The document summarizes the Implicit Allocation Mechanism (IAM) used by IUK to offer natural gas capacity to the market. It discusses the purpose of IAM, market response, proposals to improve IAM, and conclusions. Key points include:
IAM allows market participants to purchase capacity flexibly in response to price spreads. Major gas companies generally support IAM while noting concerns about tariff complexity and price volatility. Proposals aim to simplify tariffs, reduce volatility, and provide additional market indicators to incentivize capacity bookings and utilization. Overall the proposals received positive feedback and could help improve planning, market access, and capacity utilization if implemented.
2. What is IAM
Implicit Allocation Mechanism (IAM) is a new way for
IUK to offer capacity to the market
Allows market participants to purchase capacity
when they choose
Provides markets with the ability to buy capacity when
a shift in price spreads creates an economic rationale
3. Purpose of IAM
Provide greater access to IUK capacity
Promote cross-border flows
Grant more flexibility for capacity purchase
Incentivise market correcting transactions
Better utilise IUK capacity
8. • Only one entity being able to buy
capacity
• Overbooking of bundled capacity
• Reducing secondary market sales
and overpricing
• Incentivise NGG to reduce
capacity costs
• Reducing necessity of
overbooking
• Increases return on capacity
allocation (from both auctions
and IAM)
• Incentivises longer-term
bookings
• Improve utilisation of existing
capacity
• Reducing the risk of paying for
unneeded capacity
• Allowing smaller Shippers to
secure access to capacity
• Improving access to and
utilisation of existing storage
• Reducing the need to invest in
new storage facilities
• Limiting negative impacts on end
consumers
• Reduces risk of long-term
booking
• Allow shippers to optimise their
portfolio
• Reduce allocation costs
improving market accessibility
• Shipper doesn’t have to deal with
mismatch of capacity & gas
commodity
• Shippers can buy capacity at any
time under a simple process
Proposal Benefits
Benefits to
Shippers
Benefits to
IUK
Benefits to
Market
Gaming
Prevention
9. Proposed Suggestions
Fixed tariffs on all products
Simplification and predictability in multiplier application
Gaining additional market indicators via issuing IAM
Lowering volatility & improving long-term planning
10. Tariff Policy
• For all IAM products
• 3% to 5% Below average for 2nd-3rd last auctionsFixed Tariff
(3-5% discount)
• Dividing one year into 4-6 seasonal maximums
• Each with a fixed multiplierSeasonal
Maximums
• Calculate for each product
• Results are to be published as IAM pricesSeasonal Tariff
Calculation
• IUK’s will announce its readiness to acquire excess capacity
from any TSOs, Brokers/Traders (acquired from IUK)Readiness for
Acquisition
• Fixed prices are not to be changed more than once every
three years
Commitment
1. Encouraging large TSOs to
acquire small capacity
volumes
2. stimulate TSOs to acquire as
much volume as possible
3. Increase revenue
4. Ensure a greater utilisation
of existing capacity
5. Make the prices more
lucrative both via CAM NC
Auction and IAM
6. Lower price volatility