23.05.2018 15:31
Warmer weather reduces consumption of natural gas in April
In April, Elering’s transmission network supplied 395.5 gigawatt-hours of natural gas to consumers, which compared to April of the previous year was a 14 per cent smaller quantity.
The drop in consumption was caused by the weather in April, which was warmer than the long-term annual average.
In total, Estonia imported 393.7 gigawatt-hours of natural gas in April, which is also 14 per cent less than in April 2017. The lowest daily volume of natural gas reaching Estonia was 5.1 gigawatt-hours and the highest was 24.3 gigawatt-hours.
The transit volume through the pipeline in south-eastern Estonia from Russia to Latvia was 5.8 gigawatt-hours. No transit took place last year during the same period.
The transmission pipeline’s reserve capacity did not change from last April, remaining at 47.3 gigawatt-hours.
In April, the price of natural gas traded on the Lithuanian gas exchange GET Baltic was 19.30 per megawatt-hours in the Estonian bidding area. The average price in Latvia was 19.1 euros per megawatt-hour and in Lithuania, 18.97 euros per megawatt-hour. The average system price in the Baltics was 19.01 euros, remaining at the same level as March. The comparable price on the Finnish Kaasupörssi was 24.1 euros per megawatt-hour.
In early 2017, Elering’s smart network platform started gathering information on gas contracts. According to the platform, 54,700 places of consumption had a contract for purchasing gas. Nine hundred places of consumption buy gas from network service provider as general service. In early May, 1,100 places of consumption switched gas sellers.
As a result of the initial April balance settlement, balance providers’ portfolios totalled the following based on consumption:
|
Share of consumption, % |
April 18 |
March 18 |
February 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Eesti Gaas AS |
83.3 |
72.8 |
75.6 |
|
Eesti Energia AS |
6.3 |
19.2 |
16.1 |
|
Scener OÜ |
6.2 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
|
Alexela Energia AS |
4.2 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
|
Elektrum Eesti OÜ |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.03 |