Gas Transmission System (hereinafter - the Access Rules) approved by National Energy Regulatory Council by its Resolution as of 29 July 2022, lays down:
The Access Rules were developed with a view to ensuring fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory access to the Gas Transmission System (controlled by AB Amber Grid) for all system users.
The Access Rules shall apply to all system users, as well as individuals who are going to become the System Users of the TSO system, to all owners of the systems that are directly connected to the TSO`s Gas Transmission System, and to all operators of gas distribution systems and other gas systems connected to the Gas Transmission System to the extent it is related to the provisions on cooperation and exchange of information stipulated by the cooperation agreements made between the TSO and the operators concerned.
Key legislative acts of the European Union that were followed in the preparation of the present Access Rules:
Comments and suggestions on the Access Rules please submit by e-mail consultation@ambergrid.lt.
AB Amber Grid and Latvian natural gas transmission system operator AS ‘Conexus Baltic Grid’ have agreed on submissions of re-nominations at Kiemėnai interconnection point. System users are able to send re-nominations for transmitting gas through Kiemėnai entry and exit points. For submitting the re-nominations at Kiemėnai entry and exit, all the provisions of AB Amber Grid Rules for Access to the Natural Gas Transmission System are applied. In addition to that, system users have to follow those rules:
1. Signed re-nomination could be submitted only via e-mail. The form of re-nomination you can download here.
2. Re-nominations should be submitted to both e-mail addresses:
a. Nominations@ambergrid.lt, and
b. Capacity@conexus.lv
3. If re-nomination is submitted during AB Amber Grid non-working hours, AB Amber Grid will inform system user about approval, rejection or adjustment of re-nomination not later than the 9:00 of the next working day.
Aiming to create better conditions for system users to use transmission system, taking into account requests of system users, AB Amber Grid (hereinafter – TSO) following paragraph 88.9. of AB Amber Grid Rules for Access to the Natural Gas Transmission System informs that terms for submission and approval of nominations at entry point with Belarusian natural gas transmission system and exit point with Russian federation Kaliningrad region natural gas transmission system are changed.
Nominations for day P at entry point with Belarusian ant exit point with Russian federation Kaliningrad region natural gas transmission systems should be submitted not later than P day 2 AM. Only the last nomination which was sent in time will be treated as final. Not later than P day 3 AM, TSO shall sent to network users, who timely submitted nomination at this entry point, confirmation notice about planned transportable gas volume of day P.
If nominations for day P are being submitted till 3 PM of day P-1, they should be submitted via Electronic Transmission Service System (ETTS). In case of ETTS failure or in cases when nominations for day P are being submitted later than P-1 day 3 PM it should be submitted via e-mail nominations@ambergrid.lt. If nomination is submitted during AB Amber Grid non-working hours, AB Amber Grid will inform system user about approval, rejection or adjustment of nomination not later than the 9 AM of the next working day.
Amber Grid informs that at entry point from Belarusian natural gas transmission system restricted capacity products with restrictions of access to transmission services, i.e. capacity products granting the right to transport gas to a specific transmission system exit point – exit point to the transmission system of Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation (without possibility of delivering natural gas to the other points and (or) selling it at a virtual natural gas trading point), are also offered from 1st of January 2020. The restricted capacity products are offered on a firm basis. The gas quantity injected and withdrawn at the defined entry and exit points by using restricted capacity products must be the same in each gas day.
| Entry point | Assigned exit point | Capacity products | Type of the product |
| Kotlovka GMS | Šakiai GMS | Yearly; Quarterly; Monthly; Daily; Within-day | Firm |
