours and led to the ?non-supply? of an estimated total of 750MWh of electricity. With the failure being classified as a ?significant incident?, Terna S.p.A. drew up a Technical Report which was then submitted to the AEEG and to the Ministry for Economic Development. The aim of the fact-finding investigation is to ascertain the full facts following the above-mentioned Report. The investigation aims to gather data and information that will enable a complete reconstruction of the facts, with specific reference to a number of points which the Report is considered not to have addressed fully. The investigation is to be concluded within six months and the outcomes will be taken into consideration in any subsequent penalties and/or prescriptive provisions. |
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217/06
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| 10.02.2006 |
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Delivery of final adjustment payment to CESI S.p.A. in relation to the NORME research project approved through Resolution 41/04.
The Authority has provided for the Electricity Equalisation Fund to deliver a final adjustment payment of ?4,668,220 to Cesi S.p.A. for the NORME research project. |
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214/06
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| 09.28.2006 |
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Authority?s view on the Ministry for Economic Development outline decree containing temporary measures to safeguard the security of the natural gas supply for customers with annual consumption lower than 200,000 m?, and guidelines for the AEEG for carrying out public procedures in accordance with Art. 1.46 of Law 239/04, as well as for the companies identified in the same paragraph.
The Authority has expressed a favourable opinion with regard to the outline decree transmitted by the Ministry for Economic Development with the note of 28 September 2006, protocol no. 16069. The decree envisages the immediate adoption and use of operational methods designed to protect consumers connected to the gas distribution network or with an annual consumption of less than 200,000m? in the event of failures to provide contractual continuity in gas supplies, and to limit any possible distortions or inefficiencies in the gas sales market. It comes in light of the fact that for a number of redelivery points operators did not apply for any transport capacity for thermal year 2005-2006, creating the risk of a break in contractual continuity from October 2006 in the gas supplies of consumers in the area concerned. |
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212/06
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| 09.27.2006 |
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Quarterly adjustment (October-December 2006) of tariffs for gas other than natural gas distributed over urban networks, pursuant to Authority Resolution 52 of 22 April 1999.
The Authority has decided to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply tariffs by 6.86 ?/GJ for the third quarter of 2006, pursuant to Art. 2 of Resolution 52/99. This results in an increase of 0.068648 ?/m? for supplies of commercial propane gas with a higher gross heating value of 100.07MJ/m3 (50.24MJ/kg). |
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211/06
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| 09.27.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to draw up provisions concerning the quality of the electricity transmission, distribution, sales and metering services for the regulatory period 2008-2011.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has opened a procedure to establish quality parameters for the electricity transmission, distribution and metering services, which will apply for the next four-year regulatory period starting on 1 January 2008. As regards the quality of the service, various initiatives which the Authority is already working on will be fully implemented during the period 2008-2011, including: regulating the quality of commercial call centre services; extending compensation to low-voltage customers in cases of ?interruptions? or failure to comply with ?service continuity standards? (compensation is currently envisaged for cases of failure to comply with ?commercial quality?, such as the time required to supply a connection or activate the service). As was the case with the setting of tariffs for the third period of regulation, these procedures also envisage the extension to small distribution companies, including ?smaller electricity companies?, of the regulatory criteria currently in force for larger electricity companies, both in terms of allowed costs for tariff purposes and service quality standards. |
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209/06
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| 09.27.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to draw up provisions concerning tariffs for the delivery of electricity transmission, distribution and metering services for the regulatory period 2008-2011.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has opened procedures to determine the tariffs for the supply of electricity transmission, distribution and metering services for the next four-year regulatory period starting on 1 January 2008. The Authority will examine both the mechanisms promoting efficiency gains in the supply of the service, and the incentives for the development of infrastructure (transmission network, distribution networks and metering devices). In the light of the ongoing liberalisation process, the Authority will also promote: simplified tariff mechanisms; the phasing out of the tariff option system introduced in 2000; and a review of the tariff system for connections and fixed dues. The resolution also envisages, with regard to the costs allowed for tariff purposes, an extension to smaller distribution firms, including the ?smaller electricity companies? category, of the regulatory criteria currently in force for larger companies. |
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208/06
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| 09.27.2006 |
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Quarterly adjustment (October-December 2006) of electricity tariff components and parameters.
The Authority has adjusted the electricity tariffs for the quarter October-December 2006. For the domestic sector the tariff increase gross of taxes is 1.6% compared with the preceding quarter, resulting in a higher annual expenditure of ?6.48 for a typical family with consumption of 2700 kWh. The increase is due mainly to the increase in fuel costs in recent months, which has impacted on both the purchase costs incurred by the Single Buyer and withdrawal costs for electricity produced using incentivised renewable and assimilable sources (CIP6). |
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207/06
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| 09.27.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority Resolution 138 of 4 December 2003 concerning the criteria for setting the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas to consumers.
This resolution amends and supplements Resolution 138/03 by providing for the gradual elimination after 30 September 2006 of the compensation mechanism envisaged for areas with high unit costs and low average annual consumption per customer. It should be noted that until 30 September 2006, Resolution 138/03 had envisaged a compensation system to limit the impact of the effects of the new criteria used to set the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas from the end of 2003 onwards for areas with low average annual consumption per customer and which previously benefited from reduced unit costs for gas. More specifically, Art. 4 of Resolution 134/03 envisaged the introduction to the distribution tariff of an additional unit component, known as alfa, to fund a special Account set up with the Electricity Equalisation Fund, as well as a compensatory unit component, known as beta, to benefit the same areas. The Authority has now provided that a reduced form of the beta component be applied until 30 September 2008, with a view to containing increases in the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas in areas with high unit costs, and that the additional alfa unit component be eliminated altogether. |
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206/06
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| 09.27.2006 |
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Quarterly adjustment (October-December 2006) of the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas, and obligatory requirements for sales companies.
Given that the reference price index has not varied by more than 2.5%, for the final quarter of 2006 the economic conditions applied in the previous quarter for the supply of natural gas, as set out by Resolution 134/06, have been confirmed. The Authority has also set an amount which sales operators must pay to their customers, equal to 0.0072585 euros/GJ multiplied by the volumes consumed in the quarter October-December 2006. This is a partial adjustment resulting from the application of the adjustment procedures for 2005 pursuant to Resolution 248/04, in place of Resolution 195/02 and the review of the variable charge for wholesale trading for the quarter October-December 2005, pursuant to Art. 3 of Resolution 248/04. |
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205/06
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| 09.27.2006 |
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Amendments to the rules governing the regulated market for capacity and gas, pursuant to Authority Resolution 22 of 26 February 2004, for thermal year 2006-2007.
Under the rules governing the regulated market for capacity and gas at virtual trading points (VTPs) in accordance with Resolution 22/04, and for thermal year 2006-2007, the Authority has decided to approve the amendment proposals submitted by Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. to the outline service supply contract known as ?Conditions for the use of the system for gas trading/transfers at Virtual Trading Points? along with the relative ?Agreement Form?, for thermal year 2006-2007. More specifically, the amendments concern: a) replacing the Contract with an ?Acceptance Form? of the ?Conditions for the use of the system for gas trading/transfers at the Virtual Trading Point?, to be signed by the parties concerned, with a view to simplifying and improving the current procedure for access to the VTP information system; b) the possibility of granting access to the VTP information system to all parties concerned, not necessarily users of the network, subject to selection of a network user who can act as ?compensator? should any imbalances arise. |
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204/06
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| 09.22.2006 |
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Adjustment for 2007 of charges for electricity transmission and distribution services, and of the sums envisaged to allow for continuity improvements in the service and for the collection of sums envisaged to allow for the promotion of energy efficiency initiatives in the electricity sector. Adjustment for 2007 of hook-up fees and fixed dues pursuant to Chapter I of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Crafts Decree of 19 June 1996.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has adjusted the electricity transmission and distribution tariffs for 2007, as well as the sums envisaged to allow for improvements in service continuity. The D1, D2 and D3 domestic users? tariff adjustment, on the other hand, has been postponed until a later provision, in the light of the review of the metering and trading tariff components. More specifically, the resolution highlights that the transmission tariffs applied to all users of the network have decreased by an average of around 5%. |
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203/06
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| 09.20.2006 |
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Approval of the value of Deval S.p.A.?s company-specific correction factor for the revenues allowed for to cover distribution costs for 2004, pursuant to Authority Resolution 96 of 22 June 2004, as amended and supplemented.
The Authority has approved the company-specific correction factor for the revenues allowed for to cover distribution costs for Deval S.p.A., in accordance with the provisions of the Quality Code for the supply of the electricity transmission, distribution, metering and sales services and with the associated Resolution 96/04. The latter establishes a specific company equalisation scheme intended to cover divergences between actual distribution costs and distribution costs allowed for by tariff constraints and which are not already covered by the mechanisms of the general equalisation scheme. The Authority has also instructed the Electricity Equalisation Fund to pay Deval the amount due with respect to the company-specific equalisation, as calculated by applying the abovementioned factor. |
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202/06
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| 09.20.2006 |
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Opening of procedure for amending and supplementing Authority Resolution 171 of 2 August 2005.
The Authority has decided to open a procedure to amend and supplement Resolution 171/05, which sets out calculation methods for the ?individually? calculated revenue constraint (whereby constraints are calculated in respect of the specific situations of the individual companies) for gas distribution companies. The aim is to ensure equal treatment for distribution companies. The Authority also envisages that, should it be deemed appropriate, the parties concerned should be summoned and recourse be made to consultation documents with a view to gathering useful information to carry out the abovementioned amendments and additions. Lastly, the Authority has postponed the date of effect of the conditions established by Art. 5.4 of Annex A of Resolution 171/05 for the procedures already under way, in order to ensure a reliable framework for the companies concerned. |
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201/06
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| 09.20.2006 |
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Provision concerning the management of the fund for the promotion of interruptibility in the gas system, pursuant to Authority Resolution 297 of 29 December 2005.
With this resolution the Authority has defined the reference framework for incentivising interruptibility in natural gas supplies for industrial consumers. More specifically, the resolution sets out instructions for the Electricity Equalisation Fund (Italian acronym CCSE) concerning the procedures for handling the revenue paid by transport firms into the fund for the promotion of interruptibility in the gas system. The interruptibility incentives were introduced through Authority Resolution 192/06, in implementation of the Ministry for Economic Development Decree of 4 August 2006 concerning measures for coping with natural gas demand in the winter period of thermal year 2006-2007. |
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200/06
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| 09.11.2006 |
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Setting of basic tariff options for the natural gas distribution and supply services for thermal years 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 for Sidigas S.p.A.
With reference to thermal years 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, the Authority has issued the Resolution setting the tariff structures for the tariff areas supplied by Sidigas S.p.A. The resolution also sets out, for the same tariff areas, the basic tariff options, the retail sales quotas and the raw material costs for: a) the gas distribution and supply services to consumers for thermal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003; and b) the gas distribution service for thermal year 2003-2004. |
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198/06
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| 09.11.2006 |
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Approval of tariff corrections for thermal year 2004-2005 for the gas distribution service, pursuant to Authority Resolution 170 of 29 September 2004.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved tariff corrections submitted by Intesa S.p.A. for the natural gas distribution service for thermal year 2004-2005, with sole regard to the municipality of Siena. The corrected tariffs will be applicable from 1 October 2004 onwards. |
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197/06
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| 09.11.2006 |
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Setting of tariffs for the supply of gas other than natural gas for thermal year 2004-2005.
The Authority has issued the resolution setting the tariffs for the supply of gas other than natural gas for thermal year 2004-2005, in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 12.7.1 of Resolution 173/04, for the following operators: Autogas Nord Veneto Emiliana S.r.l., Compagnia Italiana Zetagas S.r.l., the municipality of Molini di Triora, and GP Gas S.r.l. The resolution envisages that the tariffs will be applicable from 1 October 2004 onwards. |
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196/06
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| 09.11.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Art. 6 of AEEG Resolution 138 of 4 December 2003 concerning criteria for setting economic conditions for the supply of natural gas to consumers; adjustment for the period 1 October 2006-30 September 2007 of the average CPe unit charge for the supply of natural gas, pursuant to the same
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has amended Art. 6 of Resolution 138/03 (which set the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas to consumers). More specifically, amendments have been made to the part establishing calculation methods for transport component Qti in relation to area ?i?, to bring them into line with the transport tariff criteria for the second period of regulation (Resolution 166/05, as amended by Resolution 50/06), and with the transport tariffs approved by the Authority for thermal year 2006-2007. It should be noted that the Qti component is equal to the weighted average cost for the total energy redelivered to the distribution plant taken as an average over the three previous thermal years, relative to the transport tariff charges as set by Resolution 166/05. |
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193/06
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| 09.11.2006 |
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Opening of procedures to establish basic tariff options for the supply and distribution of natural gas and gas other than natural gas, for thermal years 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.
With regard to the municipality of Conza della Campania and the company Gas Service Abruzzo S.r.l. (with sole regard to the Cappadocia and Fagnano Alto areas), the Authority has opened a procedure to determine the basic tariff options, in accordance with Resolution 237/00, for the natural gas distribution and supply services to consumers for thermal years 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, and, in accordance with Resolution 170/04, the tariffs for natural gas distribution services for thermal year 2004-2005. The procedures must be completed by 31 December 2006. |
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195/06
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| 09.11.2006 |
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Closure of procedure, pursuant to Authority Resolution 171 of 2 August 2005, opened following the appeal lodged by Selgas S.p.A. and Siciliana Gas S.p.A.
The Authority has approved the tariff proposals submitted by two gas distribution companies, namely Selgas S.p.A. and Siciliana Gas S.p.A., in accordance with Authority Resolution 171/05, which established the criteria for calculating the ?individual? revenue constraint for gas distribution companies (whereby constraints are calculated in respect of the specific situations of the individual companies). The Authority has envisaged that the above-mentioned tariff proposals will be applicable from 1 October 2004 onwards. |
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194/06
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| 08.07.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority Resolution 166 of 29 July 2005 concerning incentives for interruptibility in natural gas supplies; temporary and urgent provisions concerning withdrawal from natural gas supply contracts.
The Authority has defined the incentives for interruptibility in natural gas supplies for industrial customers. The resolution was issued in implementation of the Ministry for Economic Development Decree of 4 August 2006 concerning measures to meet natural gas demand in the winter of 2006-2007. According to this Decree, recourse to interruptible contracts will make it possible to reduce the gas requirement when, during any gas shortage, other measures are not sufficient to meet overall demand. The incentive introduced by the Authority reduces the transport charge for interruptible supplies by 50% with respect to the charge for non-interruptible supplies. To encourage and facilitate natural gas supply contracts that include interruptibility clauses, the Authority has also established the possibility for industrial consumers to withdraw from supply contracts signed before 4 August 2006, by 30 October 2006 at the latest and with no less than 5 working days? notice. |
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192/06
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| 08.04.2006 |
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Approval of reduction in storage charges for the supply of interruptible capacity for thermal year 2006-2007.
The Authority has approved the proposed reduction of the unit charges for injection (fPI) and delivery (fPE) for the monthly supply of interruptible storage capacity pursuant to Art. 7.2 of Authority Resolution 50/06, submitted by Edison Stoccaggio S.p.A. for thermal year 2006-2007 for the storage modulation service, as shown in Table 1 annexed to the resolution. The reduction applies to the unit capacity charges recalculated on the basis of the duration of the capacity allocation. |
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191/06
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| 08.04.2006 |
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Instructions to the Cassa Conguaglio Electricity Equalisation Fund concerning special tariff schemes for consumers
The Authority has provided that the Cassa Conguaglio Electricity Equalisation Fund should allow for the compensatory component, regulated by Art. 73 of the Quality Code for electricity tariffs, for users who benefit from special tariff schemes (Art. 11.11 of Decree Law 35/2005), after the companies benefiting from this incentive have provided a special bank guarantee against any potential requirement to repay the sums paid. Such a situation could arise if the payments were deemed to be inappropriate in the event of a negative decision by the European Commission. With Decision C (2006) 3225def, the Commission has in fact opened a formal inquiry concerning the legitimacy of the extension until 31 December 2010 of the special tariff schemes for the supply of electricity (as envisaged by the above-mentioned Decree Law 35/05). The guarantee provided by the companies must be sufficient to cover any sums paid in the period between the entry into force of the provision and 31 December 2006. For further information, see Resolution 128/06. |
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190/06
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| 08.04.2006 |
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Temporary and urgent provisions to suspend the application of balancing charges and for the replenishment of natural gas storage, pursuant to Authority Resolutions 137 of 17 July 2002 and 119 of 21 June 2005.
With this provision, from 1 July 2006 until the conclusion of the injection stage for thermal year 2006-2007 (that is, October 2006), the application of the penalties relative to entry points to storage facilities and of the balancing charges for the injection of gas at entry points to the national gas transport network has been suspended (Art. 17 of Resolution 137/02), as have the balancing charges applied for exceeding the peak daily injection capacity and the maximum monthly storage profile (Art. 15 of Resolution 119/05, as revised by Resolution 50/06). These provisions comply with the requirements set out by the two Ministry for Economic Development Decrees of 4 August 2006 to deal with the gas shortage expected for the winter of 2006-2007. Those decrees envisage: 1) the maximisation of injections into the network, as required by emergency weather procedures; 2) the maximisation of storage injections by users of the national natural gas system, until the allocated space is used up. |
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189/06
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| 08.03.2006 |
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Guidelines for the Cassa Conguaglio Electricity Equalisation Fund with regard to the handling of the follow-up to inspections of electricity generation plants using process or residual fuels, municipal solid waste (MSW) and biomasses, and which, on an annual basis, also use hydrocarbons in quantities hydrocarbons that are strictly necessary, pursuant to Title II, point 12 (b), of CIP Provision 6/92.
Further to the fact-finding investigation opened through Resolution 94/06, the Authority has approved guidelines for the Cassa Conguaglio Electricity Equalisation Fund to enable it to conduct an administrative recovery exercise for sums unduly paid to operators owning plants benefiting from incentives in accordance with CIP Provision 6/92 and which have used a higher percentage of fossil fuels than is strictly necessary while continuing to receive the price applicable to plants which do not exceed the threshold. The new directive also contains: 1. criteria to determine the quantity strictly necessary for those plants for which such a quantity has never been approved by the Ministry for Economic Development or by the GRTN (the Italian TSO); 2. information requirements on owners of the above-mentioned plants, envisaging obligatory compliance with these strictly necessary quantity levels with effect from 1 January 2007. |
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188/06
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| 08.03.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to up-date the fact-finding investigation into the state of liberalisation of the wholesale electricity market.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas is taking steps to up-date the fact-finding investigation into the state of liberalisation of the electricity sector to take into consideration the structural conditions of the wholesale market for 2006 and 2007. Its report will be drafted jointly with the Antitrust Authority, as was the case with the previous investigation for the period 2003-2004. |
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187/06
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| 08.03.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiries with a view to the possible imposition of fines for failure to comply with provisions pursuant to Art. 4.7 of Authority Resolution 50 of 24 March 2005.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has opened formal inquiries with a view to the possible imposition of fines for failure by a number of companies to comply with the requirement to provide information necessary to evaluate relationships of control and other linkages between companies. More specifically, a number of companies (AEM Trading S.r.l., Edison Trading S.p.A. and Edipower S.p.A.) are thought to have provided only some of the information required. Other companies (Atel Energia S.r.l., Edf Energia Italia S.r.l. and Edf Trading Limited) appear not to have provided any of the information required, even though they are under an obligation to do so. |
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186/06
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| 08.02.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Resolution 168/03 concerning the aggregation of electricity metering for despatching purposes.
The Authority has postponed from 31 June 2006 to 31 December 2006 the requirement for distribution firms to possess, including for withdrawal points located in their area of responsibility, an electronic register with a standardized alphanumeric identification code applicable throughout the country (POD). The POD must be notified to users of the dispatch service. |
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183/06
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| 08.02.2006 |
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Order to distribution firms to comply with the provisions concerning the electricity metering service at injection points, pursuant to Annex A of Authority Resolution 5 of 30 January 2004
With reference to the metering service at injection points at which electricity is also withdrawn, the Authority has ordered electricity distribution companies only to apply Art. 35.1 (b), Art. 35.2 (b) and Art. 40.2 of the Quality Code for electricity tariffs for the second period of regulation. In the period 30 June 2005 ? 4 July 2006, a number of distribution firms (including Enel Distribuzione) installed additional metering devices at injection points, a task which is in fact the responsibility of the electricity generation plant or the grid operator. This gave rise to unjustified increases in the costs of the service. The provision also sanctions the requirement on distributors to carry out, within 90 days at most of notification of the present resolution, the necessary adjustments for any users who have made additional payments over and above the terms set out in the economic conditions envisaged for these distribution firms with respect to their specific metering service responsibilities. Failure to comply with these requirements may lead to the imposition of fines. |
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182/06
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| 08.02.2006 |
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Up-dating of hourly bands that will be in force from 1 January 2007.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has defined the hourly bands that will be in force from 1 January 2007. The adjustment meets the criteria set out in the consultation documents of 30 September 2005, 22 November 2005 and 3 July 2006 for standardised grouping in terms of simplicity and the expected value of electricity. In the document of 3 July 2006 the Authority proposed 3 alternative options for adjusting the hourly bands; the companies involved in the initiative have expressed a preference for option 2, which envisages a reduction in the number of bands (from 4 to 3) and a simplification of the structure of each band, and distinguishes between the value of electricity for day and night and between electricity used on weekdays, on Saturdays and on holidays. |
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181/06
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| 08.02.2006 |
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Approval of reduction in storage charges for the supply of interruptible capacity for thermal year 2006-2007.
The Authority has approved the proposal submitted by the storage company Stogit concerning the reduction of injection unit charges fPI and fPE for the supply of interruptible storage capacity (Art. 7 of Resolution 50/06) for thermal year 2006-2007. |
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180/06
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| 08.02.2006 |
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Setting of definitive tariff supplementation rates for the period 1999-2003 for Societa Elettrica Liparese S.n.c., one of the smaller electricity companies that did not transfer to Enel S.p.A.
The Authority has defined the tariff supplementation rates for the years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 for Societa Elettrica Liparese S.n.c., one of the smaller electricity companies that did not transfer to Enel. The rates for 2003 are applicable as new provisional supplementary rates with effect from 1 January 2004. For the first two months of 2005, on the basis of the provisions of Resolution 85/06, the Cassa Conguaglio Electricity Equalisation Fund will adjust the fuel component for 2003 using an adjustment coefficient of 1.34. |
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179/06
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Criteria to determine the higher costs incurred for the use of electricity generation plants fed by fuel oil, in accordance with Art. 1 of Decree Law 19 of 25 January 2006, as confirmed by Law 108 of 8 March 2006.
In the light of the tasks assigned to it by Law 108/06, the Authority for Electricity and Gas has established the criteria for the recognition of the charges applied to make up for the higher costs incurred in the operation of generation plants fed by fuel oil, which were used to tackle the gas procurement crisis in the period 30 January ? 24 March 2006. These include costs which would not have been incurred in the absence of Law 108/06, and focus on particular on variable generating costs and non-recoverable fixed costs. The former include, for instance, fuel costs and costs for environmental charges and the purchase of CO2 emission credits. Included among the latter are the costs incurred in re-powering oil-based generating plants and those resulting from any changes in operating conditions (switching costs). Following the general criteria laid out in the resolution, the Authority will open an administrative procedure to evaluate the amount to be reimbursed to users of the dispatching service who apply for the costs to be recovered. |
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178/06
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Opening of a procedure for compliance with Council of State Decisions 2974/06, 2975/06, 2976/06, 2977/06, 2978/06, 2980/06 and 3504/06 of 17 January 2006.
The Authority has opened a procedure in order to bring the tariff rules governing the electricity sector for the second period of regulation (2004-2007) into line with the Council of State Decisions (2974/06, 2975/06, 2976/06, 2977/06, 2978/06, 2980/06, and 3504/06) concerning the criteria used by the Authority in setting revenue constraints for the electricity distribution, metering and sales services. More specifically, this involves consideration of the historical cost of the portions of the distribution network sold to other electricity companies, as can be inferred from the annual accounts of the Enel group, in accordance with the requirements laid down by Legislative Decree 79/1999, rather than the price actually paid by those same companies. It should be noted that the purchasing companies had appealed against these criteria to the TAR (Regional Administrative Court). After the Court had in part granted these appeals, the Authority submitted an appeal to the Council of State, which was subsequently granted but with certain conditions which the Regulator will have to take into account. More specifically, the Council of State ruled that the Authority will have to re-evaluate the distribution divisions sold by Enel for the purposes of setting electricity tariffs. This should take into account the price settled under arbitration during the negotiations held between Enel and the purchasing companies for the sale of the above-mentioned portions of the network. |
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177/06
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Adoption of a provision in accordance with Art. 2.20 (d) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995 with regard to AEM S.p.A. of Milan.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has ordered AEM Milano not to connect, permanently or temporarily, any user other than the Becromal plant (a high-technology electrochemical production company) to the 23kV transformation section at the Milan South Receiver dedicated to Becromal, until demand for connection to the network portion in question is compatible with the supply of a connection service for the same network and, in particular, with the recognition of this exclusive right. The aim of this provision is to safeguard Becromal?s production cycle and avoid interference with the company?s guaranteed level of service from its dedicated transformer. |
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176/06
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Close of the procedure opened through Authority Resolution 301 of 30 December 2005 for the implementation of Council of State Decision 2927/05, Section VI, of 7 June 2005.
This provision extends to Becromal (a high-technology electrochemical production company), for the period 21 October 1994 ? 30 June 1999, the tariff reduction envisaged for production activities pursuant to Title I, Chapter I, paragraph 2, of CIP provision 12/84 (that is, for energy-intensive companies with high consumption and a predominantly uniform withdrawal profile). |
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175/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Re-setting of charges resulting from the dismantling of decommissioned nuclear power stations, the closure of the fuel cycle and related activities for 2006.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has set the charges for 2006 for the activities of Sogin S.p.A. in relation to the dismantling of nuclear power stations, further to the programme submitted to the AEEG by Sogin on 29 May 2006 containing the estimated costs for 2006. The total cost envisaged is ?145.4 million. To cover these costs while containing increases in tariff component A2, the Authority envisages recourse to funds available under the nuclear sub-head. The Authority has also asked Sogin to submit detailed medium-term plans for the envisaged costs. |
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174/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Close of the procedure, pursuant to Authority Resolution 171 of 2 August 2005, opened following the petition lodged by Consorzio fra Cooperative di Produzione e Lavoro.
The Authority has rejected the appeal concerning the setting of distribution revenue constraints for gas other than natural gas, calculated under the individual scheme, submitted by the Consorzio fra Cooperative di Produzione e Lavoro for thermal year 2004-2005, and has closed the relative procedure. |
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173/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Review of deadlines for procedures for the approval of natural gas distribution tariffs and the tariffs for the supply of gas other than natural gas, for thermal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007.
This provision sets out the following provisions: 1) the deadline for submitting tariff data for natural gas distribution and the supply of gas other than natural gas, as well as for submissions under the individual scheme, for thermal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, has been set at 31 August 2006; 2) for the above-mentioned procedures, the 90-day timeframe within which the Electricity Equalisation Fund must notify the Authority of the outcome of the inquiry on the individual scheme will start from 1 September 2006. The setting of natural gas distribution tariffs with effect from the second thermal year of the second regulatory period is conditional upon completion of the consultation process ? which started with the consultation document of 25 July 2006 and envisages that observations should be submitted by 11 September 2006 ? following which the rate of productivity gain (the price cap) required for tariff adjustments for the above thermal years will be determined. |
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172/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Approval of tariff proposals for natural gas transport and dispatch charges, in implementation of Authority Resolution 166 of 29 July 2005, and setting of tariffs for Netenergy Service S.r.l.
The Authority has approved and published the natural gas transport tariffs for the second thermal year (October 2006 ? October 2007) of the second period of regulation, submitted by the main transport firm Snam Rete Gas S.p.A., the Comunita Montana della Valtellina di Sondrio, and Retragas. The tariff proposal from Netenergy Service has, however, been rejected, and their tariffs will now be set by the Authority itself. |
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171/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Approval of tariffs for the regassification service for thermal year 2006-2007 for Gnl Italia S.p.A., in implementation of Authority Resolution 178 of 4 August 2005.
The Authority has approved and published the tariffs for the regassification service for thermal year October 2006 ? October 2007 submitted by Gnl Italia S.p.A. This is, however, subject to any adjustment following on from the Council of State decision on Gnl?s appeal over the procedures for adjusting the allowed cost of net invested capital. |
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170/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Approval of proposed amendments to the network codes of Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. and Societa Gasdotti S.p.A., in accordance with Resolutions 178 of 4 August 2005, Resolution 50 of 3 March 2006 and Resolution 53 of 15 March 2006; and additions to Resolution 137 of 17 July 2002.
The Authority has approved the proposed amendments to the network codes for transport activities drawn up by Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. (Annex A) and Societa Gasdotti Italia S.p.A. (Annex B). The Authority has also decided to supplement Resolution 137/02 with the provision set out in Art. 15 of Resolution 50/06, according to which the balancing rules envisaged for entry points from storage facilities to the network should also be applicable for exit points to storage facilities. |
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169/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Urgent provisions for the definition and allocation of transport capacity at entry points to the national gas pipeline network interconnected with infrastructure that has been granted exemption, and for the allocation of residual capacity, in accordance with the Ministry for Productive Activities (now Ministry for Economic Development) Decree of 28 April 2006.
"The Authority for Electricity and Gas has published a resolution which sets out in detail the procedures for the allocation of transport capacity on the national gas pipeline network to the operators of new LNG regassification terminals already benefiting from exemption from the rules governing the right to third-party access (TPA) to infrastructure on the basis of the Ministry for Economic Development (Italian acronym MSE) Decrees of 11 April 2006 and 28 April 2006. The terminals in question are located in Brindisi and Rovigo. More specifically, the resolution implements the provisions of the MSE Decree of 28 April 2008 concerning the connection of terminals to entry points on the national gas transportation network. Following the application for access made by the company operating the terminal, the main transport firm (Snam Rete Gas) will have to begin gathering indications of interest from companies potentially interested in further capacity allocations at the terminal interconnection point (open season), the aim being to determine and plan all the investments needed for a complete up-grade of the transport system. Transport companies are required to make available, including through new investments, all the capacity needed to connect the new infrastructure. The Resolution also sets out the allocation procedure for the regassification capacity of terminals which have not been granted exemption and which is available to third parties (residual capacity). In the case of the Rovigo and Brindisi terminals, this amounts to 20% of the total. The residual capacity allocation procedure must be opened at the same time as the application for access to the transport network is submitted. Terminal operators may enter into contracts with Snam Rete Gas for the exempted transport capacity before the close of the allocation procedure for the residual capacity in question. This dec ision is intended to pave the way for a rapid start to work on the construction of new transport capacity. The Authority?s resolution also lays down the commitments, financial guarantees and potential penalties to which applicant companies and transport firms are subject. " |
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168/06
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| 07.31.2006 |
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Extension of deadline for close of the fact-finding investigation opened through Authority Resolution 225 of 28 October 2005.
The Authority has extended to 31 October 2006 the deadline for the close of the fact-finding investigation opened through Resolution 225/05. This consists of an inquiry into the natural gas sales service to consumers, with particular regard to the commercial conduct of authorised sales operators in their attempts to acquire new customers or win back customers who had transferred to another supplier. The inquiry is also investigating whether distributors have erected barriers to obstruct consumers wishing to leave, or competitors of their associated or subsidiary sales companies who wish to enter the market. |
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166/06
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| 07.27.2006 |
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Urgent amendments to Resolutions 168 of 30 December 2003 and 50 of 24 March 2005, and guidelines for Terna S.p.A. aimed at containing dispatch service costs for consumers.
The Authority has amended Resolution 168/03 and has mandated Terna to amend its Network Code in accordance with the measures envisaged in the consultation document of 11 July 2006 with a view to reducing the costs of the dispatching service. These changes include: more opportunities for Terna to intervene on the Day-Ahead Market (MGP); definition of unbalancing prices by macro-zone (rather than by zone); cancellation of the double remuneration in the event of indexation in the ex-ante and ex-post Dispatching Service Market (MSD) moving in opposite directions; and the creation of a working group to draft structural amendments to the dispatch service. |
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165/06
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| 07.26.2006 |
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Technical checks of gas quality for the period 1 October 2006 ? 30 September 2007.
The Authority has decided to review its campaign of quality checks on the gas supplied to consumers through local distribution networks by up-dating the procedures involved. The checks will be carried out in collaboration with the Nucleo Speciale Tutela Mercati of the Guardia di Finanza (the Tax Police?s Special Team for Market Protection), and with the Stazione Sperimentale per i Combustibili (Experimental Station for Fuels), and are designed to assess the degree of odourisation, heating power and pressure of the gas supplied. Both the safety of the service and the correctness of the sums paid by citizens depend on these parameters. In the period October 2006-September 2007, 50 random checks will be carried out on distribution companies throughout the country. Gas will be withdrawn and analysed at final gate stations, that is, the points at which the gas is injected into the distribution network. On completion of these checks, the Authority will be able to arrange for further inspections and implement any procedures envisaged in the event of breaches. |
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164/06
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| 07.26.2006 |
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Order to comply with network inspection requirements in accordance with Art. 11, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Quality Code for the gas service.
"The Authority has ordered the companies listed in Annex A to comply with the network inspection requirements envisaged by Art. 11, paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Quality Code for the gas service, approved through Resolution 168 of 29 September 2004. With respect to 2005 the requirement must be fulfilled by 31 December 2006. Failure to comply with this order will be taken into consideration in the determination of any penalties that may be applicable. " |
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163/06
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| 07.25.2006 |
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Provisions concerning the destination of a number of cost items resulting from the application of transport capacity charges, for the remuneration of the electricity transmission service.
The net balance resulting from the application of transport capacity charges (congestion revenues) for 2004 and 2005, amounting to ?51.7million, is to be used to iron out a discrepancy between transport tariffs and expected revenues. This discrepancy was caused by the cumulative effect of roundings. |
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162/06
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| 07.25.2006 |
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Approval of tariff proposals for thermal year 2004-2005 for the supply of gas other than natural gas, pursuant to Authority Resolution 173 of 30 September 2004.
The Authority has approved the tariff proposals for thermal year 2004-2005 for the supply of gas other than natural gas, submitted by the companies indicated in Table 1, annexed to the resolution. The application of the tariff proposals will have effect from 1 October 2004 onwards. |
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161/06
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| 07.25.2006 |
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Monitoring of the development of distributed generation and micro-generation plants in Italy, and analyses of the possible effects of distributed generation on the national electricity system.
This report, drawn up in accordance with Law 239 of 23 August 2004, analyses the state of progress in the diffusion of distributed generation and micro-generation. The report highlights the following: 1. the regulatory framework currently applicable to distributed generation with regard to conditions of access to electricity networks and to transfer schemes; 2. the effects that the spread of these plants could have on the electricity system; 3. the need to develop the infrastructure and the regulatory framework as distributed generation and micro-generation continue to spread. In 2004, distributed generation produced 14.3 TWh, accounting for around 5% of gross national production (303 TWh). The Authority has also highlighted the need for a unified archive containing all the available data on distributed generation and micro-generation plants. |
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160/06
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| 07.19.2006 |
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Approval of guidelines concerning the transparency of billing documents for electricity consumption.
The Authority has approved guidelines concerning the transparency of billing documents for electricity consumption. From 1 January 2007 onwards, the new electricity bill must contain two distinct sections for the presentation of data (a simplified section and a detailed section), as well as additional information concerning the type of consumption. It is also envisaged that at least once a year customers should be informed of the mix of sources used in electricity production in Italy. |
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152/06
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| 07.18.2006 |
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Delivery of final adjustment payment to CESI S.p.A. for 12 of the 13 research projects approved through Resolution 41/04.
In the light of the verification and proper dissemination of the results, the Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved the final adjustment payment for 12 of the 13 projects of the electricity system research plan for the three-year period 2003-2005. In one case, however, amendments introduced in the course of the project produced a different estimated amount for the activities concerned. This amount will, if applicable, be paid following assessments to be carried out on completion of the project, which is envisaged for 2006. The programme was financed by the Research Activities Fund, which is in turn financed through the A5 component of the electricity tariff. The results of the system research projects for 2003-2005 were evaluated by a committee of experts set up at the Cassa Conguaglio Electricity Equalisation Fund, and have passed the intermediate and final evaluation checks. |
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151/06
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| 07.18.2006 |
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Conclusion of procedures pursuant to Authority Resolution 171 of 2 August 2005, opened following the appeal lodged by CNEA Gestioni S.r.l. and Metanifera di Gavirate S.p.A.
The Authority has approved the tariff proposals for thermal year 2004-2005 for the distribution of gas other than natural gas, submitted in accordance with Resolution 171/05 by CNEA Gestioni S.r.l. and Metanifera di Gavirate S.p.A. The application of the tariff proposals will have effect from 1 October 2004. |
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150/06
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| 07.18.2006 |
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Order to comply with requirements to transmit service quality data in accordance with Art. 16 of the Quality Code for the electricity service and Articles 32 and 58 of the Quality Code for the gas service.
The Authority has ordered those companies providing natural gas and electricity distribution and sales services who, at the date of publication of the present provision, have not yet done so, to comply, by 30 September 2006, with the communication requirements envisaged by the Quality Codes for the electricity service and gas service for 2005. The Authority has also ruled that failure to comply with this order will be taken into consideration in the determination of any penalties that may be applicable. |
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149/06
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| 07.14.2006 |
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Urgent amendments and additions to Resolution 200 of 28 December 1999 concerning the payment of electricity supply charges by instalments.
The Authority has approved a number of amendments and additions to Resolution 200/99 which, inter alia, establishes rules governing the cases in which electricity supply charges can be paid by instalment, and the arrangements for doing so. Resolution 200/99 envisages the option for consumers and electricity supply companies to agree on the arrangements and timeframes for these payments. The amendments are intended to rectify the lack of contractual power on the part of consumers with respect to electricity suppliers. The new rules will also be applicable to instalment payment schemes already under way on the date of the entry into force of the provisions under consideration. In fact, the Authority has also given customers with such payment schemes currently under way with their electricity supplier the option of renegotiating the terms of these schemes in accordance with the new rules. This option must be exercised by 30 September 2006. |
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148/06
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| 07.14.2006 |
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Implementation of the regulation on procedures for safety checks on gas user-installations pursuant to Resolution 40 of 18 March 2004 for companies distributing gas other than natural gas; amendments, additions and corrections of clerical errors.
The Authority has decided on a number of amendments to be introduced to the rules governing safety checks on gas user-installations as approved through Resolution 40/04. More specifically, the provisions for companies distributing gas other than natural gas have been more correctly defined, with simplifications in relation to the size of the companies concerned. The resolution also allows for the application of Annex E to Resolution 40/04 as a standard model in cases where supplies are reactivated following emergency suspensions and, lastly, corrects the clerical errors contained in Resolution 40/04. |
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147/06
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| 07.14.2006 |
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Postponement of the annual tariff component adjustment and extension of the time available for the general equalisation.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has extended to 22 September 2006 the deadline for the 2007 adjustment of the tariffs for the transmission and distribution of electricity and of connection payments and fixed dues. The deadline was originally set at 31 July, according to the provisions of the Tariff Code for the second period of regulation. The extension has been applied pending the completion of the procedure opened through Resolution 290/05, concerning the change to the transmission tariff following the ?re-bundling? of the ownership and operation of the national transmission grid (which now come under Terna). The Authority has also extended by 45 days, with effect from 31 July 2007, the time available for distribution companies to submit to the Electricity Equalization Fund (CCSE) the data and information needed to calculate the general equalisation for 2005. |
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145/06
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| 07.14.2006 |
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Setting of the definitive tariff supplementation rates for the years 1999-2002 for S.I.P.P.I.C. S.p.A., a small electricity company that did not transfer to Enel S.p.A.
The Authority has set the definitive rates for the years 1999 to 2002 of the payments due to SIPPIC from the Cassa Conguaglio Electricity Equalization Fund in respect of the tariff supplementation due to small electricity companies that did not transfer to Enel. These tariff rates, for each kWh sold by the company, are determined using an adjustment coefficient applied to the fuel component. |
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144/06
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| 07.11.2006 |
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Setting of the charge to cover the costs incurred by Gestore del Mercato Elettrico S.p.A. in carrying out its monitoring-related activities.
The Gestore del Mercato Elettrico (GME) carries out activities that include the collection, organisation, processing and reporting of data on transactions in the wholesale electricity market. This activity is used by the Authority in monitoring the market. Payment for this activity is envisaged in the form of a fee to cover the costs incurred, payable by Terna to the GME. The present Resolution sets the fee at 394,000 euros/year for 2005 and 2006. |
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143/06
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| 07.03.2006 |
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Opening of procedure for optimisation of production call and despatching for CIP 6/92 generating plants in the electricity market context.
The Authority has opened a procedure to evaluate the possibility of changing the rules for the despatching of CIP6 production units, with a view to reducing both despatching costs and the costs offloaded onto the A3 component. Working groups will be set up with the System Operator (GRTN), the Grid Operator (Terna) and other stakeholders. |
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138/06
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| 07.03.2006 |
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Amendments to Annexes A and B of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 42 of 14 March 2005.
In accordance with Resolution 42/05, the Authority for Electricity and Gas provides support in arbitration proceedings to resolve disputes concerning access to electricity and gas networks. This support is called on as required by interested parties by signing up to standard outline arbitration settlements. These envisage that the Authority should appoint the Chairman of the Arbitration Committee, in the person of the Director of the Legislation and Legal Counsel Department or another official proposed by the him or her. Since Resolution 124/06 provided that the special position of Legal Adviser to the Authority should introduced, the present Resolution amends the texts of Annexes A and B to Resolution 42/05 to include the holder of this new post as one of the candidates to the position of Chairman of the Arbitration Committee. The selection is made at the proposal of the General Director. |
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139/06
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| 07.03.2006 |
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Opening of procedure concerning the setting and adjustment of the avoided fuel cost component pursuant to Title II of Interministerial Committee on Prices provision no. 6 of 29 April 1992 (CIP6).
Part of the remuneration of the electricity sold by plants operating under the CIP6 agreement ? avoided fuel cost ? has been adjusted by the Cassa Conguaglio (Electricity Equalization Fund, or CCSE) on the basis of the ?Snam-Confindustria? contract indexation method. As this contract expires at the end of 2006, the Authority has opened a procedure to establish new arrangements for adjusting this component. |
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137/06
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| 07.03.2006 |
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Extension of the appointment of members of the Committee of Experts set up pursuant to Art. 2.4 of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 60 of 22 April 2004
The Authority has extended to 2007 the activity of the Committee of Experts set up through Resolution 60/04 with the task of drawing up regulations for the conduct of checks and inspections at electricity generating plants using renewable and assimilated sources, and at co-generation plants. In the Authority?s opinion, this extension is necessary to enable the Committee to complete the Regulations. It comes after two previous extensions, each established through a Resolution. |
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136/06
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| 06.28.2006 |
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Amendments and supplements to the criteria for the adjustment of the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas; adjustment for the period July-September 2006; and compulsory requirements on sales operators.
The Authority has supplemented and amended the procedures for adjusting the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas with respect to the raw material component. These measures, which are intended to address the rise in energy prices and difficult supply conditions, concern: (1) a new formula for the safeguard clause for average Brent values starting from $60/barrel, with a reduction of the ?no-change? threshold from 5% to 2.5% and the introduction, for a maximum of three years, of a fixed quota; (2) allowance for possible higher import costs for spot supplies next winter; (3) allowance for a partial adjustment to the reimbursement due to consumers on the basis of Resolution 248/04, for the higher sums billed by vendors in 2005; (4) a review of the scope of application of the economic conditions of supply which sales operators are obliged to offer along with the conditions they themselves decide, the effect of which is to limit this requirement to operators supplying residential customers (with consumption of less than 200,000 m3/year of natural gas). With effect from 1 July 2006, the overall increase with respect to the previous quarter amounts to 2.78 eurocents/m3 which, taken as a national average and including taxes, equates to 4.2% for the residential segment. |
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134/06
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| 06.28.2006 |
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Adjustment for period July-September 2006 of tariffs for gas other than natural gas distributed over urban networks, pursuant to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 52 of 22 April 1999.
For the third quarter of 2006 the Authority has decided to reduce by 1.847 euros/GJ the tariffs for the supply of liquefied petroleum gas pursuant to Article 2.1 of Resolution 52/99. This reduction equates to 0.184829 euros/m3 for commercial propane gas with gross heating value of 100.07 MJ/m3 (50.24 MJ/kg). |
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133/06
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| 06.28.2006 |
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Adjustment for the period July-September 2006 of electricity tariff components and parameters; guidelines for the electricity sector Equalisation Fund; and amendments to Annex A to Resolution 5 of 30 January 2004.
The Authority has adjusted the electricity tariffs for the period July-September 2006. As a national average, the tariff increases net of taxes amount to 0.85 eurocents/kWh (up 6.9% on the previous quarter). The increase is the result of: increased international fuel prices (which are also reflected in the tariff component covering the promotion of renewable and assimilable sources through an increase in the avoided fuel cost allowed for CIP6 producers); the gas emergency of the first quarter; the conduct of producers in the various markets, including the dispatching services market; and the re-introduction of the tariff component for stranded costs, which was temporarily suspended a year ago by the Ministerial Decree of 22 June 2005, and re-instated with effect from 1 July 2006. |
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132/06
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| 06.28.2006 |
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Opening of formal enquiry with a view to the possible imposition of a fine on Enel Gas S.p.A. for failure to observe the provisions of paragraph 11.1 of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 126 of 22 July 2004.
The Authority has opened a formal inquiry into Enel Gas S.p.A. for alleged breach of the Commercial Code of Conduct for the sale of natural gas to customers (Resolution 126/04). Resolution 126/04 establishes the items that contractual documents for the sale of gas, as drawn up by operators and delivered or sent to costumers, must contain. It has emerged from checks carried out that the general conditions in the contracts drawn up by Enel Gas either omitted the following items or did not set them out clearly: a) the arrangements for and frequency of consumption readings for billing purposes; b) billing arrangements for the service and payment methods available to customers, with details of billing frequency; c) the automatic compensation envisaged for failure to observe the guaranteed commercial quality standards. This conduct could be prejudicial to customers? interests as it reduces the transparency of the contractual terms and conditions and customers? ability to make an informed choice from the offers available. The Authority has ordered Enel Gas to bring its conduct into line with the provisions of the Commercial Code of Conduct and to provide notification, within 20 days of the date of the provision, of the arrangements it intends to adopt to comply with these requirements. |
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131/06
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| 06.28.2006 |
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Opening of formal enquiry with a view to the possible imposition of a fine on Enel Distribuzione S.p.A. for failure to observe the provisions of paragraph 12.1 of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 55 of 16 March 2000.
Electricity distribution and sales operators are obliged to offer their customers in the captive market at least one free method of paying their bills. The bill should also set out the different payment methods available. A random check carried out by the Authority, partly as a result of reports received from consumers? associations, has shown that since February 2006 at least, the payment methods available to customers for their electricity consumption, as listed in the bills sent out by Enel Distribuzione, have not included any free method. The Authority has therefore opened a formal enquiry into Enel Distribuzione, with a view to imposing a fine if necessary. |
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130/06
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| 06.26.2006 |
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Partial repeal of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 286 of 23 December 2005 concerning special tariff schemes.
With this Resolution the Authority for Electricity and Gas has sanctioned the validity of the provisions of Resolution 286/05, Article 3 of which provides that the Electricity Equalisation Fund should pay a compensatory tariff component to companies benefiting from special tariff schemes (as described in Decree Law 35/05) with effect from 1 January 2006. The implementation of this provision was subject to the successful conclusion of the procedure for the notification of special tariff schemes to the European Commission (established by the Ministry for Productive Activities in November 2005 in line with the EU Treaty provisions on state aid). The Commission has now authorised the Authority?s measure. As a result, the requirement for users benefiting from special tariffs to submit bank guarantees to enable the prompt recovery of the sums paid (as compensatory components) by the Equalisation Fund in the event of the European Commission failing to approve the provision, has been eliminated. |
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128/06
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| 06.26.2006 |
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Approval of tariff proposals for thermal year 2004-2005 for the supply of gas other than natural gas, pursuant to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 173/04 of 30 September 2004.
The Authority has decided to approve the tariff proposals submitted by 74 operators for the supply of gas other than natural gas for thermal year 2004-2005, since they comply with the criteria established by Resolution 173/04. The tariffs in question apply with effect from 1 October 2004. |
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127/06
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| 06.26.2006 |
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Supplement to Resolution 264/01 of 15 November 2001 concerning the opening of a proceeding for the formulation of provisions pursuant to Article 2.12 (e) of Law 481/1995 of 14 November 1995.
The Authority has decided to submit the procedure for defining the social tariff for economically disadvantaged electricity customers to a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA). At present, two types of tariff (D2 and D3) are applied to residential electricity customers. These include a crossed subsidy between customers in respect of the tariff component covering electricity purchasing and dispatching costs (PV component). The Authority also intends to standardise as fully as possible the criteria used to define the social tariff for disadvantaged customers in the electricity and gas sectors. |
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126/06
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| 06.26.2006 |
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Amendments and supplements to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 166/05 of 29 July 2005 concerning the criteria to determine the transportation and dispatching tariffs for natural gas
This provision postpones to thermal year October 2007-October 2008 the introduction of the single regional charge, to be applied at the national level as part of the natural gas transport tariff. The postponements has been decided to enable the Ministry for Economic Development (formerly the Ministry for Productive Activities) to complete its examination of the applications submitted by companies for the classification of the pipelines they own in regional transportation networks (as provided for by the Decree of 29 September 2005). The following measures have also been postponed to thermal year 2007-2008: (1) the introduction of the metering charge for each redelivery point, again as part of the transport tariff, to enable the Authority to examine more closely the issue of metering and related charges, on which it has published a consultation document; and (2) capacity allocations and charges at the entry points to the Italian network of pipelines interconnected with other countries for periods of less than one year. |
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125/06
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| 06.23.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to draw up urgent measures to limit the costs of electricity dispatching for consumers
In April 2006 the charge for the procurement of resources in the Dispatching Service Market (MSD) reached levels considered to be excessive. These charges were 25% higher than the level envisaged by Terna, as a result of exceptional circumstances which are also considered to have extended into subsequent months. In response to an urgent request by the AEEG, Terna has issued a report in which it attributes this unexpected increase to factors such as balancing operations required to deal with unforeseen quantities of electricity generated from renewables; metering errors that led to inefficiencies in dispatching; and the high costs of the offers accepted in the MSD as a result of anti-competitive behaviour by some operators. For all these reasons the AEEG has decided to open a proceeding to define urgent measures that will come into force with effect from 1 August 2006 with a view to increasing the level of competition in the MSD and establishing clearly the objectives of the measures in question. |
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123/06
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| 06.20.2006 |
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Records of low-voltage customers affected by interruptions to the electricity supply (amendments and supplements to Article 14 of the Electricity Service Quality Code)
Resolution 4/04 (Service Quality Code) established a compulsory requirement for distribution companies to identify and record the details of low-voltage customers affected by interruptions to the electricity service by equipping themselves with systems to identify the exact number of such customers affected by each outage. This requirement is closely related to the objective of introducing service continuity standards and compensation for low-voltage customers during regulatory period 2008-2011. The present Resolution amends Art. 14 of the Service Quality Code for the purpose of confirming the proposals contained in the consultation document of 11 April 2006 and incorporating some of the observations submitted during the consultation. |
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122/06
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| 06.20.2006 |
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Urgent provisions concerning the electricity metering service with respect to data storage requirements (amendments and supplements to Annex A of Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolutions 05/04 of 30 January 2004 and 118/03 of 16 October 2003)
In order to pursue to best effect the objectives of the distribution, transmission, dispatching and sales services, it is necessary to collect and record electricity metering data taken at injection and withdrawal. The present Resolution imposes a compulsory requirement on distribution companies and operators responsible for collecting and recording metering data to store the data for at least five years. To this end, Annexes A to Resolutions 118/03 and 5/04 have been amended. |
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121/06
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| 06.19.2006 |
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Setting of natural gas distribution tariffs for thermal year 2004-2005.
With this Resolution the Authority has decided on the natural gas distribution tariffs for thermal year 2004-2005 for a number of localities listed in Annex A to the Resolution. The need for the tariffs to be set by the Authority arises from the fact that the operators under consideration failed to submit their tariff proposals by the deadline of 21 October 2005 in accordance with the provisions of Art. 5.5 of Resolution 170/04. The tariffs, which are applicable with effect from 1 October 2004, were based on the criteria established by Art. 5.5.1 of Resolution 170/04. |
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120/06
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| 06.19.2006 |
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Extension of the deadline for the completion of the fact-finding investigation opened with Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 94/06 of 10 May 2006
The Authority has extended to 20 July 2006 the completion of the fact-finding investigation opened pursuant to Resolution 94/06 to allow for fuller participation by the interested parties. The aim of the investigation is to obtain information for the adoption of guidelines for the Electricity Equalisation Fund (CCSE) on the handling of the follow-up to inspections of electricity generation plants using process or residual fuels, municipal solid waste (MSW) and biomass, and using only those commercial fossil fuels that are strictly necessary. |
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119/06
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| 06.19.2006 |
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Provisions to determine the amount of the contribution to the operation of the Authority for Electricity and Gas for 2006 and payment arrangements for the same.
Following the completion of the approval procedure envisaged by Law 266/2005 (the 2006 Finance Law, or Budget), Resolution 117/06 has entered into force. Through this Resolution, the Authority for Electricity and Gas has confirmed the rate of the contribution to its operating costs to be paid for 2006. The contribution amounts to 0.3/thousand of revenues made by electricity and gas operators in the 2004 financial year. The rate for 2006 was based on the revenues resulting from operators? financial statements for 2005, the last such statements approved prior to the entry into force of the Finance Law for 2006, which introduced a new procedure to determine the contribution in question. Under the terms of Law 481/1995 the contribution must be paid by 31 July 2006. |
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117/06
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| 06.19.2006 |
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Notification of formal inquiries to determine whether fines should be imposed on the companies ICEL s.r.l., SIPPIC S.p.A. and SNIE S.p.A. for failure to comply with Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolutions 61/99 of 11 May 1999 and 310/01 of 21 December 2001.
The Authority has opened formal inquiries into three ?small electricity companies? to determine whether fines should be imposed as a result of their failure to comply with the compulsory reporting requirements established by Resolution 310/01. These requirements concern the drafting and transmission to the Authority of statements containing information on companies? assets and financial position, accompanied by a certification report, within sixty days of approval of their accounts. |
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116/06
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| 06.19.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiry to determine whether fines should be imposed on the company SIPPIC S.p.A. for failure to comply with Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolutions 200/99 of 28 December 1999, 201/99 of 28 December 1999, 55/00 of 16 March 2000 and 4/04 of 30 January 2004.
The Authority has opened a formal inquiry into SIPPIC S.p.A. to determine whether fines should be imposed on the company for failure to comply with the obligations laid down by Resolutions 201/99 and 4/04 concerning the commercial quality of the electricity distribution and sales services and Resolutions 200/99 and 55/00 concerning the supply of electricity to the captive market. |
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115/06
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| 06.19.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiry to determine whether SNIE S.p.A. should be excluded from the list of electricity production and distribution companies eligible for tariff supplements in accordance with Interministerial Committee on Prices provisions 1157 and 1158 of 18 January 1967.
The Authority has opened a formal inquiry into SNIE S.p.A. to consider whether to adopt a provision excluding the company from the list of production and distribution companies entitled to the tariff supplement envisaged for ?small electricity companies? (provisions 1157 and 1158 of 18 January 1967 issued by the Interministerial Committee on Prices) since, according to the information held by the Authority, SNIE is alleged to have ceased electricity production. |
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114/06
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| 06.16.2006 |
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Criteria to allow for the costs deriving from Article 11 of Legislative Decree 79/1999, pursuant to Title II point 7 bis of Cip provision 6/92
CIP6 plants using sources assimilated to renewables but not meeting the requirements for classification as cogeneration plants are subject to a compulsory requirement to purchase green certificates (Art. 11 of Legislative Decree 79/1999). Resolution 113/06 envisages the reimbursement of the costs incurred, to be calculated subject to transmission by operators of the necessary information, in accordance with the arrangements envisaged by Resolutions 8/04 and 101/05. |
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113/06
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| 06.12.2006 |
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Provisions concerning scheduling arrangements and arrangements for the distribution of imbalance charges for CIP 6/92 production units.
The Authority has supplemented Resolution 168/03 by setting out the arrangements for the distribution of imbalance costs for CIP6 plants and mixed plants under Resolution 34/05, i.e. plants which sell electricity partly to GRTN, the Italian TSO, and partly to the market. Responsibility for calculating the cost break-down lies with the GRTN. |
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112/06
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| 06.09.2006 |
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Conditions for the delivery of the public electricity dispatching service in Italian territory and for the procurement of the relative resources on an economic merit basis in accordance with Articles 3 and 5 of Legislative Decree 79 of 16 March 1999.
Annex A to this Resolution defines the merit order dispatching rules that will apply with effect from 1 January 2007. The regulations govern: arrangements for recording purchases and sales, with the introduction of features such as Energy Futures Accounts, which will make it easier to manage the physical consignments connected with future contracts; the criteria for the allocation of electricity grid injection and withdrawal rights; the arrangements for the delivery and remuneration of metering aggregation services; the regulation of dispatching charges, with the introduction of dual quantification of imbalances, which previously was subject to restrictions; the management of the financial guarantees needed to obtain access to the markets; cogeneration production unit dispatching; the arrangements for the acquisition of dispatching resources by Terna (reserve and balancing markets); the operation of ?must-run? plants; and the management of maintenance and down-time. |
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111/06
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| 06.06.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to implement the Council of State?s decisions concerning changes to the revenue constraint pursuant to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolutions 170 of 29 September 2004 and 173 of 30 September 2004, and to amend these same Resolutions.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has opened a procedure, which is due for completion by 15 September 2006, to amend Resolution 170/04 on natural gas distribution tariffs and Resolution 173/04 on distribution tariffs for gas other than natural gas. These amendments concern: (1) the rate of productivity gain for thermal years subsequent to year one, in implementation of the Council of State decisions establishing that the X-factor for tariff adjustments may remain constant over the period of regulation as long as it is lower than the one applied in the first regulatory period; (2) the tariff scheme envisaged for the initial period and the first year following its conclusion. In order to complete the procedure, the Authority has decided to postpone ? to a date to be confirmed ? the deadline for the submission of the tariff proposals for thermal year 2006-2007 (30 June 2006). |
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109/06
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| 06.06.2006 |
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Amendments and supplements to Resolutions 138/04 of 29 July 2004 and 168/04 of 29 September 2004, and approval of the standard network code for the gas distribution service
With Resolution 108/06 the Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved the standard Distribution Network Code, which contains the rules for access to and delivery of the gas distribution service. The Code is the contractual instrument regulating relations between the companies operating distribution plants and the sales companies and wholesalers using them. With the adoption of this instrument, distribution companies will provide their service to vendors and wholesalers under neutral and non-discriminatory conditions. The standard Network Code contains: (1) provisions concerning access to distribution plants, with details of the required content of applications for access and the procedure to be followed by distribution plants in responding to these applications; (2) clauses on the delivery of the services provided by distribution companies at the request of the parties concerned, such as operations at redelivery points (opening, closing, interruption of supply etc); the management of operations connected with consignments of commercial gas, for which users are responsible, transiting at city-gates and billing procedures for this service; (3) definition of the services provided by distribution companies: alongside the main service (taking delivery of gas which users are entitled to inject into the distribution plant, and transportation of the gas to redelivery points where access is required) the services requested by sales companies in the light of their specific needs are also regulated; (4) procedures for identification of redelivery points using codes applicable at the national level. With the entry into force of the standard Network Code for companies who intend to adopt its provisions, the Authority envisages a fast-track approval procedure: all that is needed to obtain authorisation is a declaration by the company concerned that it subscribes to the standard C ode published by the Authority. Using this option, distribution companies will not be required to undergo the Authority inspection and approval procedure that is envisaged when they opt to submit their own network codes. |
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108/06
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| 05.30.2006 |
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Evaluation of project proposals and measurement programme for energy efficiency projects submitted in accordance with Annex A to Resolution 103 of 18 September 2003.
This Resolution contains the Authority?s evaluation of the project proposals on energy efficiency in final uses which electricity and gas distributors are required to submit in accordance with the Annex to Resolution 103/03. |
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106/06
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| 05.30.2006 |
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Approval of code of commercial conduct for the sale of electricity to eligible customers, and amendments to the code of commercial conduct for the sale of natural gas to consumers, pursuant to Resolution 126 of 22 June 2004.
The Authority has approved the code of commercial conduct for the sale of electricity to eligible customers. The code, which will come into force on 1 January 2007, lays down general rules of proper conduct with which companies engaging in electricity sales to eligible customers must comply in promoting contractual offers, as well as rules on the transparency and clarity of the contractual and economic terms of such offers. The Authority has also amended the code of commercial conduct for the sale of natural gas to consumers (Annex A of Resolution 126/04) with a view to fostering the harmonisation of the two codes. |
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105/06
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| 05.30.2006 |
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Amendments and supplements to Title 4 of Annex A to Resolution 48/04, containing provisions concerning the production capacity of the national electricity system.
This Resolution defines the fees for the remuneration of generating capacity for 2006. It also establishes a new reference price, Prif, which replaces PGn and allocates the residual revenue for 2005 to the remuneration of component Gs in 2006. |
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104/06
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| 05.24.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to AEEG Resolution 281 of 19 December 2005.
Following the requests for clarification submitted to the AEEG in February of last year by the main grid operators with regard to the application of Resolution 281/05, the Authority has decided to amend Annex A to the resolution, with particular reference to Art. 13.5 and Art. 14, paragraphs 1 and 5. The Authority has thus provided for incentive measures, as part of the system for the application of connection service charges, for plants generating electricity from renewable sources. It has also reduced the compensation envisaged by Resolution 281/05 in the event of delays in providing the connection, by establishing a different calculation method under which the compensation is proportional to the extent of the delay. The aim here is to avoid the risk of grid operators increasing the estimated times envisaged for the construction of connection infrastructure any more than is strictly necessary. |
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100/06
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| 05.24.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority Resolution 269 of 13 December 2005 (Mechanism for the transfer of import rights between the captive and free markets).
The Authority has amended Resolution 269/05, simplifying the calculation method used to divide revenues from the allocation of CCCIs between the free and captive markets, in cases where a number of customers pass from one market to the other in the course of the year. |
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99/06
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| 05.23.2006 |
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Criteria and arrangements to verify that specific energy-saving targets have been met by distributors subject to the requirement in accordance with the Ministerial Decrees of 20 July 2004, and Guidelines for the Electricity Market Operator (Gestore del Mercato Elettrico S.p.A., or GME) concerning the issuing and cancellation of energy efficiency certificates.
With a view to minimising the time required between certification of energy savings and the issuing of the relevant certificates, and with a view also to enabling the specific annual targets to be verified, the Authority has set out a number of rules concerning the issuing and cancellation of energy efficiency certificates and has established in particular that: 1) the Electricity Market Operator (GME) must inform distributors who have obtained certification for savings achieved that they are required to open an account with the GME to deposit the certificates; 2) between 1 and 31 May of each year, all distributors must notify the Authority of the number of certificates entered on their account that they wish to use for the purpose of verifying that they have met the specific target. |
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98/06
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| 05.19.2006 |
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Approval of the programme of inspections of gas distribution companies in relation to gas service quality data and post-metering safety checks.
The Authority has approved the programme of five inspections of gas distribution companies in relation to gas service quality data and post-metering safety checks. More specifically, the inspections are intended to ascertain whether distribution firms are applying Resolutions 47/00, 236/00, 40/04 and 168/04 correctly. The inspections will be carried out in the period between the entry into force of the present provision and 31 December 2006. |
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97/06
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| 05.17.2006 |
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Approval of the programme of inspections of electricity distribution companies with regard to service continuity data for 2005.
The Authority has approved the programme of seven inspections of electricity distribution companies in relation to the application of the ?Electricity service quality code? (Resolution 4/04 as amended), with specific regard to the requirements for recording interruptions to the service and calculating service continuity indicators. The checks will focus on the service continuity data for 2005 and must be completed by 31 December 2006, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Annex to the Resolution. |
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96/06
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| 05.10.2006 |
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Opening of fact-finding investigation for the adoption of guidelines for the Electricity Equalisation Fund (CCSE) on the handling of the follow-up to inspections of electricity generation plants using process or residual fuels, municipal solid waste (MSW) and biomass, and using only those commercial fossil fuels that are strictly necessary.
The AEEG has decided to open a fact-finding investigation (to be completed by 20 June 2006) to acquire information for the adoption of a Directive providing guidance for the Electricity Equalisation Fund (CCSE) in managing the follow-up to the inspections conducted, in accordance with Resolution 60/04, on electricity generation plants using process or residual fuels, municipal solid waste (MSW) and biomass, and using commercial fossil fuels only to the extent that is strictly necessary. The aim is to establish standardised criteria for the interpretation of the results and to encourage dialogue with the companies concerned by giving them a further possibility to present and defend their positions, while providing stronger guarantees and safeguards in matters of significant economic impact. Of the 50 inspections already carried out at 31 March 2006, the outcomes of 30 have been transmitted to the AEEG. In at least one case, higher quantities of commercial fossil fuels than were strictly necessary are thought to have been used. |
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94/06
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| 04.27.2006 |
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Request for data and information required to draft the Annual Report to the European Commission on the State of Services and the Regulation of the Electricity and Gas Sectors, and the Annual Report to the Parliament and the Prime Minister on the State of the Services and the Activities Carried Out
The Authority has set a new deadline (8 March 2006) for operators who have not already done so to submit the information required for the Authority?s annual report on the State of the Energy Services, which the Authority submits to the European Commission in accordance with Directives 2003/54/EC and 2003/55/EC, and for the Authority?s annual report on Regulatory Activities and the State of the Services, which it submits to the Parliament and the Prime Minister. |
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88/06
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| 04.27.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to the regulations governing safety checks on gas user-installations pursuant to Resolution 40 of 18 March 2004 for new user-installations.
The Authority has decided to introduce amendments and additions to Resolution 40/04 of 18 March 2004, through which it issued regulations governing the procedures for safety checks on gas installations. These amendments incorporate the observations submitted in response to the consultation document issued by the Authority on 1 March 2006. These observations revealed a broad consensus on proposals to: a) strengthen the City Councils? role both by notifying them promptly of cases where document checks have been hindered as a result of failure to transmit the complete documentation, and by paying them a fee for each check carried out directly on gas user-installations for which checks had been obstructed; b) define more clearly the inspectors? role by having the Comitato Italiano Gas draft a set of guidelines which the inspectors appointed by distributors to carry out the checks envisaged by Resolution 40/04 will be required to follow; c) simplify the Annexes to Resolution 40/04 by adopting just one Annex to be signed by the consumer and one to be signed by the installer; d) allow for refusal to supply gas only in cases where the outcome of the document check is negative, and for suspension of the supply only in cases where the installer has notified the distributor of the negative outcome of the safety and operational checks on the installed apparatus. |
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87/06
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| 04.20.2006 |
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Provisions concerning the arrangements for connection to electricity networks with a nominal voltage higher than 1kW whose operators are subject to obligatory third-party connection requirements.
The deadline for submitting to the Authority the contractual terms and conditions for the delivery of the connection service to the electricity networks established through Resolution 281/05 has been postponed by 30 days. This is to allow time for coordination among the various distribution companies to ensure that the contractual terms and conditions do not give rise to discriminatory conduct in the delivery of the connection service. |
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86/06
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| 04.20.2006 |
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Urgent provisions concerning the bimonthly adjustment of the supplementary tariff component paid on account to smaller electricity companies that did not transfer to Enel S.p.A.
This resolution enables smaller electricity companies to apply to adopt, with effect from January 2005, the mechanism for the bimonthly adjustment of the supplementary tariff component paid on account, in respect of the higher purchase cost of the fuel used for electricity generation. The adjustment mechanism, introduced through Resolution 288/05, applies with effect from 1 January 2005, and is defined by taking into account the price trends for gasoil from 2004 onwards. With effect from the second half of 2005, the part of the tariff supplement component, as applied to each smaller electricity company that did not transfer to Enel S.p.A., has been adjusted on a bimonthly basis by the Electricity Equalisation Fund. The adjustment is calculated by applying the percentage change recorded in the Giem index in the previous two-month period whenever this change diverges by more than 2% either way from the value of the same index taken previously as reference. |
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85/06
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| 04.19.2006 |
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Provisions concerning the rules governing the fund for the promotion of interruptibility in the gas system, pursuant to Authority Resolution 297 of 29 December 2005.
This provision establishes that, no more than three months from the end of each month in which the increases apply, transport firms must pay the increases in natural gas transport tariff components CPe, CPu, CRr, CM, CV and CVp into a special fund established in the Electricity Equalisation Fund (CCSE). These increases, which came into effect on 1 January 2006, were envisaged by Resolution 297/05, through which the Authority opened the procedure to define the technical interruptibility mechanism for a number of major natural gas users, in the light of the gas emergency which occurred during the winter of 2005/2006. Resolution 10/06 defined the incentive mechanism promoting interruptibility in gas supplies, in implementation of the Decree of 20 January 2006, envisaging procedures for the allocation of the sums earmarked in the CCSE fund. |
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84/06
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| 04.19.2006 |
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Closure of procedures pursuant to Authority Resolution 171 of 2 August 2005 opened following the petition lodged by Aquamet S.p.A., Azienda Intercomunale Rotoliana S.p.A., CNEA Gestioni S.r.l., Metan Alpi Val Chisone S.r.l. and Trentino Servizi S.p.A., and by the Consorzio fra Cooperative di produzione e lavoro.
The Authority has approved the tariff proposals for the distribution of natural gas submitted by Aquamet S.p.A., CNEA Gestioni S.r.l. and Consorzio fra Cooperative di produzione e lavoro, for thermal year 2004-2005. The Authority has also concluded the procedures for setting the constraint, calculated individually, on natural gas distribution revenues. The procedures were opened following a petition lodged by Azienda Intercomunale Rotaliana S.p.A., Metan Alpi Val Chisone S.r.l. and Trentino Servizi S.p.A., which have all relinquished the option to calculate their constraint on an individual basis. |
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83/06
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| 04.19.2006 |
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Setting of definitive rates for smaller electricity companies that did not transfer to Enel: S.MED.E Pantelleria, S.EL.I.S. Lampedusa, S.EL.I.S. Linosa, S.EL.I.S. Marettimo, in compliance with Council of State Decision 6202/2005; and SEA Societa Elettrica of Favignana, in compliance with Council of State Decision 6203/2005.
With this Resolution, for the purpose of payment by the Electricity Equalisation Fund of the supplementary tariff component due to smaller electricity companies that did not transfer to Enel, and with a view to quantifying any adjustment payments, the Authority for Electricity and Gas has set the definitive rates for: 1) each of the years 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, for every kWh sold, for the companies SMEDE Pantelleria, SELIS Lampedusa, SELIS Linosa and SELIS Marettimo, as indicated in the table annexed to the provision; and 2) the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, for the company SEA di Favignana, as indicated in Table 2 annexed to the provision. |
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82/06
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| 04.13.2006 |
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Urgent provisions concerning electricity imports.
This provision amends Resolution 168/03, envisaging favourable terms with respect to the rules governing unbalancing in the case of imports covered by the long-term contract between Enel and EdF with effect from January 2006. This contract envisaged timescales for notification of the quantities of electricity injected by EdF which were in fact incompatible with compliance with the rules on unbalancing as set out by the Authority and the Electricity Market Operator (GME). |
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80/06
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| 04.12.2006 |
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Provisions concerning the use of revenue components resulting from improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the operation of the electricity system following the ?rebundling? of the ownership and operation of the national electricity transmission grid, pursuant to the Prime Minister?s Decree of 11 May 2004, and from the settlement of payments made in application of transport capacity charges (CCTs) in 2004.
With this Resolution the Authority has established that: 1) the goodwill arising from the transfer from GRTN to TERNA of the division transferred in accordance with Art. 1.1 of the Prime Minister?s Decree of 11 May 2004, valued at ?135,398,920, is to be used to cover part of the general costs relating to the account for new plants using renewable and assimilable sources; 2) the sum of ?90,798,127, covering part of the charges for transport capacity built in 2004, is to be used in part to cover the costs incurred by the GRTN for participating in international agreements regarding cross-border transits (CBT), and in part to cover the costs arising from agreements with companies owning transmission plants to allow for the remuneration of sections of the network previously not included in the national transmission grid but contributing to the same service. |
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79/06
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| 04.10.2006 |
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Extension of deadlines for the closure of the procedures opened through Authority Resolution 152 of 9 September 2004.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has decided to extend to 31 October 2006 the deadline for the conclusion of the procedures opened with respect to the companies listed in Annexes A, B and C of Resolution 152/04, which concerned the adoption of prescriptive provisions and penalties in relation to the black-out of 28 September 2003. This is the last in a series of extensions that became necessary over time to enable the further analysis required to conclude the procedures in question. |
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78/06
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| 04.10.2006 |
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Extension of deadline for the adoption of the final provision resulting from the procedure opened through Authority Resolution 266 of 12 December 2005.
The Authority has extended to 30 June 2006 the deadline for the possible imposition of a fine as a result of the procedure opened into the company Stogit through Resolution 266/05. |
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76/06
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| 04.10.2006 |
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Provisions concerning the promotion of the ownership ?rebundling? of the national transmission grid.
The Authority has established a mechanism to incentivise the ?rebundling? of ownership of the national transmission grid. The incentives are mainly intended to encourage companies that still own sections of the grid to transfer them to the transmission company TERNA. The Authority also wishes to ensure the gradual transfer to consumers of the efficiency gains resulting from the rebundling operation. These provisions apply to transfers to TERNA which were completed in the period 11 May 2004-30 April 2006. The sum available for the incentives has been set at ?14 million. The incentive is equal to the product of this amount and the ratio of: 1) the value of the power plants and auxiliary equipment included in the sections of the national grid owned by the transferring company, calculated by applying the appropriate fi parameters (Art. 2 of Resolution 304/01), to 2) the value of the power plant and auxiliary equipment included in those sections of the grid owned by companies other than TERNA, calculated by applying the same fi parameters. For each transfer, 30% of the incentive is allocated to TERNA and the remaining 70% to the transferring company. The incentive is financed by the revenue deriving from the implementation of the provisions set forth in Art. 37 and Art. 42 of Resolution 48/04 (opening of merit order dispatching). |
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73/06
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| 04.06.2006 |
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Adoption of a provision concerning the company Toscana Gas Clienti S.p.A., pursuant to Art. 2.20 (d) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995.
The AEEG has ordered the company Toscana Gas Clienti S.p.A. to cancel bills that it issued to customers who had already changed supplier, and to make the necessary adjustments. The over-payments reimbursed to customers will also have to include the interest envisaged by law. Toscana Gas Clienti will also be required to provide transparent information explaining the situation to each customer affected. From a number of reports by customers and consumers? associations, it has emerged that, after changing natural gas supplier by signing new contracts with another operator serving that market, a considerable number of customers in the Pisa area received bills for gas consumption (for the period July 2005-January 2006) from both their previous sales company and their new one. More specifically, it has emerged that although Toscana Gas Clienti had received notification, within the timeframe established by the Authority, that the customers in question had changed supplier, the company continued to issue them with bills. Therefore, a number of consumers, having erroneously continued to make payments to Toscana Gas Clienti instead of their new supplier, had put themselves at risk of suspension of their gas supply for non-payment to that new supplier. Other consumers, however, paid twice for the same supply of gas. |
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72/06
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| 04.05.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to establish standard withdrawal profiles and gas usage categories in accordance with Art. 7 of Authority Resolution 138 of 29 July 2004.
The Authority has decided to open a procedure to draw up provisions that would define standard withdrawal profiles and gas usage categories, with a view to preventing the different criteria used by distribution firms to draw up consumption estimates from hindering competition. |
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70/06
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| 03.30.2006 |
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Adjustment for the period 1 April 2006-31 March 2007 of storage tariff component QS of the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas, pursuant to Authority Resolution 138 of 4 December 2003.
The Authority has adjusted the QS charge for thermal year 2006-2007 (covering the costs incurred for storage activities under the economic conditions established by Resolution 138/03 for supply to users with an annual consumption of less than 200,000m3), on the basis of the new storage tariff provisions set out in Resolution 50/06 for the second period of regulation. More specifically, for 2006-2007 this charge has risen to 0.253223 euro/GJ, an increase of 3% compared with the value set for thermal year 2005-2006. |
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68/06
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| 03.30.2006 |
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Extension of timeframe for the close of the formal inquiry opened through Authority Resolution 9 of 20 January 2006.
The AEEG has decided to extend to 31 May 2006 the deadline for the conclusion of the procedure opened with respect to the operators listed in Annexes A and B (group of natural gas distributors) to Resolution 09/06. The procedures was intended to establish the natural gas distribution tariffs for thermal year 2004-2005 in accordance with Resolution 170/04 (gas distribution tariffs for the second period of regulation). In the course of the procedure, certain issues emerged that required further examination, with the result that the inquiry was unable to conclude within the established timeframe. |
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67/06
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| 03.27.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to establish the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas and provide for a partial adjustment, pursuant to Point 2 of Resolution 298 of 29 December 2005.
Resolution 65/06 opens a procedure for the adoption of provisions designed to: 1) verify the raw material adjustment mechanisms in natural gas purchase and sales contracts; 2) impose a requirement on sales operators to offer new economic conditions, for existing contracts, to operators supplying final users, by encouraging the renegotiation of agreements in the light of the application of Resolution 248/04. This resolution reduced the value of the raw material QE in the tariff for final users with respect to the value set by Resolution 195/02. Furthermore, by 30 June 2006, natural gas suppliers will have to arrange partial adjustments deriving from the application of: 1) adjustments for 2005, based on Resolution 248/04 rather than Resolution 195/02, and 2) a review of the variable charge for wholesale trading, based on Resolution 248/04 for the quarter October-December 2005. Adjustments can also be requested by consumers who have changed supplier. |
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65/06
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| 03.27.2006 |
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Request for information regarding the application of Art. 2 of Authority Resolution 248 of 29 December 2004.
By 20 April 2006 customers of wholesale natural gas sales companies are required to notify the Authority of any failure by operators involved in sales activities to comply with Art. 2 of Resolution 248/04, which envisages the formulation of offers in keeping with the outcome of the first adjustment of the raw material component, applied by the Authority in accordance with the rules introduced by Art. 1.2 of Resolution 248/04. |
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64/06
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| 03.27.2006 |
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Quarterly adjustment (April-June 2006) of the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas, pursuant to Authority Resolution 248 of 29 December 2004.
The Authority has decided to increase by 1.4368 euro cents/m3 the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas for the second quarter of 2006, in accordance with the adjustment procedures laid down in Resolution 248/04, which Council of State Decision 217/06 has reinstated following the annulment resulting from Regional Administrative Court (TAR) ruling 3478/05. |
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63/06
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| 03.27.2006 |
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Quarterly adjustment (April-June 2006) of tariffs for gas other than natural gas distributed over urban networks, pursuant to Authority Resolution 52 of 22 April 1999.
In view of the fact that the Jt index for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and other gases has registered a change of over 5% with respect to the value defined for the first quarter of 2006, the Authority has decided to amend the LPG supply tariffs in accordance with Art. 2.1 of Resolution 52/99. This increase is equal to 0.059642 euro/m3 for supplies of commercial propane gas with a higher gross heating value of 100.07MJ/m3 (50.24MJ/kg). |
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62/06
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| 03.27.2006 |
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Quarterly adjustment (April-June 2006) of electricity tariff components and parameters.
With Resolution 61/06 the Authority for Electricity and Gas has adjusted electricity tariffs for the quarter April-June 2006. The increase for residential users is 5.7% compared with the values of the previous quarter. Considering the high dependence of the national electricity system on hydrocarbon imports, this increase can largely be explained by continuing high oil prices and the fact that the effects of the ?gas emergency? which marked the winter of 2005-2006 are beginning to be strongly felt. These include, in particular, increased thermoelectric production using fuel oil, which has led to price rises on the electricity exchange as a result of the higher costs involved in this type of production. The price increases on the market and electricity exchange have therefore weighed considerably on the costs of purchases by the Single Buyer (AU), and so on the tariff component covering procurement costs for the captive market. From 1 April 2006, for the residential sector (taking a typical family with contracted power of 3kW and a monthly consumption of 225kWh), the tariff will rise to 14.51 euro cents/kWh net of taxes, an increase of 0.78 euro cents/kWh (5.7%) with respect to the first quarter of 2006. This translates into an increased annual expenditure of around ?21. Taken as a national average, the increase net of taxes amounts to 0.80 euro cents/kWh (6.9%). |
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61/06
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| 03.23.2006 |
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Approval of the programme of inspections for 2006 on operators subject to prescriptive proceedings and/or penalties that are now closed, with a view to monitoring the subsequent conduct of these same operators.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved a programme of 4 inspections to be carried out in 2006. These checks are intended to verify the correct application of the Authority?s provisions by sales operators involved in proceedings for the adoption of prescriptive provisions and/or penalties. The Vigilance and Control Department has estimated that it will only be able to include in its operations plan 4 of the 10 inspections and checks requested by the Legislation and Legal Counsel Department (through the internal notice of 27 January 2006). The inspections will be restricted to operators who were subjected to prescriptive provisions and/or penalties in 2003 and 2004. |
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59/06
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| 03.23.2006 |
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Opening of procedure concerning the verification of the development plan for the national transmission grid, pursuant to Art. 27 of Authority Resolution 250 of 30 December 2004.
The AEEG has decided to open a procedure to verify the development plan for the national electricity transmission grid for 2006 with respect to the requirements referred to in Art. 27.2 of Resolution 250/04. TERNA had transmitted the aforementioned development plan in writing to the Authority on 30 January 2006. |
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58/06
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| 03.21.2006 |
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Approval of tariff proposals for natural gas distribution activities for thermal year 2004-2005, pursuant to Authority Resolution 170 of 29 September 2004, as amended and supplemented.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved the tariff proposals submitted by 117 operators for natural gas distribution activities for thermal year 2004-2005 since, following examination of the data and corrections submitted by the operators concerned, and following the requests for clarification expressed by the Authority, they are considered to conform with the criteria established by Resolution 170/04. |
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57/06
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| 03.16.2006 |
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Approval of company charges and setting of single charges for storage activities for thermal year 2006-2007, in implementation of Authority Resolution 50 of 3 March 2006.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved the charges for the storage tariff for thermal year 2006-2007, insofar as they comply with the provisions of Resolution 50/06. This provision establishes that, for the purpose of setting tariffs for the first thermal year of the second period of regulation, storage companies (Stogit and Edison Stoccaggi) must submit the following to the Authority within seven days of the entry into force of the provision: reference revenues; storage space capacity; the envisaged injection capacity and delivery capacity allocations, taken separately for each peak service, for thermal year 2006-2007; and company charge proposals. Within seven days of receiving this information, the Authority will set and publish the single charges for thermal year 2006-2007. |
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56/06
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| 03.15.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to the rules governing the allocation of natural gas transportation capacity and the adoption and up-dating of network codes.
On conclusion of the consultation procedure on ?Amendments and additions to the criteria for adopting and up-dating network codes for transport and dispatch activities and for the allocation of transport capacity pursuant to Resolution 137 of 17 July 2002?, the Authority has decided: a) to amend the rules governing the allocation of transport capacity, considering it appropriate to give the companies concerned the option of submitting an application for access to re-delivery points by the end of the first seven working days of September, to have effect from 1 October of the same year; b) to give users, even after the allocated capacity has been confirmed, the option of correcting any clerical errors in their applications, provided that such corrections do not prejudice the outcomes of the technical checks carried out by the transport firm in order to satisfy the other allocation requests submitted by users under the terms envisaged by the network code; c) to set up a single Committee representing the interests of users and system operators and which, within the scope of the procedure pursuant to Art. 19 of Resolution 137/02, would provide a qualified opinion on proposals concerning the drafting and up-dating of network codes. |
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53/06
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| 03.14.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiries with a view to the possible imposition of fines on a number of gas distribution firms for failure to comply with Authority Resolution 196 of 26 September 2005.
The Authority has decided to open formal inquiries with a view to the possible imposition of fines, pursuant to Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481/95, concerning: a) the companies listed in Annex A of the Resolution, for failure to comply with the Authority?s requests for information and documentation as set out in Resolution 196/05; b) the company Ofin S.p.A., for failure to comply with the order issued in Resolution 196/05 to apply the respective distribution tariffs. |
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52/06
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| 03.03.2006 |
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Criteria for setting tariffs for storage activities and amendments and additions to Authority Resolutions 119 and 166 of 21 June 2005 and 29 July 2005 respectively.
The AEEG has approved the criteria for setting for natural gas storage tariffs for the second period of regulation (1 April 2006-31 March 2010). On the basis of the data submitted by Stogit (which has a de facto monopoly) concerning the costs associated with the delivery of the service, the Authority will publish the single tariffs set at the national level. To determine tariff levels, the mechanisms in force in the first regulatory period have largely been retained, and a real pre-tax rate of return on invested capital has been set at 7.1% (compared with 8.33% in the first period of regulation). Significant elements of the provision are intended to foster the creation of new storage capacity, and peak delivery capacity in particular, so that these investments are given priority in storage companies? development plans and encourage an expansion of capacity, with the aim of providing greater security in the national gas system. New investment is being encouraged by allowing for a higher rate of return than that applied on existing capital at the end of the 2005 financial year, over a longer timescale than the period of regulation. Both the increased rate of return and its duration are differentiated by type of investment: for structural investments, aimed at creating new storage reservoirs, the rate of return is 4% higher over 16 years, while for investments intended to up-grade and develop storage facilities already in operation, the rate is 4% higher over 8 years. The rate of return on new investments, and the relative amortisation, is considered independently of volumes handled. The new rules regulate storage services, and also introduce: 1) a single national tariff to help ensure the matching of supply and demand for more cost-intensive services also; 2) an equalisation mechanism to make up the revenues due to each company; 3) the introduction of a peak injection cap acity allocation to encourage more efficient operation; and 4) a review of procedures for theallocation of peak delivery capacity, with the aim of encouraging conduct that is more in tune with consumer needs, especially for residential users. As regards the tariff structure, revenues were broken down into two parts, one relating to committed storage capacity charges and subject to guarantee, and the other to the variable charges applied to energy handled over the period. The breakdown allows for: 1) coverage for storage companies of a large proportion of revenues; 2) incentives for an increased use of infrastructure, leaving storage companies with the higher revenues generated by the increased quantities handled. The tariff platform drawn up by the Authority will be adjusted annually by applying the productivity gain (price cap) to the variable unit charge and to the amortisation component. The component for the return on net invested capital will be recalculated annually, taking into consideration the fixed gross investment deflator and the standard duration for the asset categories under consideration. |
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50/06
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| 03.03.2006 |
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Verification of the transmission and dispatch code, pursuant to the Prime Minister?s Decree of 11 May 2004.
This Resolution approves the network code drawn up by TERNA, subject to a number of amendments regarding relations with other owners of sections of the network; the specification of safety criteria; and quality criteria. The resolution also provides for the creation of special work groups, in coordination with the Ministry for Productive Activities, to evaluate the application of the rules governing transmission quality. |
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49/06
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| 03.01.2006 |
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Extension of periods allowed, as envisaged by the transitional rules for new gas user-installations, for the transmission of documentation to be submitted for assessment, pursuant to Art. 18 of Resolution 40 of 18 March 2004.
The Authority has approved a number of amendments to Resolution 40/04 regulating the procedures for safety checks on gas user-installations. More specifically, the amendments concern Art. 18 of the Resolution, which contains transitional rules for new user-installations. The deadline for consumers to send in substitute documentation on their installation?s compliance with the current rules on the safety of user-installations has been extended by 60 days, and consequently the deadline for the possible suspension of gas supplies by distributors has also been extended by 60 days. The aim here is to promote the consultation process in relation to the consultation document of 1 March 2006, on ?Amendments to the regulation of safety checks on new gas user-installations (Resolution 40/04 of 18 March 2004)?; introduce any amendments to Resolution 40/04 which may be required as a result of the consultation process, and allow regulated companies to carry out the necessary adjustments to bring themselves into line with the new regulations or the above-mentioned resolution. |
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47/06
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| 02.28.2006 |
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Verification of energy efficiency project and measurement programme proposals submitted in accordance with Annex A of Resolution 103 of 18 September 2003.
This resolution contains the outcomes of checks on projects concerning energy efficiency in final uses, which electricity and gas distributors are required to submit in accordance with Annex A of Resolution 103/03. |
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44/06
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| 02.28.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to define arrangements for the application of the provisions set out by the AEEG for electricity production and distribution cooperatives, pursuant to Art. 4 (8) of Law 1643 of 6 December 1962, with the aim of regulating a number of public utility services in the electricity sector.
The Authority has decided to open a procedure to define arrangements for the application of the provisions regulating the delivery by electricity production and distribution cooperatives of a number of public utility services in the electricity sector, with the aim of fine-tuning the existing provisions in this matter (Annex A of Resolution 5/04, as amended and supplemented). |
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43/06
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| 02.27.2006 |
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Close of fact-finding investigation opened pursuant to Authority Resolution 192 of 20 September 2005, into the implementation of Resolution 40 of 18 March 2004 by gas distributors and sales companies.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has completed the fact-finding investigation opened at the end of September 2005 with a view to verifying the implementation by gas distributors and sales companies of the ?Regulation for the safety of new gas user-installations?, introduced through Resolution 40/04 in the interests of consumer protection. In particular, the investigation had been opened to ascertain the causes behind a number of cases of overly long activation times for gas supplies. The Report from the investigation highlights that compliance with the regulation was generally good. This compliance has played a part in ensuring the full implementation of the provisions laid down by Law 46/1990 for the protection of gas users. For each new installation, the installer responsible can now be identified, and in all cases a special document (Declaration of Compliance), certifying that the installation has been carried out correctly, has to be produced. On the basis of the Authority?s Regulation, these ?Declarations of Compliance? are checked by gas distributors to ascertain that the installation has been completely and correctly carried out. The checks produced positive results on over 77,000 new user-installations in the first three months of implementation of the Regulation, while around 7,000 checks produced negative results. The Authority?s investigation focused more closely on large operators with more than 100,000 clients, and companies mentioned in written complaints notifying the Authority of problems connected with the activation of gas supplies. A total of 27 gas distributors and 31 gas sales companies, providing services to over 12 million consumers, were involved in this investigation. Of these, 21 distributors and 14 sales companies were found to have implemented the Authority?s Regulation, since the investigation did not bring to light any evidence of thei r non-compliance. For 6 distributors and 17 sales companies, on the other hand, the outcome of the investigation called for further examination, inspections or invitations to perform, as decided through the same Resolution 42/06. |
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42/06
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| 02.27.2006 |
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Approval of programme of inspections for 2006 in relation to guarantees of free access to the natural gas distribution service and economic conditions for the supply of natural gas to consumers.
The Authority has approved the programme of 10 inspections for 2006, to be implemented in the period between the entry into force of the present provision and 31 December 2006, in accordance with procedures set out in the Annex to the resolution. These checks have been provided for by the Authority?s Gas Division with the aim of verifying that the provisions concerning guaranteed free access to the natural gas distribution service and the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas to consumers are being correctly applied. The individual inspections must be carried out jointly or separately by AEEG personnel and/or Tax Police officers under the Protocol of Understanding, subject to notification to the operator concerned of the date and time the inspections will be taking place. No less than three working days? notice must be given. |
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41/06
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| 02.24.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to Authority Resolution 188 of 14 September 2005 concerning arrangements for the application of incentive tariffs for photovoltaic plants.
The Authority has up-dated Resolution 188/05 concerning the arrangements for applying incentive tariffs for photovoltaic plants and the relative application form in accordance with the Ministerial Decree of 6 February 2006 which, among other things, increased the cumulative power of all plants qualifying for incentive tariffs and changed the annual tariff reduction rate. The Resolution also envisages that, where the company responsible makes use of the on-the-spot exchange service, either the network operator to which the plant is connected or the contracting operator will be responsible for metering activities, at least as regards plants with power no higher than 20kW, which are not required to send in the electricity generation declaration to the Finance Technical Office. |
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40/06
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| 02.23.2006 |
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Provisions concerning verification of the compliance of the transmission, dispatch and network development and safety code, pursuant to the Prime Minister?s Decree of 11 May 2004, and the granting of derogations from the application of the same code pursuant to Art. 64 of Authority Resolution 250 of 30 December 2004.
With this Resolution the Authority proposes to check the amendments concerning transmission quality introduced to the network code by TERNA. |
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39/06
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| 02.23.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiry with a view to the possible imposition of fines on a number of gas sales companies for improper use of storage capacity allocated for storage years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has opened formal inquiries which may result in the imposition of fines on a number of natural gas sales companies for the improper use of the storage service with respect to the current rules. More specifically, these companies are thought to have used the stored gas for purposes other than that for which they were granted priority access to the service, which consisted in guaranteed domestic market modulation. The data and information that the Authority requested from the transport and storage companies through Resolution 274/05 suggest that, during the winter months of thermal storage year 2004-2005, as well as in the period 1 November-31 December 2005, a number of natural gas sales companies: 1) withdrew from storage facilities higher quantities of gas than those which, on the basis of actual weather conditions, were in effect necessary and allocated to serve consumers with consumption lower than 200,000 m3/year (a category which includes residential users); 2) used these quantities of gas for purposes other than those for which the storage capacity was actually allocated (such as, for instance, commercial or thermoelectric use). A list of the companies into which the inquiry has been opened, relative to the periods November 2004-February 2005 and November 2005-January 2006, is contained in the tables annexed to the Resolution. The duration of the formal inquiries with a view to the possible imposition of fines has been set at 150 days. |
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37/06
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| 02.21.2006 |
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Cover of costs incurred by the Comitato Italiano Gas for thermal year 2004-2005 following the implementation of Authority Resolution 152 of 12 December 2003 concerning insurance for civil consumers of gas distributed over local pipelines and transport networks.
The Authority has decided to mandate the Electricity Equalisation Fund (CCSE) to make a payment, by 28 February 2006, of ?106,615.91 into the civil users? insurance account held by the Comitato Italiano Gas (CIG). The need for this payment arises from the adjustment to the insurance premiums of civil consumers of gas and the charges incurred by the CIG in implementation of Resolution 152/03 and for thermal year 2004-2005. These charges are not covered by the sum referred to at Art. 3.4 of the same Resolution. |
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34/06
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| 02.20.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiry into the company Azienda Servizi Ambientali S.p.A. with a view to adopting a provision pursuant to Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has decided to open a formal inquiry into Azienda Servizi Ambientali S.p.A. with a view to the possible imposition of a fine for failure to comply with Authority provisions governing guaranteed commercial quality standards for the gas distribution service (Resolutions 47/00 and 168/04). |
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33/06
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| 02.20.2006 |
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Extension of deadline for submitting tariff proposals for natural gas transportation for thermal year 2006-2007 and correction of clerical errors in Authority Resolution 166 of 29 July 2005
The Authority has decided for thermal year 2006-2007 to: a) extend to 15 June 2006 the deadline for transport firms to submit data and information in relation to unit charges and the selection of entry and exit points, pursuant to Art. 16.1 of Resolution 166/05; b) extend to 30 June 2006 the deadline envisaged for transport firms, including the major transport firm, to submit revenue proposals, pursuant to Art. 16, paragraphs 2 and 3, of Resolution 166/05; c) extend to 7 July 2006 the deadline envisaged for transport firms to submit observations and reasoned requests for amendments, pursuant to Art. 16.4 of Resolution 166/05. |
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32/06
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| 02.15.2006 |
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Close of procedure concerning the market for the sale of natural gas to consumers pursuant to Art. 14.1 of Authority Resolution 138 of 4 December 2003
With Resolution 31/06, the Authority for Electricity and Gas has published a report entitled ?Situation of the market for the sale of natural gas to consumers in Italy?, drawn up with the aim of assessing the current level of competition. The information collected in the report gives an overall picture of gas sales to consumers that still shows considerable problem issues with regard to competition. On the one hand it highlights the dominance of the main operator Eni at all stages of the supply chain, especially procurement; and on the other it outlines a supply side structure, particularly as regards supply to consumers hooked up to distribution networks, that is fragmented and essentially local in nature. A further element of the analysis, regarding companies? expansion strategies in the gas sector in Italy, can be found in a comparison of market shares in final sales. Here, the Eni group holds a significant share (around 25% of sales on the distribution network and 65% of sales on the transport network) compared with the other companies in the market, many of which account for less than 1% of the national market. It is precisely because many companies hold a significant position at the local level (with market shares, in many cases, of close to 100% in their respective sales areas) and continue to receive their wholesale supplies from Eni that we see the persistence of a situation of dependence on the principal operator and a lack of incentive for companies to compete with other operators to increase their market share. It therefore seems necessary, as a first step, to take steps to ensure the appropriate structural conditions to promote competition between sales companies. This would be achieved through investment in import and storage infrastructure, which would allow greater diversification of procurement sources and greater liquidity in the system. Measures shoul d also be adopted for the unbundling of infrastructure from sales activities, with a view to guaranteeing the possibility of non-discriminatory access for all operators and the development of the infrastructure in a way that is not driven by the interests of companies operating in other stages of the supply chain. |
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31/06
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| 02.15.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiry into the company Thuga Mediterranea S.r.l. with a view to adopting a provision pursuant to Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The Authority has decided to open a formal inquiry into Thuga Mediterranea S.r.l. with a view to the possible imposition of a fine in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481/95, for failure to observe the requirement to carry out a minimum number of gas odourisation measurements on its plants each year (Art. 8.5 of Resolution 236/00). |
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30/06
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| 02.14.2006 |
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Extension of deadline for the allocation of storage capacity and peak daily storage capacity for thermal year 2006-2007
The Authority has decided to extend the deadline for the conclusion of procedures for the allocation of storage capacities for thermal year 2006-2007 from 1 March 2006 (Art. 1.9 of Resolution 119/05) to 17 March 2006, with the resulting postponement by 20 days of the deadline for submission of the relative applications by storage companies. |
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29/06
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| 02.10.2006 |
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Technical and economic conditions concerning the on-the-spot trading of electricity generated by plants fed by renewable sources and with nominal power no higher than 20kW, in accordance with Art. 6 of Legislative Decree 387 of 29 December 2003
In implementation of Art. 6 of Legislative Decree 387/03, the Authority has approved a provision for the promotion of the self-production of electricity by small plants using renewable sources and with power of up to 20kW. The incentive mechanism is defined as ?on-the-spot trading? and envisages the possibility for such plants to inject the power they generate to the local electricity network and withdraw electricity from the same network at times and on days when they are unable to generate. The producers pay, on an annual basis, the difference between the client?s total consumption and the power generated by its small plant. |
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28/06
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| 02.10.2006 |
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Amendments and additions to the provisions of Annex A of AEEG Resolution 5 of 30 January 2004
This resolution up-dates the Service Quality Code annexed to Resolution 5/04 to take account of the transfer to Terna of a number of functions formerly carried out by GRTN in its capacity as national transmission grid operator. Furthermore, pending the conclusion of the procedure opened through Resolution 290/05, the charges covering the costs allowed for the operation of Terna and GRTN as quantified through Resolution 15/05 have been confirmed for 2006, on a part-payment basis and subject to adjustment. |
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27/06
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| 02.09.2006 |
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Extension of deadline for close of the procedure opened through Resolution 131 of 27 June 2005, and conduct of an inspection in the municipality of Senerchia (AV)
This resolution extends by 90 days the deadline envisaged for the close of the procedure concerning the municipality of Senerchia (AV) opened through Resolution 131/05, as amended by Resolution 253/05. It also informs the municipality of the decision to carry out an inspection, on the basis of the attached document (Annex A), with the aim of assessing the state of implementation of the provisions of Legislative Decree 164 of 23 May 2000 concerning the unbundling of distribution and sales activities. |
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26/06
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| 02.03.2006 |
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Authority?s views on the outcome of the procedure for the allocation of interruptibility lots, in implementation of the Ministry for Productive Activities Decree of 20 January 2006
With Resolution 25/06 the Authority has expressed its views on the outcome of the auction called by Snam Rete Gas (the main transport company) for the allocation of technical interruptibility lots for the period 6 February-24 March 2006, as set forth in Authority Resolution 10/06 and introduced by MPA Decree of 20 January 2006. It should be noted that technical interruptibility is a flexibility measure for the gas system that is temporary in nature and to be used only in exceptional circumstances (provided for by a MPA directive) during the abovementioned period. In the Authority?s opinion, while the outcome of the tender was positive and the procedure consequently validated, the results obtained were in general less satisfactory than expected. More specifically: 1) in terms of quantity, the allocated capacity reduction lots (see Resolution 10/06), amounting to 2 million m3/g, were considerably lower than those estimated in the decree of 20 January 2006 (20 million m3/g); 2) the activation charges (ACs) requested by industrial users were higher than the discounted rates currently granted both to interruptible commercial supplies and to the potential costs deriving from alternatives intended to ?reduce gas consumption or increase availability?. In particular, the Authority underlined that the ACs on offer are high ?in the light of the current differentials in electricity and gas prices between foreign markets and the Italian market, and of the cost differential in cases where companies have made recourse to other fuels in place of natural gas?. |
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25/06
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| 02.03.2006 |
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Appeal against TAR Lombardy Ruling no. 275/2006 suspending AEEG Resolution 298 of 29 December 2005
The Authority has submitted an appeal against Ruling no. 275/06 of the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Lombardy which suspended the effects of AEEG Resolution 298 of 29 December 2005 up-dating the economic conditions for the supply of natural gas for the first quarter of 2006. |
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24/06
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| 02.02.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to draw up provisions concerning the regulation of payments between electricity market operators resulting from the supply of public utility services
This resolution opens a procedure to review the timescale for the regulation of the payment of dispatch charges and payments due from distributors to the Single Buyer. In the light of the problems pointed out by operators, the review is intended to take account of the issues involved in metering and data availability, and to minimise the financial exposure of the companies concerned. |
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23/06
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| 01.31.2006 |
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Approval of proposals for amendments to the network codes of the companies Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. and Societa Gasdotti Italia S.p.A., pursuant to AEEG Resolutions 138 of 29 July 2004 and 249 of 28 November 2005
The Authority has decided to approve the proposed amendments to the network codes for transport activities drawn up by the companies Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. and Societa Gasdotti Italia S.p.A. |
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22/06
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| 01.30.2006 |
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Setting of charges for the replenishment of strategic storage, pursuant to Art. 15, paragraphs 7 and 8, of AEEG Resolution 119 of 21 June 2005
With Resolution 21/06, the Authority has set new charges for the replenishment of strategic storage which, in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 119/05, must be up-dated by 31 January each year. It should be noted that, under the provisions of the Ministerial Decree of 26 September 2001, operators who use strategic storage in excess of the amounts they have reserved and outwith the cases envisaged by law, are required to pay the storage firm not just the unbalancing charges but also the fines established by the AEEG as charges for the replenishment of the gas wrongfully withdrawn. This new provision establishes that every user who withdraws gas from strategic storage is subject to the requirement to replenish it, paying a higher charge for the withdrawal (?19.5/GJ applied to the maximum cumulative quantity of gas withdrawn) than the sum received for replenishment (?17.5/GJ for the gas replenished). In practice, the mechanism encourages users to use storage resources correctly and efficiently by minimising the use of strategic stocks. |
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21/06
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| 01.27.2006 |
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Approval of outline rules for merit order dispatching, in accordance with Art. 7 of AEEG Resolution 168 of 30 December 2003
This resolution approves amendments to the dispatching rules and to Resolution 168/03, as proposed by Terna S.p.A. in relation to the offer procedures for strategic pumping units. These units will be operated, according to recommendations made by Terna itself, in return for a fixed fee defined by the Authority. |
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20/06
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| 01.24.2006 |
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Amendments to AEEG Resolution 158 of 11 July 2001 concerning the assessment of System Research projects in the electricity sector
Resolution 158/01 has been amended by envisaging that, for the purpose of making the advance payments on System Research projects, the progress of all research projects eligible to receive financing under the Fund should be assessed in order to ensure the maximum effectiveness of and reduce the costs connected with these activities. |
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19/06
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| 01.24.2006 |
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Urgent provisions concerning the electricity metering service (amendments and additions to Annex A of AEEG Resolution 5 of 30 January 2004)
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has introduced amendments and additions to Resolution 5/04 (Service Quality Code) with the aim of: 1) introducing a compulsory requirement to inform users of the dispatch service of changes involving the installation of hourly meters at withdrawal points operated by those users, within a binding timescale for distribution firms that would take effect from the time of installation, with a view to coordinating the above-mentioned provisions envisaged by paragraphs 9.2 and 9.4 of Resolution 188/03 with those envisaged by Art. 41 of Resolution 5/04; and 2) specifying more clearly the installation requirements for public lighting pursuant to Art. 41 of Resolution 5/04. |
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18/06
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| 01.24.2006 |
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Opening of formal inquiry into the company Italcogim Reti S.p.A. with a view to adopting a provision in accordance with Art. 2.20 (c) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995
The AEEG has opened a formal inquiry into the company Italcogim Reti S.p.A. regarding the commercial quality provided by the company in the period 18 April 2000-11 July 2005. On 13 July 2005, on the Authority?s instructions, an inspection was carried out at the company?s head office in conjunction with the Customs Service with the aim of acquiring information and documentation regarding, amongst other things, the correct application of the rules governing commercial quality. In the course of the inspection it emerged that during the five-plus years in question, in compiling estimates for the execution of minor works the company had been providing only some of the prescribed information to consumers and had repeatedly omitted to provide the remaining, compulsory, information. Italcogim Reti?s conduct constitutes grounds for the Authority to open a formal inquiry which could lead to the imposition of a fine. |
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17/06
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| 01.24.2006 |
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Inspection at the company Netenergy Service S.r.l.
The Authority has decided to carry out an inspection at Netenergy Service S.r.l. with a view to verifying the correct application of the tariff methodology introduced by Resolution 166/05. More specifically, the inspection aims to: 1) ascertain that the information transmitted to the Authority for the submission of tariff proposals for transport activities is both true and correct; 2) acquire information and documentation which the company in question did not submit to the Authority during the procedure for verifying tariff proposals. |
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16/06
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| 01.23.2006 |
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Opening of procedure to draw up provisions concerning the quality of the natural gas transport service in accordance with Art. 2.12 (c), (g) and (h) of Law 481 of 14 November 1995.
The Authority has decided to open a procedure with a view to drawing up provisions concerning the quality of the natural gas transport service in accordance with Art. 2.12 (c), (g) and (h) of Law 481/95, which would regulate general aspects of the quality of the natural gas transport service, in accordance with previous Authority provisions. |
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15/06
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| 01.23.2006 |
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Close of formal inquiry into the company Cogeser Distribuzione S.r.l. through Authority Resolution 156 of 27 July 2005
With Resolution 155/05 the Authority opened a formal inquiry into the company Cogeser Distribuzione S.r.l., thought to have failed to complete the required inspections of the Truccazzano /Tortona ?? distribution plant. As the inquiry confirmed the presence only of material errors in the transmission of data, the Authority has decided not to impose any fine on the company in question. |
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14/06
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| 01.23.2006 |
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Close of formal inquiry into the company ASMT Azienda Servizi Industriali S.p.A. through Authority Resolution 156 of 27 July 2005
With Resolution 155/05 the Authority opened a formal inquiry into the company ASMT Azienda Servizi Industriali S.p.A., thought to have failed to complete the required inspections of the Tortona distribution plant. As the inquiry confirmed the presence only of material errors in the transmission of data, the Authority has decided not to impose any fine on the company in question. |
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13/06
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| 01.23.2006 |
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Close of formal inquiry into the company Sadori Reti S.r.l. through Authority Resolution 156 of 27 July 2005
With Resolution 155/05 the Authority opened a formal inquiry into the company Sadori Reti S.r.l., thought to have failed to complete the required inspections of the Castelleone di Suasa distribution plant. As the inquiry confirmed the presence only of material errors in the transmission of data, the Authority has decided not to impose any fine on the company in question. |
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12/06
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| 01.23.2006 |
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Close of formal inquiry into the company Hera S.p.A. through Authority Resolution 155 of 27 July 2005
With Resolution 155/05 the Authority opened a formal inquiry into the company Hera S.p.A., thought to have failed to complete the required inspections of the Berra distribution plant. As the inquiry confirmed the presence only of material errors in the transmission of data, the Authority has decided not to impose any fine on the company in question. |
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11/06
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| 01.21.2006 |
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Transitional and urgent provisions concerning the allocation of incentives for operators agreeing to interruptibility in natural gas supplies in implementation of MPA Decree of 20 January 2006
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has established procedures to set up a transitional system (for the period 6 February-25 March 2006) of ?interruptibility? in gas supplies, based on market principles and voluntary in nature. The provision is based on recommendations given by the Ministry for Productive Activities (MPA) Decree of 20 January 2006, which established an incentive mechanism to increase the availability of additional interruptibility (defined as "technical interruptibility") with the aim of reducing natural gas consumption and limiting the effects of the current energy emergency while fostering greater security of supply. The provision sets out the implementation provisions and bidding procedure, which envisages the allocation of interruptibility lots (ILs) up to the total amount envisaged by the MPA Decree (20Mm3/g). The tender will be open on a voluntary basis to industrial operators willing to interrupt their natural gas withdrawals, in return for a specific remuneration which is broken down into two separate components. The operator charged with organising and carrying out the allocation procedure is the main transport company, Snam Rete Gas. Resolution 10/06 also envisages: 1) the requirement for transport firms to verify that customers who have signed up for interruptibility have in fact respected their commitment to reduce consumption; 2) penalties aimed at discouraging potential opportunistic conduct and ensuring the maximum effectiveness and reliability of the expected results in terms of the benefits deriving from reduced gas consumption in the sector. For details of how remunerations for interruptible users will be funded, see Resolution 297/05. |
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10/06
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| 01.20.2006 |
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Opening of procedures to determine natural gas distribution tariffs for thermal year 2004-2005
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has approved the tariff proposals submitted by 215 operators for thermal year 2004-2005 for natural gas distribution activities, as examination of the data declared by those operators shows them to conform to the criteria established by Resolution 170/04 setting the natural gas distribution tariffs for the second period of regulation. It is also envisaged that the tariff proposals will apply with effect from 1 October 2004. |
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9/06
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| 01.20.2006 |
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Approval of tariff proposals for thermal year 2004-2005 for natural gas distribution activities pursuant to AEEG Resolution 170 of 29 September 2004, as subsequently amended and supplemented
The Authority for Electricity and Gas has opened procedures to establish natural gas distribution tariffs for 2004-2005 for a group of operators (47 distribution companies and a further 2 firms operating in 25 areas only), for a maximum duration of 60 days from receipt of notification of the provision. At 21 October 2005 these companies had still not submitted the data required to establish the 2004-2005 tariff proposals. |
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8/06
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| 01.17.2006 |
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Setting of specific objectives for 2006 regarding primary energy savings for electricity and natural gas distributors subject to the obligatory requirements set out in the Ministerial Decrees of 20 July 2004
In implementation of the Ministerial Decrees of 20 July 2004, which established the mechanism for energy efficiency certificates (or "white certificates"), the Authority has set the energy savings targets for 2006 for electricity and natural gas distributors. These amount to 311,000 tons of oil equivalent (for 2005 the objective was around 155,000 TOE). |
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7/06
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| 01.17.2006 |
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Approval of target quality levels for the transmission service for 2006 in accordance with Art. 33 of Authority Resolution 250 of 30 December 2004.
Annex A contains in table form the target quality levels for the transmission service for 2006. |
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6/06
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| 01.12.2006 |
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Amendments to Authority for Electricity and Gas Resolution 50 of 24 March 2005 concerning the monitoring of the wholesale electricity market and the market for the dispatching service
With Resolution 50/05 the Authority has defined a series of indices for the monitoring of the wholesale electricity market, calculated for groups of zones defined as Macro-Zones. The entry into operation of the Rizziconi-Laino very high-voltage electricity line has significantly altered the limits on electricity transits between the Rossano Calabro limited production hub and the Calabria Zone, and between the Calabria and Sicily Zones. Consequently, for the purpose of calculating the abovementioned indexes, the Calabria Zone is no longer grouped with Sicily, but with Macro-Zone South (Centre North, Centre South, South and limited production hubs included in these zones). |
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5/06
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| 01.11.2006 |
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Provisions concerning the organisation and operation of electricity-saving assessment and certification activities
In implementation of the Ministerial Decrees of 20 July 2004, the Authority has decided to draw on the services of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment) with regard to the assessment and certification of electricity savings (known as ?white certificates?) achieved or achievable by gas or electricity distributors, ESCOs (Energy Services Companies) and consumers. The main activities carried out by Enea on behalf of the Authority will involve: 1) the technical verification and evaluation of the documentation, equipment and processes involved in each initiative, with a view also to quantifying the savings achieved; 2) monitoring, with six-monthly checks to ensure that the energy saving projects under evaluation are being implemented correctly; 3) the adoption and up-dating of detailed, standardised technical worksheets for use in evaluating projects and quantifying results. |
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4/06
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| 01.09.2006 |
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Extension of the term of office of members of the Committee of Experts set up pursuant to Art. 2.4 of Authority Resolution 60 of 22 April 2004. Definition of electricity used by power station ancillary services for the purpose of inspection as referred to in the same
With Resolution 60/04, the Authority decided to make use of the Electricity Equalisation Fund to set up a committee of experts with the task of drawing up Regulations for the conduct of inspections and checks on cogeneration plants and those fed by renewable and assimilable sources. Even after publication of the Regulations, which were approved through Resolution 116/05, a number of disputed cases resulting from the Committee?s inspections still remain and may require additions to the same Regulation. To this end the Authority has decided to extend the term of office of the members of the Committee of Experts to 30 June 2006. The Authority has also provided an unambiguous definition of the electricity absorbed by ancillary services, which was not included in the framework of rules and impacts on the calculation of some of the indicators defined in Resolutions 6/92 and 42/02. |
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Adoption of Authority's three-year plan 2006-2008
The AEEG has published a three year plan for the period 2006-2008 through which it defines the key developments and objectives for its future activity, which will be guided by the following general aims: 1) promoting competition and protecting consumers; 2) supporting efficiency and cost-effectiveness in activities operating under de facto monopoly conditions; promoting investment; 3) assisting and protecting energy service consumers; 4) supporting decisions and policies for sustainable development; 5) overseeing the correct application of the regulations and standards applicable to the sector; and 6) developing dialogue with stakeholders in the system. In the light of this last point, and with a view to extending and developing its dialogue with operators and consumers, the plan will also be discussed at a public hearing. |
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