NetConnect Germany GmbH & Co (NCG) is inviting bids for the provision of balancing services in the period indicated below in order to meet its long-term balancing requirements in the multi-quality market area NCG, with bids being requested for the “Rest-of-the-Day” (RoD) and "Hour" product variant of the “Long-Term Options” (LTO) product as well as for the bilateral “Short-Call Balancing Services” (SCB) product.
Please note that only bids for the supply of gas by providers (SystemBUY) are being invited for the RoD product variant of the LTO product, with providers to make delivery of high CV gas in the balancing zone specified below. For the Hour product variant of the LTO product and for the SCB product, bids are being invited for both the receipt (SystemSELL) and the supply (SystemBUY) of gas by providers, with providers to take and make delivery of low CV gas in the balancing gas specified below.
The tenders are carried out – depending on the product – for the 4th quarter 2020 and the month October 2020.
Characteristics of the tender for the 4th quarter 2020:
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Balancing requirements
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Product
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LTO
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Product variant
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RoD
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Hour
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Period
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1 October 2020, 06:00 hours
to 1 January 2021, 06:00 hours
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1 October 2020, 06:00 hours
to 1 January 2021, 06:00 hours
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Gas quality
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High CV gas (H)
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Low CV gas (L)
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Direction
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SystemBUY
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SystemBUY and SystemSELL
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Balancing zone
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HS
(high CV zone “South”)
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LW
(low CV zone “West”)
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Requirement [MWh/h]
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2,350*
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2,800
(in each direction)
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Number of lots
(1 lot = 10 MW)
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235*
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280
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* Please note with regard to the product variant RoD that throughout the entire Contract Period no limit applies as to the number of permitted Call Days.
Characteristics of the tender for the month October 2020:
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Product
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SCB
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Period
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1 October 2020, 06:00 hours
to 1 November 2020, 06:00 hours
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Gas quality
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Low CV gas (L)
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Direction
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SystemBUY and SystemSELL
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Balancing zone
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LO (low CV zone “East”)
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Requirement [MWh/h]
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1,000
(in each direction)
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Number of lots
(1 lot = 10MW)
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100
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If you wish to respond to the above tender invitations, please submit your bids between 1 September 2020, 12:00 hours and 15 September 2020, 12:00 hours.
Please submit your bids through our Bidding Platform.
NCG will accept bids by 16 September 2020, 12:00 hours by awarding individual contracts (“System Balancing Transaction Agreements”) for the above contract period.