Natural gas access tolls
What are access tolls and system charges?
Until 30 September 2021, a single charge associated with the access toll appeared on gas bills, covering all gas system costs. From 1 October 2021, this is broken down into two different charges—access tolls and system charges—and the corresponding costs are assigned to each of them.
Access tolls are associated with the use of gas system facilities (maintenance of the natural gas pipelines, regasification, transport and distribution network).
Gas system charges are intended to finance costs that are not linked to the use of these facilities.
From access tariffs to access tolls
The old access tariffs 3.1, 3.2, etc., no longer appear on your bill and have been replaced by the new access tolls RL.1, RL.2, etc., which are determined by supply point consumption.
Distribution companies will calculate consumption based on the consumption recorded in the previous year. Thus, each user pays in accordance with their use of gas networks and supply. The amount paid for new supplies will be determined based on expected consumption.