10/11/2026

ERSE – the Energy Services Regulatory Authority – today launched a public consultation to revise the Guide for the Measurement, Reading and Provision of Data in the gas sector (Guide), which will help to facilitate and enable the integration of renewable gases into the Public Gas Network (RPG).

Among ERSE’s main proposals are clear rules governing the injection of gases into the RPG, in particular to ensure their measurement, traceability and integration. The proposal enables network operators to use gas tracking systems, which are essential for the correct billing of customers in a context where multiple producers are connected to the network, and mandates the development of electronic platforms for the provision of gas consumption data.

The current Guide was approved in early 2018 (Directive No. 7/2018 of 28 March) and, in the intervening period, there have been several developments with an impact on the matters covered by this regulation. Some examples include the production of renewable and low-carbon gases injected into the network, the protection of personal data, cybersecurity, legal metrological control and the unauthorised use of energy.

Experience in implementing the Guide has enabled the identification of a number of opportunities to improve and simplify the current rules, which are now being proposed.

The proposal now submitted for consultation has benefited from the suggested amendments that ERSE received from gas infrastructure and network operators.

Comments are invited from all interested parties by 8 January 2027.

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