| Licence
Condition: |
This
Licence is Conditional -
* Needed only if the operator is shipping
gas to plants |
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Gas Shippers / Suppliers Licence  |
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Name
of Form: |
Application for an Interim Shipping or Supply of
Natural Gas Licence.
More permanent generic licences are currently
being developed by CER |
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Required
if: |
If the operator / electricity generator
intends to obtain third party access to transport
gas to the plant itself. |
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Available From: |
Download the Application Form Here >>
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| Submit
To: |
Commission for Energy Regulation
Plaza House
Belgard Road
Tallaght
Dublin 24
Telephone: +353 (0)1 4000 800
email: info@cer.ie
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| Application
Fee: |
The Licensee shall pay to the Commission any
amounts specified in, or determined under, a Levy
Order, in accordance with the provisions of Levy
Order. |
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Accompanying
information required |
- Financial History
- Business Plan
- Details of proposals for billing and customer
care management
- Employee details
- Evidence of how the applicant proposes to comply
with any technical requirements associated with
the licenced activity.
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When to submit: |
Upon receipt of planning permission and CER approvals
to construct generator and generate electricity |
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Average Length
of Time taken for the application to be processed: |
Application will be processed as quickly as possible. |
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Available Guidance: |
A Consultation Paper published by the CER relating
to natural gas licences can be downloaded from the
following link:
URL: http://www.cer.ie/CERDocs/cer03093.pdf |
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| On the 25th
of February 2005 the Commission for Energy Regulation
(CER) published a notice to Bord Gáis Éireann
approving a new Code of Operations for the gas
market. The new Code will be implemented from
the 1st of April 2005, and will govern the transportation
of gas on the Bord Gáis Éireann Transmission and
Distribution networks. This Code will replace
the existing Transmission Code of Operations (“existing
code”).
Further information can be found on the Bord
Gais Eireann Transportation Services Section |
FURTHER INFORMATION:
The operator of a gas-fired CHP facility
may purchase gas from a licensed supplier at the plant
gate without having any capacity rights in the gas transmission
or distribution systems, and thus will not require the
licences discussed below. We understand that the majority
of CHP operators in Ireland would obtain the gas for their
plants in this way.
However, it is also open to an operator/electricity
generator to ship gas to the plant itself. (Section
10A(1)(d) of the Gas
Act 1976, as amended). The third party access
regime is one of regulated access, based on published
tariffs, with the CER having the right to approve such
tariffs, or the methodologies used for their calculation,
in advance.
Under the current Irish Point-to-Point
regime, a generator who wishes to ship gas must hold a
CER gas Supply/Shipping Licence, as well as signing
a Standard Transportation Agreement with Bord
Gais Eireann and acceding to the Entry Point Agreements
applicable to the Entry Point from which the generator
proposes to ship gas. It is then open to the generator
to negotiate gas supply arrangements with suppliers at
the relevant Entry Point to the Irish system.
Gas Shippers/Suppliers Licence
A person who supplies natural gas without
holding a Supply/Shipping Licence may be liable for a
fine of up to €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
3 months or both. (Section 16(2) of the
(Gas
Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002 as amended (the "2002
Act"). "Supply" is defined in section 2(1)
of the 2002 Act to include "delivery" and therefore a
shipper of natural gas must hold a Supply/Shipping
Licence.
The licence may be obtained by applying
to the CER. At the time of writing the final form of Licence
had been approved by the CER but has not yet been published.
The application
form relates only to applications for the granting,
by the CER, of temporary gas Supply/Shipping Licence,
prior to the development of permanent generic licences.
(View
a Consultation Paper published by the CER relating to
natural gas licences here)
An applicant for a Supply/Shipping Licence
must submit the following documents with its application
and pay the following fees:
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Financial History: audited
accounts for the last two years and, where applicable,
audited accounts for the last two years of any party
holding 20% or more of the shares of the applicant
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Business Plan: A business
plan for the next five years, including annual forecasts
of costs, sales, revenues and profits. This should
include the assumptions underlying the figures provided.
In addition, information on the intended source of
finance for the business of the applicant to which
the application relates
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Billing: Details of the proposals
for billing and customer care management, including
the IT system to be employed for this purpose.
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Employees: Estimate of the
number of people to be employed in relation to this
operation and their address of employment.
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Technical Requirements:
The applicant must also provide evidence as to how
it proposes to comply with any technical requirements
associated with the licensed activity.
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Application Fee: This has
not yet been determined by the CER.
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