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WE THINK GAS (1)

European Gasmarketregulation

•  The acting EU institutions such as ACER , CEER and ENTSO-G rely to the original idea of the European Union.

•  The corresponding Gas target models are already being implemented.

•  Further, the market integration is as well on the go through a European-wide harmonization of all regulated processes and related market communication

•  Especially the TSOs, but also the DSOs and suppliers are impacted by network codes from ENTSO-G.

•  The EU's Third Energy Package aims to develop a common gas market within the European Union.

•  The existing gas markets in the EU are opened by increasing investment in infrastructure for competition and cross-border trade and access to various gas sources are possible.

•  thk utilities advises companies throughout Europe concerning the consequences of the third internal Energy Market Package and the implementation on the network codes.

WE THINK GAS (2)

•  The upcoming central European approach requires utilities to get integrated through the „Gas target-models“ and in parallel the frequency of the regulated business processes is rising to a new dimension for all market participants like TSO´s, DSO´s and supplier.

WE THINK GAS (3)

•  think utilities is focused on:

–  Regulatory compliance

–  Implementation of network codes in the business architecture

–  Planning and managing of related IT-projects

RegulatoryRequirements

BusinessArchitecture

IT-Applica9ons

WE MOVE GAS-UTILITIES (1)

•  We are specialized on TSOs and balancing companies / platforms but also take care of DSOs and SSOs.

TSO CapacityPlanning

CapacityManagement

GridTransportManagement

Measurementdata Alloca9on Billing

GridDistribu9onManagementDSO Changeof

supplierMeasurement

data Alloca9on Billing

SSO CapacityPlanning

CapacityManagement

StorageManagement Measurementdata Alloca9on Billing

TSO

Trader DSO

SSO

WE MOVE GAS-UTILITIES (2)

•  With our professional expertise in the gas sector , we cover the regulatory topics like–  Network access analysis

•  Requirements-Management•  Impact-Analysis on Business Processes•  Implementationplaning

–  Economic Analysis •  Gasmarketdesign regarding the GTM-shaping•  Competitve Compliance

WE MOVE GAS-UTILITIES (3)

•  The Roll-out of the Network Codes from ENTSO-G has already started.

•  thk supports with competencies the following in–  Capacitymanagement–  Nominationmanagement–  Energydatamanagement–  Allocationmanagement–  Invoicingmanagement–  Marketcommunicationmanagement

WE MOVE GAS-UTILITIES (4)

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