The Requirement for Tariff Benchmarking for European Gas /Transmission
Article from: OGEL 3 (2008), in National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
Summary
The main policy goal of EU legislation and regulation is to achieve a well-functioning internal market in gas. Transparent and non-discriminatory access to transmission systems is crucial, and is not a goal in itself, merely a means to an end, namely a well-functioning internal market in gas. Where there are integrated gas companies, the primary means to achieve non-discriminatory access is legal unbundling. Where there are legally-unbundled gas transmission companies, cost-reflective tariffs are needed in order to ensure fairly-priced access to transmission services. Where there ...