With changes, asterisks and specific implementation schedules approved RAE updated ten-year plan for the development of the national natural gas transmission system, presented DESFA after the end of the public comment. The cost of new projects approved by the RAE does not exceed 42 million euros, so their impact on the average fee is very limited. The increase in the cost of projects already planned is 196 million euros, but it is unavoidable given the international situation.
The RAE has not approved the supply project to Ioannina through the Virtual Small Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (SSLNG) pipeline and the virtual pipeline infrastructure. liquefied natural gas to supply the regions of Poria, Aspros and Perdikka.
The RAE notes a significant delay in the schedules of projects to connect users to the network.
The RAE notes a significant backlog in the schedules of projects to connect users to the network. Regarding the pipeline in Western Macedonia, it states that project completion is delayed by one year, until September 2024, and the cost has increased by 167 million euros, and indicates that this delay requires the implementation of a costly transitional solution to put the distribution networks on another winter . RAE has agreed to increase the cost of Dioriga Gas’s FSRU connection projects from €9.9m to €15m, but not to a rescheduling from 2023 to March 2025 as it is not in line with Dioriga Gas’s schedules. The Authority invites DESFA and Dioriga GAS to a joint meeting to agree on a schedule, taking into account, in particular, the ARCA signed between them. North Macedonia interconnection pipeline project approved subject to market testing, i.e. users have sufficient capacity so that its construction does not increase system fees, provided that the pipeline will provide security of supply to North Macedonia and not to Greece . . The cost of construction has increased from 51 to 67 million euros, and the schedule for its implementation has been postponed from June 2024 to July 2025. The RAE considers these changes acceptable as the cost increase is due to the overall increase in raw materials and the rescheduling of the ongoing market test.
Source: Kathimerini
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