Part of the German natural gas market is supplied with low-calorific natural gas (L-gas). The L-gas comes from German and Dutch production. Production from L-gas reserves in Germany is continuously declining. The Dutch transport network operator Gasunie Transport Services B.V. (GTS) has also announced a continuous decline in export volumes from the Netherlands to Germany from 2020.
In order to secure the supply of natural gas in the medium and long term, the network areas that are currently still supplied with L-gas must be continuously converted to H-gas over the next few years.
The decision as to which network areas will be converted and when will be made in consultation with the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) as part of the Gas Network Development Plan (NEP) process. Thyssengas GmbH will successively involve the distribution system operators and directly connected end consumers affected by the changeover in the corresponding processes in order to plan the changeover process together at an early stage and implement the changeover on schedule.
Changeover planning
A detailed allocation of the grid points to the conversion areas and their conversion times can be found in the NEP Gas database: www.nep-gas-datenbank.de
Bindingly announced changeover areas
All conversion areas that have already been bindingly announced and are updated by the transmission system operators on a quarterly basis are shown here.
It also contains information on dependencies between the changeover areas and the currently planned technical changeover months: www.fnb-gas.de
Reimbursement of costs in accordance with section 19 a (3) of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG)
In accordance with Section 19 a (3) EnWG, owners of customer installations or consumer appliances with proper proof of use are entitled to a refund of €100 if a changeover is cancelled because the owners of these customer installations or consumer appliances have decided to install a new appliance. The prerequisite for this is that the customer installation or consumer appliance has a proper proof of use and that the installation is carried out after the date of publication of the changeover date on our website and before the adjustment of the appliance as part of the changeover of the gas quality.
In the event that no new appliance is installed, the costs recognised as necessary for the adaptation of the appliances will be reimbursed within the framework of the regulations on the market area conversion levy.
