EASEE pres GEODE Martigny 16 05 03 1

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EASEE-gas
European Association for the Streamlining
of Energy Exchange - gas
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EASEE-gas

• Why the need ?
• The US example
• The European project

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WHY THE NEED ?
Before liberalisation
Few participants, stable and long lasting
relationships
After liberalisation
Many players, short lived and fast changing
relationships Hence need to streamline
transactional processes
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BUNDLED BUSINESS MODEL
Producer
Gas Merchant
LDC
End user
physical
contractual
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GENERIC CORE BUSINESS MODELLiberalised market
commodity
commodity
Producer
Trader
shipping
Title transfer
hand over
capacity
tittle transfer
capacity
Transporter
Shipper
commodity
hand over
shipping
title transfer
commodity
End user
supply base management
Supplier
physical
contractual
notional
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GENERIC BUSINESS MODELLiberalised market
Non gas services
Gas services
Core Business Partners
Storage Terminal Hub etc.
Legal Finance Software etc.
physical
contractual
notional
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INDICATIVE VOLUME CHAIN
0-300
0-300
Ship/Trans
Traders
Producers
50
100
100
50
Suppliers
Storage
End Users Large accounts
50
10-20
Retail Suppliers
Ship/DSO
50
End Users Res. Dom.
50
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INDICATIVE VALUE CHAIN
Ship/Trans
Traders
Producers
120-140
10-30
10
110
100
100
120-140
Storage
Suppliers
End Users Large accounts
130-150
0-50
10
Ship/Trans
Suppliers
170-290
50-100
50-100
End Users Res. Dom.
220-390
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THE US EXAMPLE Gas Industry Standards
Board GISB
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THE US EXAMPLE Gas Industry Standards Board
created in 1994 with a mission to
develop and promote standards to simplify and
expand electronic communications and to simplify
and streamline business practices that will lead
to a seamless market place for natural gas
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THE US EXAMPLE GISB achievements

• 7 years of existence
• 400 business practices established
• 40 transactions standardised
• 5 model agreements
• Transformed to NAESB to include power industry

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NAESB membership

• Wholesale Gas (ex GISB) 133
• Retail Gas 42
• Wholesale Power 169
• Retail Power 47

End Users 19 Distributors 25 Pipelines
41 Producers 13 Services 35
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THE EUROPEAN PROJECT
Initiated by the EDIGAS-group Supported by EU
and by CEER Created through joint Task Force
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THE EUROPEAN PROJECT
Task Force participants

• EFET
• OGP
• Eurogas
• GTE
• Edig_at_s
• Eurelectric
• GEODE

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THE EUROPEAN PROJECT
EASEE-gas mission statement

• To develop and promote common practices to
• simplify and streamline business processes
• between the stakeholders that will lead to an
• efficient and effective European Gas Market

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THE EUROPEAN PROJECT
EASEE-gas basic principles

• Open, independent organisation
• Full members vote and fee
• Associate members no vote, no fee
  
• Driven by volunteers
• Financed through membership fees

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FULL MEMBERS

• Companies or divisions with separate
• accounts
• Can join through one or more segments
• Annual fee EUR 1500 per segment

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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

• Government agencies
• Regulators
• Not-for-profit organisations
• Consumer groups
• Individuals et al.

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ORGANISATION
Full Members by segment
Associate Members
Executive Committee
Board of Directors
Advisory Panel
General Manager Staff
Working Groups
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Membership evolution
Full
Associate
14.03.2002 31.05.2002 04.12.2002
07.05.2003
6 17 35 59
0 3 11 12
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59 Full Members
Producers 6 Traders Shippers 15 Transporter
s 19 Suppliers 5 Service Providers
9 Distribution Netw. Op. 4 Retail Suppliers
0 End Users 1
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Comments

• 5 Segments active
• Distribution Network Operators coming along
• Retail Suppliers still lagging
• End Users disappointing

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12 Associate Members
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Key Events of 2002/3

• Jan - March 2002 Task Force drafts the
  Articles of Association.
• 14th March EASEE-gas is legally founded
• April Initial Working Groups are established
• - Rules are drafted.
• 30th/31st October Report to Madrid Forum
• 4th December 2nd GMoM workshop.
• January/February 2003 Nominations votes for
  Exec Committee.
• 19th February Update to Madrid Forum Joint
  Working Group.
• 6th March 3rd GMoM and election of 1st Exec
  Committee Members.
• 24th April hired General Manager

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Working Groups
1) Business Rules 2) Message Specification 3)
Edig_at_s Message Codification and
Maintenance 4) Real-time Data Exchange 5) IT
Communication Network 6) eb XML 7) Harmonisation
of Units 8) Gas Quality Harmonisation 9)
Commercial Agreements
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Working Groups General comments

• Initial focus on operational matters
• strongest effort on communications
• - high data flow as number of shippers grows
• - abolish manual data handling
• 6 WGs chaired by transporters
• 1 WG chaired by a producer
• 1 WG chaired by an associated member
• 1 to be started

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EASEE-gas

• Provides a platform for discussion
• Voluntarism is better than regulation
• The US example shows it works
• Europe may prove a bit harder

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