Gaslink's role within the Irish gas industry encompasses the following:
As independent system operator, Gaslink is responsible for:
- operating, maintaining and developing, under economic conditions the transmission and distribution systems with due regard to the environment;
- supplying to any other transmission and disitribution system operator, any other storage system operator and/or any other LNG system operator the adequate amount of information guaranteeing the possibility of conducting transport and storage of natural gas in a manner proper for the secure and safe operations of the connected systems;
- ensuring equal access to the transmission and distribution networks to undertakings participating in the gas market;
- conducting network operations in a coordinated and effective manner in keeping the required reliability for supply of gas and its quality;
- adopting rules for the purposes of balancing the gas system which are objective, transparent and non – discriminatory;
- providing system users with the relevant information for efficient access to the system.
