Gas capacity allocation: ACER recommends updates to the EU market rules
ACER issues its Recommendation proposing potential improvements to the gas Capacity Allocation Mechanisms Network Code (CAM NC). Learn more about what this…
EU electricity retail markets: ACER Country Sheets identify opportunities and threats
For the first time, ACER has published its Country Sheets on retail electricity markets across EU Member States and Norway.…
ACER webinar: Europe’s emerging hydrogen market
ACER is hosting a webinar to present the key findings of its first Market Monitoring...
ACER to decide on hedging opportunities between the Netherlands and Norway
The National Regulatory Authority (NRA) of the Netherlands asked ACER to decide on how to address the insufficient risk hedging…
ACER updates REMIT guidance to improve reporting for intraday auctions
Intraday Auctions (IDAs) were introduced in June 2024 to facilitate intraday electricity trading across Europe. IDAs are implicit auctions held…
ACER: Active consumer participation is key to driving the energy transition
The EU’s drive towards carbon neutrality by 2050 requires swift changes. Today’s ACER-CEER 2024 Market Monitoring Report on energy retail…
Gas market manipulation: Spanish energy regulator fines Enérgya VM Gestión de Energía
Spanish energy regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has imposed a €1 million fine on Enérgya…
Cross-zonal electricity capacity allocation: ACER consults on amending the methodology
On 31 July 2024, ACER received a proposal from Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to amend the harmonised methodology for cross-zonal capacity allocation for…
Electricity demand response: ACER consults on the draft network code
ACER has already made several amendments to the system operators’ proposal to ensure it aligns with the existing legal framework,…
ACER’s latest REMIT Quarterly is out
REMIT (Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency) provides an EU framework for the transparency and integrity of energy…
Electricity imbalance: ACER report shows implementation of settlement harmonisation
Each Transmission System Operator (TSO) calculates the difference between forecasted and actual electricity consumption or production for each Balance Responsible…
ACER on cross-border electricity transit: Compensation surged for grid operators
ACER publishes today its report on the implementation of the Inter-Transmission System Operator Compensation Mechanism (ITC) for 2022. The ITC mechanism aims to…
New method for calculating electricity reserves: ACER grants regulators more time
The National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CE) requested from ACER a six-month extension to decide on the…
ACER’s monitoring shows EU gas balancing systems adjusted to new conditions
The Gas Balancing Network Code (BAL NC) establishes market-based rules to ensure that gas supply and demand are balanced efficiently within the…
Slovakia: ACER assesses the gas transmission tariff methodology
ACER releases its report on the Slovakian gas transmission tariffs proposed by Eustream A.S., the Transmission System Operator (TSO) of…
ACER’s quarterly monitoring shows European gas markets stabilising amid ongoing challenges
The ACER report highlights the main trends in Europe’s gas markets in the first half of 2024 and identifies upcoming…
ACER opinion: EU gas network set to meet demand and winter storage goals
ACER issues its Opinion on the Summer Supply Outlook 2024 published by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).…
ACER and ENTSO-E investigate 21 June power blackout in south-eastern Europe
Following a blackout in the south-eastern part of Continental Europe on 21 June, ENTSO-E has set up an Expert Panel…
CEER and ACER: Position paper on the challenges of the future electricity system
Power regulators call on the new European Parliament, Commission and Council to focus on key electricity and infrastructure challenges to…
PICASSO platform: ACER amends the EU electricity balancing rules
ACER has issued two decisions that amend the EU electricity balancing including the implementation framework for the PICASSO platform and…
ACER-JRC webinar: ensuring sufficient grid capacity for electricity trade
Online 10/07/2024 14:30 – 15:30 (Europe/Brussels) Register now Agenda What is it about? ACER and...
Electricity trading with neighbours: ACER sees urgent need to maximise transmission capacity
In its 2024 Market Monitoring, ACER highlights the urgency for Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to meet their obligation of making…
ACER is consulting on revising the Annex of the REMIT Implementing Regulation
Following the publication of the revised REMIT, ACER has received numerous requests from stakeholders seeking clarification on the REMIT Implementing…
Austria: ACER assesses the gas transmission tariff methodology
Today, ACER releases its report on the Austrian gas transmission tariffs proposed for 2025 by E-Control, the National Regulatory Authority…
EU energy regulators develop guidance to evaluate electricity smart grids
Expanding the capacity of the European electricity system requires not only securing investments but also enhancing the efficiency of infrastructure…
ACER consults on amendments to the electricity grid connection code
ACER is collecting views on its concrete proposals to amend the network code on grid connection requirements for high voltage direct…
ACER and European Commission workshop: REMIT II implementation
Online 11/06/2024 09:00 – 15:30 (Europe/Brussels) Register now Agenda What is it about? ACER and...
Florence School of Regulation study on incentivising efficient investments in electricity grids
ACER has commissioned the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) to conduct a study on existing regulatory frameworks and how regulators could incentivise…
ACER: Regulators request more time for new electricity reserves method
The countries of the Continental Europe Synchronous Area are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy,…
Day-ahead electricity market coupling: ACER decides on methodology amendments
The methodology describes how scheduled exchanges between bidding zones, scheduling areas and Nominated Electricity Market Operators trading hubs are calculated…
ACER consultation: Enabling energy consumers and small players play their role
In developing a draft network code, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) is contributing to a…
Day-ahead electricity market: ACER study assesses benefits of co-optimisation
ACER published today a consultancy study on the expected social welfare benefits of implementing co-optimisation in the day-ahead coupling algorithm as compared…
ACER consults on templates for Power Purchase Agreements
ACER will initiate a public consultation to gather stakeholders’ views on the benefits and drawbacks of introducing voluntary templates for Power Purchase…
Ten-Year Network Development Plans: ENTSOs release their joint Draft Scenarios
ENTSO-E and ENTSOG have released today their draft joint Scenarios, which will be the basis for the electricity and gas…
ACER – FSR report launch event on how regulation can promote more efficient investments in energy infrastructure, 6 June 2024
Registration is open: Join the ACER – FSR report launch event on how regulation can...
Electricity grid connection network code: ACER to consult on amendments
ACER will consult with stakeholders to collect views on ACER’s concrete amendment proposals to the network code on grid connection requirements…
ERAA 2024: ACER approves a milestone for the security of EU electricity supply
ACER approves the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity’s (ENTSO-E’s) European Resource Adequacy Assessment for 2023 (ERAA 2023). However, ACER…
Gas transmission capacity allocation: ACER consults on the European market rules
ACER has prepared a policy paper which proposes potential improvements to the network code. The paper will serve as a starting point…
ACER to review electricity single day-ahead coupling products methodology
On 26 April 2024, ACER received a proposal from all Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) to amend the single day-ahead…
Electricity cross-zonal risk hedging: ACER grants Dutch regulator six more months
The Regulation on forward capacity allocation requires the Dutch and Norwegian NRAs to assess whether the electricity forward market in their respective…
ACER webinar on implementation of the EU methodology for electricity adequacy metrics
ACER is organising a webinar to present the results of a consultancy study on how...
ACER analyses gas transmission tariff methodology between UK and Belgium
ACER publishes today its report on the proposed gas transmission tariff methodology for Interconnector Limited (INT), the natural gas pipeline in the…
Revised REMIT protects EU energy market from manipulation – ACER
Europe has an EU-wide legal framework (generally called ‘REMIT’) designed to prevent and protect consumers and business against market abuse…
ACER endorses updated ENTSO-E Transparency Platform procedures
ACER attestes that ENTSO-E’s revision of the manual of procedures should improve the Transparency Platform and overall data transparency.
ACER recommends aligning Dutch gas transmission tariffs with network code’s information
ACER releases its report on the Dutch gas transmission tariffs, directed at Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), the National Regulatory…
ACER webinar on monitoring the European LNG market developments
ACER is organising a webinar to present the conclusions of its first report on the analysis...
ACER consults on pricing methodology and automatic frequency restoration reserve
Following this submission, ACER will assess if the amendments are in line with the Electricity Balancing Regulation and is consulting with its…
ACER and CEER recommend anticipatory investments to accelerate grid expansion
ACER and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) publish a paper reviewing the national treatment of anticipatory investments and proposing ways…
ACER introduces the “Central Europe” electricity capacity calculation region (CCR)
CCRs define the geographic areas (i.e. by listing bidding zone borders) across the EU where TSOs coordinate the capacity calculation…
ACER: Integrated markets helped Europe to leverage renewable power generation and LNG capacity
These reports present the main results from monitoring the EU electricity and gas markets in 2023, recommend further actions to…