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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.
14 July 2023
Additional BBL Firm Reverse Flow capacity available
As of gas day 15 July 2023 until 1 September 2023, BBL Company will increase the firm technical available Reverse Flow capacity (GB > NL) to 7,699,193 kWh/h. As all capacity up to 7 GWh/h is already sold out, an additional 699,193 kWh/h Firm Reverse Flow capacity will become available in the within day and daily auctions on PRISMA. This additional Firm Reverse Flow capacity will also be offered in the upcoming monthly August 2023 auction scheduled for 17 July 2023 on PRISMA.
3 July 2023
Market Demand Assessment for Incremental Capacity
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.
22 June 2023
Publication of BBLC tariffs for gas year 2023 and beyond
BBLC has published its tariffs and starting multipliers for the upcoming gas year 2023 and beyond, which apply to Forward Flow (NL to GB) and Reverse Flow (GB to NL) capacity products offered via PRISMA and Implicit Allocations.
12 May 2023
Update planned maintenance 2023
BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 6 gas days starting from Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Monday 11 September 2023 at 06:00 CEST.
17 April 2023
Meet BBL Company at E-world 2023
You are very welcome to meet us at E-world 2023 in Essen (Germany) which is being organized from 23 to 25 May 2023. Our team will be present at BBL Company’s own stand number 2-107 (located in hall 2).
21 March 2023
BBL Company consultation on its General Terms and Conditions and Charging Methodology 2023
A consultation has opened on changes BBL Company (BBLC) is proposing to make to its GT&C and Charging Methodology. BBLC seeks your views on these proposed modifications.