FNB Gas on data collection and methodology of the efficiency comparison

FNB Gas generally welcomes the Federal Network Agency’s initiative to prepare a national efficiency comparison for transmission system operators in the fifth regulatory period. At the same time, the TSOs point out that both European and national efficiency comparisons are only suitable to a limited extent for deriving reliable and appropriate efficiency targets in view of the increasing structural differences and the ongoing transformation of the networks.

In particular, the growing heterogeneity of supply tasks – for example due to hydrogen conversion, dismantling and ensuring security of supply – makes fair comparability considerably more difficult. In addition, the TSOs consider the planned schedule for data collection to be impracticable and suggest a postponement.

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