Long-term planning
In accordance with legislation in force since 21 November 2011, Austrian Gas Grid Management AG (AGGM) is obliged to prepare a long-term plan at least once a year in accordance with section 18 (1) (11) in conjunction with section 22 GWG for the distribution area in line with the aims of the section 22 (1) GWG. The objective of long-term planning is to plan the distribution systems listed in Annex 1 regard to
- covering the demand for transport capacity to supply consumers while considering emergency scenarios
- achieving a high level of system availability
- addressing the capacity needs at the internal interconnection points with the transmission network and at storage-related entry/exit points and
- ensuring consistency with the Union-wide network development plan and the coordinated network development plan according to section 63 et seq. GWG
- complying with the infrastructure standard according to Article 6 Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 in the market area
- increasing transparency for the market with respect to planned and already decided system expansions and development measures, including the planned timing of such investment projects.
2020 long term plan
Data Acquisition
The data for the consumption model and the demands at the entry/exit points were collected. Additional capacity expansion applications, which were submitted until the 30th of June 2020, were taken into account in the 2020 long term plan.
Planning
Based on the gathered data, the consumption model and the supply model were built. By carrying out hydraulic simulations it was checked whether all end consumers and all requested Entry and Exit capacities can be properly supplied.
Consultation
The consultation of the 2020 long term plan took place from the 27th of October 2020 until the 16th of November 2020. Please find attached the report of the 2020 long term plan edition 1 (edition for the consultation of AGGM) and the opinions
Austrian Gas Infrastructure Day
On the Austrian Gas Infrastructure Day (AGID), which took place on 4th of November 2020, the results of the 2020 long term planning and the 2020 Coordinated network development plan were presented to the market participants. Two guest lectures have highlighted future challenges of infrastructure planning.
Approval
On December 3rd, 2020, AGGM submitted the long-term plan 2020 to E-Control Austria for approval. On January 12th, 2021, E-Control Austria requested changes and additional information to the long-term plan 2020. AGGM complied with the requested changes and submitted the long-term plan 2020 in edition 3 dated 02.02.2021 to E-Control Austria.
On February 18th, 2021, E-Control Austria approved the long-term plan 2020 by notice.
For reasons of transparency, AGGM publishes the notice of Energie-Control Austria on long-term planning, whereby confidential information on the protection of company and business secrets was made unrecognizable.
2014 – 2019 long-term planning
The long-term planning of the past periods, the corresponding decision of the Energie-Control Austria, as well as the presentations of the planning conferences and the consultations are listed in the following table.