Monitoring the gas storage filling trajectory in the European Union in 2022
Regulation (EU) 2022/1032
The new Gas Storage Regulation (EU) 2022/1032 enhances the security of supply of the European Union (EU) and provides amendments to the previous Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks. The new legislative proposal sets out minimum underground gas storage obligations at the beginning of the heating season, i.e. 80% of the aggregated capacity in 2022 and 90% from 2023 onwards. Specifically, it provides a storage filling trajectory by means of a set of intermediate targets on 1 August, 1 September and 1 October 2022 that Member States must fulfil (from 2023 onwards, the intermediate targets are on the first of the months of February, May, July and September). Apart from storage obligations, the Gas Storage Regulation adds an article to certify storage system operators and reinforces the monitoring system of the storage filling targets. This report provides an overview of the new Regulation in place and is focused on the monitoring of the target filling levels. The report identifies the countries that may face, in principle, challenges to meet their targets in 2022 based on storage projections derived at the end of July 2022, just before the first intermediate target came into effect. Finally, it describes four snapshots of the storage situation in the EU for each of the intermediate targets considered in the Regulation.
FERNANDEZ BLANCO CARRAMOLINO Ricardo;
RODRIGUEZ GOMEZ Nuria;
BOLADO LAVIN Ricardo;
2023-02-23
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC132366
978-92-76-98898-4 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31408 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-408-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC132366,
10.2760/299350 (online),
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