Market Demand Assessment for Incremental Capacity 2025
15 July 2025
In accordance with the incremental capacity process as described by NC CAM (Regulation 2017/459), interested parties are invited to submit non-binding demand indications for capacity above the current technical capacity of the BBL interconnector, using BBLC’s request form as published below. Requests can be submitted during a window period of 6 weeks, starting from the date of this publication.
The key dates for this market demand assessment are as follows:
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Expression of interest for Market Demand Indications document published | 15 July 2025 |
| Market Demand Indication window open | Duration 6 weeks |
| Market Demand Indication window closes | 26 August 2025 |
| Market Demand Assessment Report published | No later than 27 October 2025 |
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