Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija

The article discusses the problems of state regulation of tariffs for gas transportation services through gas distribution networks, which minimize losses and the need to create reasonable verifiable principles for establishing tariffs. The absence in the spheres of natural monopolies of effective competitive mechanisms poses a challenge for the state to create a special system for regulating their activities, which includes legal and organizational components. In each industry where natural monopolies operate, there are some pricing features that are reflected in the legal regulation. This article focuses on the structure of contractual relations in the field of gas supply during the transportation and sale of gas, which allows you to clearly demonstrate the reflection of the regulatory framework reflecting the state’s requirements to keep a separate record of products (services) and costs of its production by an organization engaged in the extraction, transportation and sale of natural gas.

The share of natural gas as an efficient resource in the deficient Baltic primary energy balance is and will be significant (power generation, district heating, households, industry, etc.). Therefore, in the paper the risk of gas supply is evaluated and appropriate actions are recommended to assure reliable availability of affordable and sustainable energy in the Baltic States. Macro-region’s base (including supply and transit countries), risk and cost assessments, timely introduction of non-market measures, high cyber security level of information processing and management systems are the components of the security strategy. The extension of Incukalns UGS, interlinked pan-Baltic LNG receiving terminal and upgrade of cross-border trunk pipelines are recommended as the most efficient tools. Complex realization of all instruments and solidarity of the countries are the key issues to implement proposed strategy.