Section 7: Natural gas distribution

The report includes the following information:

1° An analysis of the quality of service provided by the distribution organisation, assessed on the basis of indicators relating to:

a) Its tasks of operating and maintaining the network, managing customers and developing the use of the network;

b) Third-party access to the network;

c) Its knowledge of the public natural gas distribution facilities under concession;

2° A description of the public gas distribution networks under concession including the following:

a) An inventory of the works identified by the concession contract as return assets and as take-back assets, drawn up by family of works and distinguishing, where the information is available, whether they are first-time construction or renewal works. This inventory indicates the initial or gross value of the assets and the origin of their financing, as well as their net value, revalued in accordance with the principles for setting tariffs for the use of public natural gas distribution networks for those financed by the distribution body ;

b) A report on the network investment and development policy specifying the investments made and including a forecast of future investments for the next three calendar years for concessions where the average of investments made over the last three years exceeds an amount set by order of the minister responsible for energy ;

3° The concession operating account, presenting the contribution of the concession contract concerned, whether positive or negative, to the equalisation of the tariff for use of the public natural gas distribution networks in the exclusive service area concerned.

For the purpose of drawing up the operating account, revenue and expenses are itemised for the entire concession perimeter, by direct allocation or by means of identical allocation keys for all the network operator's concessions. The principles used to prepare the expenses presented in this account are consistent with the principles used to set the regulated tariff for use of the public natural gas distribution networks; in particular, the expenses relating to investments correspond to those calculated using the method adopted by the Energy Regulation Commission.