Public consultation on the Draft Methodology for the Determination of the Tariff Items for the Unloading and Send Out of Liquefied Natural Gas

26 July 2016 – The Methodology for the Determination of the Tariff Items for the Unloading and Send Out of Liquefied Natural Gas was adopted during the session of the Board of Commissioners of the Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (HERA) held on 22 July 2016. The preliminary public consultation concerning the Draft Methodology was conducted in the period from 14 June to 5 July 2016.

During the public consultation, opinions of the following energy entities holding the HERA licence for performing energy activities were received:

The results of the public consultation (consolidated remarks/proposals and argumentation for their acceptance/rejection)

Report on the Conducted Consultation

Invitation for participation in the public consultation

14 June 2016 - HERA informs interested parties about the start of the public consultation regarding the Draft Methodology for the Determination of the Tariff Items for the Unloading and Send Out of Liquefied Natural Gas. We invite energy operators/entities and interested parties and experts to submit their comments, opinions or statements. The public consultation will be held in the period from June 14 to July 5, 2016.

The Draft Methodology for the Determination of the Tariff Items for the Unloading and Send Out of Liquefied Natural Gas (hereinafter: Draft Methodology) has been prepared taking into account the provisions of all laws and by-laws concerning the gas sector in the Republic of Croatia, especially the Energy Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia, Number 120/12, 14/14 and 102/15), the Gas Market Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia, Number 28/13 and 14/14) and the Act on the Regulation of Energy Activities (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia, Number 120/12).

The Draft Methodology is based on the incentive regulation method, i.e. the method of maximum allowed revenue.

The Draft Methodology determines the following:

  • the model of regulation of the energy activity of managing the LNG terminal,
  • the formula and elements for calculating the allowed revenue of the LNG terminal operator,
  • the procedure for the audit of the allowed revenue,
  • the tariff items and the manner, elements and criteria for calculating the amount of the tariff items,
  • the coefficients for calculating the fee for the use of the LNG terminal,
  • the calculation of the fee for the use of the LNG terminal for the clients of the LNG terminal,
  • the characteristics and prerequisites for the establishment of a regulatory account and the method, elements and criteria for the calculation and audit of the amount of tariff items in regulatory account model,
  • the process of submitting a request for the determination, i.e. change in the amount of tariff items,
  • information, documentation and other materials used to calculate and audit the allowed revenue, as well as for the calculation of the amount of tariff items.

A more detailed description of the elements of the regulation applied in the Draft Methodology is presented in the Supporting document to the Draft Methodology.

The consultation procedure

  1. Please provide your comments, opinions and statements by filling out the Consultation Form.
  2. Please email the completed Form to by July 5, 2016 at the latest. In doing so, please consider the following:
    • In the Subject line of the email please put "Savjetovanje-2016-06"
    • The Form for submission of comments should be named "public-consultation-2016-06 NAME.docx" where NAME represents the shortened name of the representatives of interested parties

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