In line with Section D.1 of TAP, SRG and DESFA Project Proposal for the second Binding Phase of the 2021 Market Test, as approved by the Italian, Greek and Albanian National Regulatory Authorities and published in October 2023, the TSOs are hereby jointly informing the market that the 2021 Market Test is closed.
The TSOs confirm that they are proceeding with the relevant projects required for making the 1.2 bcm/year incremental capacity, pursuant to the first Binding Phase of the 2021 Market Test, available to the market, in line with the commitments received. (link)
This first step of expansion reinforces the Southern Gas Corridor’s significance for the EU’s security of energy supply and paves the way for further expansions, which can be achieved through participation in the next Market Tests.
Moreover, TAP, SRG and DESFA have launched the 2023 Market Test in July 2023, in line with the CAM NC timeline. The 2023 Market Test is still ongoing and the TSOs open a Revision Window for the Non-Binding Phase of the 2023 Market Test between 19th January and 2nd February 2024 to allow all interested parties to either submit new Non-Binding Demand Indications and/or to revise the ones already submitted between July-August 2023 during the Demand Assessment Phase of the 2023 Market Test.
The revision of the Non-Binding Demand Indication has to be performed through the submission of an individual Revision Form to the relevant TSO to the indicated email address, as follows:
- DESFA Revision Form (link) sent to market-test@desfa.gr
- SRG Revision Form (link) sent to ipa@pec.snam.it
- TAP Revision Form (link) sent to market.test@tap-ag.com
The submission of a new Non-Binding Demand Indication to the relevant TSOs has to be made according to the procedural details indicated on the websites of each TSO, as follows:
The above revisions and/or new submissions of the Non-Binding Demand Indications will be included by the TSOs in the common Demand Assessment Report for 2023 Incremental Capacity Process of next publication.