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22 November 2023
Update planned maintenance 2024
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2024 is the period from 16 September 2024 to 30 September 2024.
17 November 2023
Increase BBL Company Implicit Allocation Reverse Flow capacity SUM ‘24
BBL Company will increase its Implicit Allocation Reverse Flow capacity products (GB > NL) for April 2024 through to September 2024 to 90% of the available capacity.
31 October 2023
Publication of market Demand Assessment Report (DAR) for incremental capacity
From 3 July 2023 to 28 August 2023 BBL Company has asked the market for its non-binding interest in incremental capacity on the Bacton interconnection point of the BBL Interconnector.
30 October 2023
Daily Reverse Flow (GB > NL) tariffs from 1 November 2023
On 19 October 2023, BBLC announced a tariff decrease for Reverse Flow products for the remaining gas days of October 2023. BBLC will maintain the level of these tariffs in November 2023 until further notice.
19 October 2023
Adjustment Daily Reverse Flow (GB > NL) tariffs October 2023
With effect of gas day 20 October 2023 06:00 CEST, BBLC decreases its daily tariffs for Reverse Flow products for the remaining gas days of October 2023.
18 October 2023
Announcement BBL physical flow switch to Reverse Flow (1)
The BBL physical flow direction is currently in Forward Flow mode (NL > GB). Due to recent market developments BBLC will switch the physical flow direction to Reverse Flow (GB > NL), starting gas day 19 October 2023 06:00 CEST. Once the pipeline is in Reverse Flow mode, BBLC enables and facilitates the market to make use of Reverse Flow as a firm capacity product.
17 October 2023
Conversion to daylight saving time gas day 28 October 2023
On gas day 28 October 2023 there will be a switch from summer time to winter time.
13 September 2023
Planned maintenance 2024
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 30 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2024 is the period from 1 September 2024 to 30 September 2024.
25 August 2023
BBL Company Commodity Charge
On 4 August 2023 Ofgem has approved the GT&C and Charging Methodology which BBLC has consulted in Spring 2023. One of the consulted topics was to add a fixed component to the variable fee to cover electricity connection costs.
24 August 2023
Reminder: BBL pipeline inspection program September 2023
As announced in May 2023, BBL Company’s annual planned maintenance period of the BBL facilities will take place during 6 gas days starting from Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 06:00 CEST and ending at Monday 11 September at 06.00 CEST.
10 August 2023
BBL pipeline inspection program September 2023
As announced in May 2023, BBL Company’s annual planned maintenance period of the BBL facilities will take place during 6 gas days starting from Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 06:00 CEST and ending at Monday 11 September at 06.00 CEST.
19 July 2023
Implementation enhanced pressure service
On 5 July 2023, Ofgem approved the Pressure Service Charges Agreement between BBL Company and National Gas Transmission, which makes it possible for BBL Company to increase the Reverse Flow capacity at IP Bacton from 7,699,193 kWh/h to 10 GWh/h. The increased pressure service will be implemented from 19 July 2023 onwards and is agreed upon to be initially on a temporary basis, applying up to and including Gas Day 30 September 2023.