ACER published today its first decision on Cross-Border Cost-Allocation (CBCA) in the field of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) for Trans-European Energy Infrastructure. This ACER decision on the Gas interconnection Poland Lithuania (GIPL) defines the cross-border cost allocation among the Transmission System Operators of the Member States concerned (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) and the way in which the costs of the investments are reflected in the transmission tariffs in these countries.
The decision was adopted and sent to the parties involved on 11 August 2014, as indicated in the press release issued at the time. After a check for potentially confidential information in the decision, it is published in its entirety here.
The decision includes compensation payments to Poland, in pursuit of a fair distribution of the costs and benefits of the project within its area of impact. The contributions will help bridging the financial gap of the project, along with possible funding from other sources. In order to issue the decision, ACER reviewed the identified impacts of the project -including on network tariffs, the cost-benefit analysis, and the regional and Union-wide effects of the project, as well as the results of its consultation with the Project Promoters, the NRAs and Transmission System Operators in the Member States concerned.
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ACER Publishes Its First Cross-Border Cost-Allocation Decision
Date 29/08/2014