Publication of information in accordance with the Network Code on harmonised transmission tariff structures
According to Article 30 of the Network Code on Harmonised Transmission Tariff Structures (Regulation (EU) 2017/460), European transmission system operators are obliged to publish various information on their websites. You can find an overview of this information here.
Publication obligations in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/460 (NC TAR) 2026
as of 3 June 2025
Publication obligations in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/460 (NC TAR) 2025
Status: 29.01.2025
Disclosure obligations in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/460 (NC TAR) (as at 28/05/2024) | Requirements for | Information to be published |
| Information to be published prior to the annual auction (Art. 29 NC TAR) | ||
| Art. 29 (a) | Information on firm standard capacity products (reserve prices, multipliers, seasonal factors, etc.) | Fees for firm standard capacity products: For 2024 For 2025 Please refer to the Federal Network Agency's decision BK9-23/612 ("MARGIT 2025" determination) for the justification of the multipliers. |
| Art. 29 (b) | Information on interruptible standard capacity products (reserve prices, assessment of the probability of interruption) | Charges for interruptible standard capacity products: In Annex I of its decision BK9-23/612 ("MARGIT 2025" determination), the Federal Network Agency has defined the level of the discount to be applied at the interconnection points for interruptible capacity. The methodology for calculating these discounts is described in Section 6 of the MARGIT 2025 determination. The methodology for calculating the discount for interruptible capacity at points other than interconnection points, including storage points, was defined by the Federal Network Agency in decision BK9-24/608 (determination "BEATE 2.1"). The probability of interruption is derived from the data of the last three gas years of the respective entry or exit point and calculated as the ratio of the sum of the maximum interruptible capacity interrupted per day to the sum of the interruptible capacity marketed on these days. The probability of interruption is rounded up to full per cent and increased by a safety margin of 10 percentage points at points other than interconnection points, which reflects the forecast uncertainty. The discount to be applied corresponds to the probability of interruption and is independent of the product term. This therefore corresponds to the safety margins for interconnection points in accordance with the MARGIT 2025 specification. There were no interruptions at the points affected by BEATE 2.1; the discount for interruptible capacities at these points is 10%. For the amount of the discount for interruptible capacity in calendar year 2025, please refer to the MARGIT 2025 determination, Annex I The data for calculating the discounts were published as part of the consultation. |
Disclosure obligations in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/460 (NC TAR) (as at 01/12/2023) | Requirements for | Information to be published |
| Information to be published before the charging period (Art. 30 NC TAR) | ||
| Art. 30 (1a) (i) | Technical capacity at the entry and exit points and the associated assumptions; | not relevant (N/A) |
| Art. 30 (1a) (ii) | forecasted contracted capacity at the entry and exit points and the associated assumptions | All input parameters used (in particular capacity forecasts) are included in the simplified tariff model. |
| Art. 30 (1a) (iii) | Quantity and direction of the gas flow at entry and exit points and the associated assumptions, such as supply and demand scenarios for the gas flow at peak times; | not relevant (N/A) |
| Art. 30 (1a) (iv) | A sufficiently detailed description of the transmission system structure; | not relevant (N/A) |
| Art. 30 (1a) (v) | additional technical information on the transmission network, such as length and diameter of pipelines and capacity of compressor stations; | not relevant (N/A) |
| Art. 30 (1b) (i) | Allowed revenues and/or target revenues of the transmission system operator | Permissible revenues 2024: € 271,702,590 |
| Art. 30 (1b) (ii) | Information on changes in the revenues mentioned under point (i) compared to the previous year | The change in the permitted revenues in 2024 compared to the permitted revenues in 2023 is mainly due to a sharp decline in volatile cost components due to lower energy prices, which is more than offset by increases in other cost components (permanently non-controllable costs, extrapolation of controllable costs from the starting level, capital cost premium) and an increase in biogas costs. |
| Art. 30 (1b) (iii) (1) | Types of assets included in regulated assets and their total value | Types of regulated assets (see Annex 1 of the GasNEV): I. General facilities
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| Art. 30 (1b) (iii) (2) | Capital costs and method for their calculation | Capital costs of the cost base year 2020: € 48,012,351 The method for calculating the cost of capital is set out in §§6-8 GasNEV. |
| Art. 30 (1b) (iii) (3) | Capital expenditure, including | |
| a) Methods for determining the acquisition value of assets | The acquisition and production costs of the assets are determined in accordance with §255 HGB. | |
| b) Methods for the revaluation of assets | German incentive regulation does not provide for the revaluation of assets (cf. GasNEV requirements). | |
| c) Notes on the development of the asset value | The assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis in accordance with Section 6 (5) GasNEV in conjunction with the Federal Network Agency's determination of imputed useful lives for natural gas pipeline infrastructure ("KANU") dated 8 November 2022. The amortisation period is specified in Annex 1 GasNEV, but can be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned "KANU" determination. | |
| d) Amortisation periods and amounts for each type of asset | Depreciation periods and amounts: II. gas tanks III. natural gas compressor plants IV. Pipelines/house connection lines V. Measuring, control and metering systems VI Telecontrol systems | |
| Art. 30 (1b) (iii) (4) | Operating costs | Operating expenses of the cost base year 2020: 94.998.634 € |
| Art. 30 (1b) (iii) (5) | Incentive mechanisms and efficiency targets | The German transmission system operators are subject to the system of incentive regulation in accordance with the provisions of ARegV, sections 12-16 ARegV regulate incentive mechanisms and efficiency targets. The revenue cap of a grid operator, which is determined for the regulatory period (5 years), is based on the costs incurred by the grid operator in the base year (year 3 before the new regulatory period) and reviewed by the regulatory authority. Furthermore, an efficiency comparison is carried out between the transmission system operators and company-specific efficiency values are determined on the basis of their cost and structural parameters. Any inefficiencies are to be reduced over the duration of a regulatory period. The regulatory authority also calculates a general sectoral productivity factor that is applied uniformly to all transmission system operators. The general sectoral productivity factor for the third regulatory period was set at 0.49%. The BNetzA has not yet determined a final value for the fourth regulatory period. The company-specific efficiency value for the third regulatory period (2018-2022) is 100% for Thyssengas. As no final value has yet been determined by the BNetzA for the fourth regulatory period, the value from the third regulatory period has been extrapolated. |
| Art. 30 (1b) (iii) (6) | Inflation indices | The overall consumer price index is derived from the provisions of Section 8 ARegV. The CPIt value in the formula from Annex 1 ARegV is to be set for the revenue cap 2024 accordingly with the published value of the Federal Statistical Office for 2022 and amounts to 110.2. The value of the base year (CPI0) in the formula from Annex 1 ARegV is to be set with the published value of the Federal Statistical Office for 2020. The value for 2020 is 100. |
| Art. 30 (1b) (iv) | Revenues from transmission services | Revenues from transmission services 2024: 256.136.894 € |
| Art. 30 (1b) (v) | the following key figures for the revenues pursuant to point iv: | |
| (1) Capacity/labour split, i.e. breakdown of revenues by capacity and labour charges | Capacity/labour split ratio in %: 100/0 | |
| (2) Entry-exit split, i.e. breakdown of revenues by capacity-based transmission charges at all entry points and capacity-based transmission charges at all exit points | Entry-exit split in the Trading Hub Europe market area: 33.8 % entry/66.2 % exit | |
| (3) Breakdown by intra-system/cross-system utilisation, i.e. breakdown of the revenues at entry and exit points calculated in accordance with Article 5 by revenues for intra-system network use and revenues for cross-system network use | Breakdown in the Trading Hub Europe market area: The cost allocation test was carried out by the Federal Network Agency in connection with the consultation pursuant to Art. 26 NC TAR. The results, including an assessment, were published on the Federal Network Agency's website as part of the REGENT 2021 determination procedure for the Trading Hub Europe market area (BK9-19/610): | |
| Art. 30 (1b) (vi) | if and insofar as the transmission system operator operates in a regulatory system without a price cap, the following information on the balancing of the regulatory account in the previous tariff period: | |
| (1) the actual revenues realised, the shortfall or excess of allowed revenues and the share allocated to the regulatory account and any sub-accounts of that regulatory account | Actual revenue generated from transmission and ancillary services 2022: Balance of regulatory account (recognised receivable) as at 31/12/2022: | |
| (2) The balancing period and the incentive mechanisms applied | The balance of the regulatory account for the completed financial year 2022 is determined as at 31 December 2023, applied for and settled in equal instalments - including interest - over 3 calendar years. The distribution begins in the year after next after the application is submitted. There are no regulatory account-specific incentive mechanisms in the German regulatory system. | |
| Art. 30 (1b) (vii) | the intended use of the auction premium | Auction revenues are booked to the regulatory account in accordance with Section 5 ARegV. This procedure thus has a fee-reducing effect in the years in which the regulatory account is balanced. In accordance with the explanations of the BNetzA in the information paper for transmission system operators on the publication of tariffs pursuant to Art. 29, 31 and 32 of Regulation (EU) No. 2017/460 ("NC TAR") of 2 June 2023, the auction mark-ups already achieved for 2024 can be used to reduce the tariff when calculating the REGENT tariff for 2024, provided that the corresponding capacity contracts are not assumed to be terminated. |
| Art. 30 (1c) | the following information on transmission tariffs and ancillary services tariffs together with the relevant information on their calculation: | |
| Art.30 (1c) (i) | where applied, labour charges in accordance with Article 4(3) | not relevant (N/A) |
| Art.30 (1c) (ii) | where applied, ancillary service charges for ancillary services pursuant to Article 4(4) | The ancillary services pursuant to the decision of the Federal Network Agency BK9-17/609 (INKA determination) include metering point operation, metering, the biogas levy pursuant to Section 20b GasNEV and the market area conversion charge pursuant to Section 19a (1) EnWG. The tariffs for ancillary services valid from 1 January 2024 can be found in the published price sheets. Calculation of the biogas levy Calculation of the market area conversion levy Calculation of the metering point operating fee |
| Art.30 (1c) (iii) | the reference prices and other prices for points other than those referred to in Article 29. | The Federal Network Agency has determined the application of a postage stamp in the Trading Hub Europe market area as part of the REGENT 2021 determination. Accordingly, the revenues from transmission fees are to be divided by the forecast capacities of the entry and exit points for the calendar year. |
| Article 30 (2) | In addition, the following information is published in relation to transmission tariffs: | |
| Art. 30 (2a) (i) | an explanation of the difference in the level of transmission tariffs for the same type of transmission service between the current tariff period and the tariff period for which the information is published | The postage stamp of the Trading Hub Europe market area will decrease by € 0.93/(kWh/h)/a in 2024 compared to the standardised fee in 2023. This change is based on regular tariff adjustments taking into account changes in the input parameters of revenue caps and capacity forecasts of the transmission system operators involved. One of the main factors contributing to this reduction in tariffs is the significant fall in the cost of transmission energy compared to the last tariff calculation as a result of the current easing of tensions on the energy markets. |
| Art. 30 (2a) (ii) | an explanation of the estimated difference in the level of transmission tariffs for the same type of transmission service between the tariff period for which the information is published and each tariff period of the remaining regulatory period | In order to fulfil the publication obligation, the development of the fees up to the end of the regulatory period was indicatively forecast in analogy to the previous procedure of the BNetzA (see Annex 5 of the REGENT 2021 determination). According to this, an increase in the fee would be expected in 2025. It should be noted here that the calculations are dependent on assumptions that are currently very difficult to forecast. Accordingly, the calculations are to be regarded as purely indicative for the fulfilment of publication obligations. Inflation was based on the values specified by the BNetzA in the document "Information for transmission system operators on the publication of tariffs pursuant to Articles 29, 31 and 32 of Regulation (EU) No. 2017/460". Furthermore, the value from the third regulatory period was extrapolated for the general sectoral productivity factor in accordance with Section 9 ARegV, as the BNetzA has not yet determined a final value for the fourth regulatory period. Further assumptions on the development of the forecast capacities and the annual development of the permitted revenues can be made directly by the user in the model. Simplified tariff model in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/460 (NC TAR) |
| Art. 30 (2)(b) | Information on the reference price model used in tariff year 2024 incl. simplified tariff model. | Simplified tariff model in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/460 (NC TAR) |
| Art. 30 (3) | For points that are not among the relevant points in accordance with Annex I, point 3.2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009, the information on the amount of forecasted contracted capacity and the forecasted level of gas flow shall be published in accordance with Annex I, point 3.2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009. | Forecasted contracted capacity at points not belonging to the relevant points according to Annex I number 3.2 paragraph 1 letter a of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009: 24,030,138 kWh/h (adjusted capacity). The amount of the forecast gas flow is not relevant for the calculation of the tariff. |