Industrial clients: Request or change a connection

New connections - Fluxys covers investments in public areas

Fluxys carries out a feasibility study for all requests for new connections or modifications to existing connections. If the investment is profitable, Fluxys covers investment costs for works in public areas. Two conditions must be met:

  • the end user, or grid user which it has appointed, must subscribe to agreed annual transport capacity over an agreed number of years;
  • the end user must provide a guarantee for the event that the subscribed capacity is cancelled.


The end user covers the investment costs required for works and installations that need to be carried out on its site to complete the new connection or modification.

If the requested connection does not appear to be profitable, Fluxys calculates, in a non-discriminatory manner, the one-off financial contribution required from the connected company to make the connection as equally profitable as other connections. A quote is made on this basis.

 

Request – regulated tariff

A regulated flat-rate tariff of €2,000 is required to process a new connection or modification.

What information does Fluxys require?

Fluxys requires certain basic information to assess the feasibility of a new connection or modification. The simplest way to send Fluxys all of the information required is to complete the Gas Connection Request Information Form.

> Gas Connection Request Information Form    pdf

 

When will Fluxys give an answer?

Fluxys carries out a feasibility study to find out, amongst other things, the most technically suitable route, which permits are required and the time that must be taken into account for obtaining the permits. This study takes at least 6 weeks. Fluxys’ quote includes all important technical data, a budget, a schedule and the proposed annual capacity that should be subscribed.

 

Time schedule for connection - 25 to 46 months

The period between requesting a new connection or modification and the commissioning of the new connection or modification is between 25 and 46 months. This period depends not only on the length and technical complexity of the connection but primarily on permitting procedures.

> Go to overview of the different stages from request to commissioning

Tips for using search operators

Use "quotation marks" to search for a series of words or a phrase in a specific order.

Boolean operators

You can find a group of words or a phrase by using the link words AND, OR and NOT:
known as Boolean operators, these words are used to combine terms in the search field.

  • AND: All the search terms must be included in the publication. Typing in Apple AND Pear will return publications containing both the word Apple and the word Pear.

     

  • OR :  At least one of the search terms must be included in the publication. Typing in Apple OR Pear will return publications containing either the word Apple or the word Pear or both.

     

  • NOT: The term preceded by NOT must not be included in the publication. Typing in Apple NOT Pear will return publications containing the word Apple but not the word Pear.