• FAQ-list market merger
• BG-mapping list

• Period calender GY 2025/2026 (Wall calender PDF)
• Period calender GY 2024/2025 (Wall calender PDF)
• Period calender GY 2021/2022 (Wall calender PDF)

• LDAP Directories
• THE communication data sheet
• Data formats for EDM exchange of message
• Data formats for electronic invoicing
• Certificate for electronic invoicing
• FAQ for AS4 Profile (only available in german language)
• Rules for the secure exchange of transfer files via BDEW-AS4-Profile
• Rules for the secure exchange of EDIFACT and Redispatch 2.0 process data
• Proof of reseller (german language)
• Proof of reseller (german language - Office Ratingen)
• Proof of registration for the supply of natural gas (german language)
• Confirmation of registration as a taxpayer (german language)
• certificate of tax residence (german language)

• Gas Sale Agreement
• Term Sheet
• Certificate ISO/IEC 27001: 2022 // Attachement

Presentations of the BGM Forum 2026

1. Introduction

2. L-Gas Convertion topic

3. KoV XV - MAM Factor

4. HEDWIG

5. WasABi

Knowledge that keeps you ahead

• Fundamentals of balancing system in Germany 
• Market communication between BGM and MAM
• The balancing group contract
• Fundamentals balancing biogas
• Balancing gas and balancing gas management of THE

BDEW event to discuss the further development of the filling instruments pursuant to Section 35c (1) EnWG

• Slides 

​​​​​​General presentations:

• Approval process for balancing group managers (currently not available)
• Admission process balancing gas providers (currently not available)

Extended Balancing for Biogas Balancing Groups

• Presentation
• Questions and Answers

Presentations customer events:

• BGM event in April 2021
• Balancing gas, MBI and capacity buy-back event in April 2021

Presentations BGM customer event 2022

• Introductory
• Chronology of the winter 2021/2022
• Outlook - what happens after winter period 2021/2022?
• Cooperation Agreement XIII
• Security of supply platform
• Regulatory outlook - 4th package of common rules

Presentations Balancing energy suppliers 2022

• Introductory 
• Balancing gas products and design since 10/2021
• Use of balancing gas
• Overview platform
• Design of SSBO and implementation of law

Customer event balancing group manager 2023

1. Introductory, Review and current developments
2. Regulatory Outlook
3. Security platform Gas - Introduction
4. Security platform Gas - general informations

Customer event balancing group manager 2024

1. Introductory and Outlook
2. AS4 Protocol Launch
3. Regulatory Outlook
4. New VTP Portal
5. Security Platform Gas
6. Changes KoV XIV, Biomethane & Green Gas Quota
7. Within-day Flexibility Charge

Customer event balancing group manager 2025

1. Introduction

2. Convertion

3. Regulation

4. Market communication - Switch to AS4

5. Biogas Balancing

6. VTP Customer Portal

Terms and cinditions valid for contract periods drom October 1, 2026:

• Appendix 1 - LTO product description

Terms and conditions valid for contract periods from October 1, 2024

• Terms and conditions for System Balancing Actions
• Appendix 1 - LTO product description
• Appendix 2 - STB product description
• Appendix 3 - SCB product description
• Appendix 4 - LRD product description
• Prequalification Rules

Terms and conditions valid from July 1 2024

• Appendix 1 - LTO product description

Terms and conditions as of contract periods as of January 1, 2023 (valid for tenders as of November 2022):

• Terms and Conditions for System Balancing Actions
• Product Description LTO

Terms and conditions as of contract periods as of October 1, 2022

• LRD product description
• LRD prequalification rules (valid from September 7, 2022)
• Terms and Conditions for System Balancing Actions

Terms and conditions as of contract periods as of April 1, 2022:

• Terms and Conditions for System Balancing Actions (clean version); (compare version)
• LTO product description (clean version); (compare version)
• STB product description (clean version); (compare version)

Terms and conditions as of contract periods as of October 1, 2021:

• Terms and Conditions for System Balancing Actions

Terms and conditions valid as of June 1, 2021:

• Prequalification Rules for Balancing Market

Terms and conditions valid as of October 16, 2023

• Prequalification Rules for Balancing Market

• Cooperation Agreement between Operators of Gas Supply Networks KoV XV and Guidelines
• Cooperation Agreement between Operators of Gas Supply Networks - KoV VIV.2
• Cooperation Agreement between Operators of Gas Supply Networks - KoV XI 
• Cooperation Agreement between Operators of Gas Supply Networks - KoV XII 
• Cooperation Agreement between Operators of Gas Supply Networks - KoV XIII (only in German language available)
• Guidelines on balancing group management - Part 1
• Annex 3 to Guidelines on balancing group management (Transitional arrangements for the market area merger)

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of October 1, 2026

• Balancing group Contract Terms & Conditions 

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of April 1,2026

• Balancing group Contract Terms & Conditions

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of January 1, 2026

• Balancing group Contract Terms & Conditions

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of April 1, 2025

• Balancing Group Contract Terms & Conditions

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of March 17, 2025

• Balancing Group Contract Terms & Conditions

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of October 1, 2024:

• Balancing Group Contract Terms & Conditions
• Supplementary terms and conditions with effect as of 1 January 2025

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of October 1, 2022:

• Balancing Group Contracts Terms & Conditions
• Agreement on linking balancing groups
• Supplementary Terms and Conditions (as of October 2022)
• Supplementary Terms and Conditions (as of April, 14th 2023)

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of October 1, 2021:

• Balancing Group Contracts Terms & Conditions
• Agreement on linking balancing groups 
• Supplementary Terms and Conditions (as of October 2021)
• Supplementary Terms and Conditions (of of April 2022)

Contractual Terms & Conditions as of October 1, 2020:

• Balancing Group Contracts Terms & Conditions
• Form: Aggreement on linking Balancing Groups (as of June 2021)
• Supplementary Terms and Conditions (as of June 2021)

Further documents:

• Presentation DZK balancing group accounts
• CBP Harmonisation of the Nomination and Matching Process

FAQ distribution of surplus

Further information distribution of surplus

Basis of calculation document balancing neutrality charges and liquidity buffer (1 October 2025-30 September 2026)

Basis of calculation document balancing neutrality charges and liquidity buffer (1 October 2024-30 September 2025)

Basis of calculation document balancing neutrality charges and liquidity buffer (1 October 2023-30 September 2024) 

Basis of calculation document balancing neutrality charges and liquidity buffer (1 October 2022-30 September 2023)

Basis of calculation document conversion fee and conversion neutrality charge (1 October 2025-30 September 2026)

Basis of calculation document conversion fee and conversion neutrality charge (1 October 2024-30 September 2025)

Basis of calculation document conversion fee and conversion neutrality charge (1 October 2023 - 30 September 2024) 

Basis of calculation document conversion fee and conversion neutrality charge (1 October 2022-30 September 2023)

Basis of calculation document gas storage neutrality charge (valid from 1 October 2022) 

Basis of calculation document gas storage neutraliy charge (vaild from 1 January 2023)

Basis of calculation document gas storage neutrality charge (valid from 1 July 2023)

Basis of calculation document gas storage neutrality charge (valid from 1 January 2024)

Basis of calculation document gas storage neutrality charge (valid from 1 July 2024)

Basis of calculation document gas storage neutrality charge (valid from 1. January 2025)

Basis of calculation document gas storage neutrality charge (valid from 1. July 2025)

Currently no documents available

Current documents:

• List of THE entry and exit points (version 13, July 02, 2026, valid as of July 03, 2026)
• List of postal code areas LRD product (version 1, September 15, 2022)
• Implementation Guide pursuant to section 25 of the Balancing Group Contract as of 1 April 2026
• REQEST Template
• REQEST How-to guide
• REQRES Template
• REQRES How-to guide 
• Imbalance quantities: Calculation methodology for transportation markups / markdowns
• FAQ balancing gas market-based instruments and capacity buy-back
• Compendium for future balancing gas provider
• Quick guide for electronic LRD bid submission

Archive:

• List of THE entry and exit points (version 12, February 24, 2026)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 11, February 26, 2025)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 10, November 28, 2024)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 9, July 15, 2024)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 8, May 28, 2024)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 7, April 4, 2024)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 6, January 26, 2024)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 5, March 28,2022)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 4, February 22,2022)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 3, December 13,2021)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 2, June 14, 2021)
• List of THE entry and exit points (version 1, May 10, 2021)

Market Survey:

• Resuts of VTP market survey 2021
• Results of VTP market survey 2022
• Results of VTP market survey 2023
• Results of VTP market survey 2024
• Results of VTP market survey 2025

Market Maker:

• Agreement 
• FAQ 
• Fact Sheet 
• Documentation

Example NOMINT

• NOMINT (EU XML format)
• NOMINT (EDIFACT format)

Quick guide for Edigas message formats at the THE VTP (Download)

Guidance:

User Guide Security Platform Gas BGM

User Guide Security Platform Gas Storage User 

Portal Terms of use:

Portal Terms of Use Security Platform Gas (valid from April, 16, 2024)

Portal Terms of Use Security Platform Gas (valid from December 7, 2023)

Portal Terms of Use Security Platform Gas (valid from March 21, 2023)

Power of attorney:

Service provider power of attorney for Storage User

Market-based solidarity:

General Terms and Conditions for the Conclusion of Contracts on Market-based Solidarity Measures on the Security Platform Gas

Guidance:

• How-to guide for Customer Portal - Login with 2-factor authentication
• How-to guide for Customer Portal
• Video tutorial for Customer Portal BGM
• How-to guide for BSP
• Guideline KRP Registration
• Guideline Virtual Trading Point (currently only available in german language)
• Example NOMINT (EU XML format)
• Example NOMINT (EDIFACT format)

Registration forms:

• Registration of User for BSP

Portal terms of use:

• Supplementary terms and conditons of THE for the use of portals (effective from 12 April 2023)
• Supplementary terms and conditions of THE for the use of portals (effective from 16 October 2024)

Power of attorney:

• Service provider power of attorney for balancing group managers

Dokuments valid from 1. October 2024

• Terms & Conditions of capacity buyback
• Terms & Conditions of Registration for the Capacity Buyback Portal
• Process Discription
• Form in Case of Unavailability of th capacity-buy back Portal

Documents valid from 1. October 2021

• Terms & Conditions of capacity buyback
• Terms and Conditions of Registration for the Capacity Buyback Portal 

• Monitoring Report MBI / CBB GY 2024/2025
• Monitoring Report MBI /CBB GY 2023/2024
• Monitoring Report MBI / CBB GY 2022/2023
• Monitoring Report MBI / CBB GY 2021/2022
• System balancing report GY 2024/2025
• System balancing report GY 2023/2024
• System balancing report GY 2022/2023
• System balancing report GY 2021/2022 (currently only available in German language)
• System balancing report GY 2020/2021 
• Evaluation report conversion system GY 2024/2025 
• Evaluation report conversion system GY 2023/2024
• Evaluation report conversion system GY 2022/2023 
• Evaluation report conversion system GY 2021/2022
• Evaluation report conversion system GY 2020/2021