GME informs interested parties that it has introduced the Platform for the management of gas release allocation procedures (PGR), pursuant to art. 16, para. 8 of Law Decree no. 17 of 1 Mar. 2022 (as amended and converted into Law no. 34 of 27 Apr. 2022), as replaced by art. 2, para. 1 of Law Decree no. 181 of 9 Dec. 2023 (converted into Law 2 February 2024 no 11), hereafter Decree.
In particular, through one or more allocation procedures managed by GME on the PGR, Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (hereafter GSE) will be required to offer gas volumes on a priority basis to gas-intensive industrial final customers (including those acting in aggregated form), as defined in art. 16, para. 8 c) of the Decree, or to the remaining parties other than the former ones. The gas volumes are those made available by holders of existing gas production concessions, or parties requesting new concessions, participating in the long-term domestic gas procurement procedures held by GSE under art. 16, para. 1 of the Decree.
As of today, with the publication on GME’s website, the Rules governing the Platform for the management of gas release allocation procedures (GAS RELEASE PLATFORM – PGR), i.e. the provisions regarding participation in and operation of the PGR, and the related Technical Rules, i.e. the implementing and procedural provisions of the PGR Rules, will enter into force.
Thus, as of today, all parties fulfilling the requirements referred to in the Decree and wishing to participate in the PGR may submit their applications to GME (as indicated in Technical Rule no. 01), so as to complete in due course the formalities needed for participation in the allocation procedure.
GME will subsequently announce the date on which it will hold a preliminary public test session before the start of the first allocation procedure.