The right to apply for Reservation of Transmission Capacity that will become available in the future is granted to those registered in the NNGS Users' Registry, as per article 72 of the Law 4001/2011, as amended and in force. The application may include:
Α) NNGTS Entry or Exit Points existing at the time of submission of the Application for Advanced Reservation of Capacity.
B) NNGTS Entry and Exit Points which, at the time of submission of the Application for Advanced Reservation of Capacity, are part of a Planned Project.
C) New NNGTS Entry and Exit Points proposed by the applicant in order to make the provision of the requested Transmission Services feasible.
DESFA publishes a draft Application for Future Capacity Reservation that is subject to the approval of the Regulatory Authority for Energy (art. 95D par. 2 of NNGS Network Code as valid and art. 68 par. 2a of Law 4001/2011). The Appication must be accompanied by the appropriate documets, which are mentioned in the Standard Apprication draft.
Submission of an Application for Advanced Reservation of Capacity requires payment of an Application Fee to the Operator, in accordance with the paragraphs 6, 7 & 8 of the article 95A of the NNGS Network Code, as valid. You can submit your Applications for Future Capacity Reservation to the email address: services@desfa.gr (Subject: New Connections).
Within fifteen (15) working days from the date on which the application is formally considered complete, the Operator will determine whether the Advanced Reservation of Capacity Application pertains to an Unplanned Project, and will therefore evaluate the application in accordance with the provisions of article [95Β ], or a Planned Project, and will therefore evaluate the application in accordance with the provisions of article [95C] of the Network Code.
Α) Unplanned Project:
If the Operator determines that the Advanced Reservation of Capacity Application refers to an Unplanned Project, it will inform the applicant in writing and publish a summary of the Application in Greek and in English via the Electronic Information System, subject to protection of any commercially sensitive information contained in the Application. Any interested parties will be invited to submit their views in writing, or to submit a Advanced Reservation of Capacity Application in connection with the Application under evaluation, within a period of two (2) months (Deadline for Expression of Interest).
The Active and Non Active Publications, that follow below, concern the summaries of the Advanced Reservation of Capacity Application for the interesting parties in order to submit their views in writing, or to submit an Advanced Reservation of Capacity Application:
The Operator will issue a decision on the Advanced Reservation of Capacity Application within six (6) months of the closing date for submission of Expressions of Interest.
On acceptance of the Application, the Operator will prepare a Capacity Expansion Proposal, submitted to RAE.
Depending on whether the project is Large or Small, the Operator will issue a written invitation asking the applicant to appear, in order to conclude an Advanced Reservation of Transmission Capacity Agreement, or a Connection Agreement, as per articles 95D and 95E, correspondingly.
Β) Planned Project:
On acceptance of the Application, the Operator will ask the applicant to conclude the following:
- An Advanced Reservation of Transmission Capacity Agreement, provided that construction of the Planned Project relating to the Advanced Capacity Reservation Application has not yet started.
- A Connection Agreement, where construction of the Planned Project relating to the Advanced Reservation of Capacity Application is underway or if the construction of the Planned Project has not yet started, but the Planned Project is a Small Project.
