Introduction to Gasport en B2B

• Gasport: A portal, providing web-based access to transport information. In this way you can view, via screens, the information relevant and available for you;  
• B2B (Business to Business): B2B makes it possible to download information and integrate it in your system. This service provides interfaces based on web service technology to retrieve information (XML downloads).

Due to the role of shippers within the balancing regime of the national grid shippers with license A or B have to make use of B2B, because the infrastructure of B2B is 24-hour service based. Shippers with licence A, B or C have to make use of Gasport that is only serviced by GTS during office hours.

Our online information services offer the possibility to retrieve balancing information. You can retrieve the following information to balance your portfolio(s):

• the portfolio imbalance position of one or more of your portfolios;
• the system balance position;
• balancing actions and emergency measures;
• the allocations for all points for which transport capacity has been contracted.

This information is provided on near real time basis.

In addition to near real time information, we also provide historical information. This historical information includes the archived near real time information, but also the offline allocations used in the settlement process and invoicing. In principle offline data is the same data as near real time data, but extra checks and, if needed, corrections have been made to it.

For End Users with a connection to the GTS grid, we provide near-real-time information about the flow, quality and composition of the gas at the network points where you are directly connected to the grid. The historical information that we provide includes the offline flow and quality of the gas. End Users can also retrieve offline supplier allocations (purpose: which part is delivered by which supplier).

Suppliers can only retrieve offline allocationsfor the network points where you supply the gas.

For Other Network Users with a connection to the GTS grid, we provide near-real-time information about the flow, quality and composition of the gas at the network points where you are directly connected to the grid. The historical information that we provide includes the offline flow and quality of the gas.

Before employees of an organization can make use of our Online services, an authorized representative of this organization has to conclude the ”Contract for Online services” with GTS.Note: this is not required for shippers, because the conditions of the contract form an integral part of the TSC.After having concluded this contract, employees of this organization can register for use of Gasport/B2B by completion of the “Application form for Online services” form. This form needs to be signed by the authorized representative of this organization.After registration for Gasport, you will receive a so called MFA account, which makes it possible to log on to Gasport.

After registration for B2B, you will receive a digital certificate by which you can communicate with GTS through B2B.

Access to B2B and Gasport is for our business partners only. Other interested parties can make use of the information on the balancing pages on our public website.

• Shippers and Suppliers
• Connected party
• External delivery NRT allocations not being LDCs