Transportation Services
GNI (UK) was granted a conveyance licence for the North-West pipeline and South-North pipeline by NIAUR in February 2002.
GMO-NI
The Gas Market Operator for Northern Ireland (“GMO NI”) operates the natural gas transmission market in NI on behalf of the four gas transmission operator (“TSOs”), GNI(UK), Premier Transmission Limited (“PTL”), Belfast Gas Transmission Limited (“BGTL”) and West Transmission Limited (“WTL”).
Established in October 2017 through a licence obligation placed on the TSOs, GMO NI is a contractual arrangement between parties, and consists of seven employees based in Belfast. GMO NI is the primary interface with network users and manages activities such as administration of both the NI Network Gas Transmission Code and the NI gas operational IT system, oversees and administers network user charging and associated revenue redistribution to the TSOs, and is responsible for monitoring, managing and implementation of any gas transmission market change for NI.
NI Network Gas Transmission Code
GNI (UK) as a licensed transporter, contracts with shippers for transportation services on these transmission pipelines in Northern Ireland. Shippers may contract for transportation services by acceding to the NI Network Gas Transmission Code, a single Code governing transportation arrangements for all NI networks and managed by the Gas Market Operator for Northern Ireland.
An archive of past code modifications can be requested via compliance@gasnetworks.ie.
Connecting to the GNI (UK) network
For connections to the GNI (UK) transmission pipelines please refer to the connection policy. GNI (UK) is a Designated Pipeline Operator (DPO) on the Northern Ireland Postalised Network of transmission pipelines. GNI (UK) applies the system of postalised tariffs to shippers offtaking gas from the transmission pipelines.
Please refer to GMO NI Tariffs for details.
Postalised Tariff
An archive of historical tariffs can be requested via compliance@gasnetworks.ie.
Charging Methodology Statement
The requirement to publish the Gas Transmission Charging Methodology Statement is specified in condition 2A.2.1.9 of each TSO’s licence. Under this Licence Condition, the TSOs are required to set out the approach to charging in respect of Overrun Charges and VRF Services. Annex A is included for the purposes of satisfying the Licence requirement and was approved by NIAUR on 30 June 2015.
EC994 Security of supply regulation
Further enquiries
If you have any queries related transportation services on the GNI (UK) transmission network, please contact GMO-NI.
Any queries relating to Gas Transportation Services on the GNI (UK) Transportation System should be directed to the Gas Market Operator for Northern Ireland.
Email: info@gmo-ni.com
GMO NI
4th Floor The Arena Building
85 Ormeau Road
Belfast
BT7 1SH
T: (028) 9590 9250
Out of Hours: (028) 9590 9259