On 11 August 2025, ACER has granted the requested extension by Swedish and Lithuanian regulators. They now have until 12 November 2025 to decide on the cross-zonal risk hedging opportunities at their borders.
On 2 July 2025, ACER received a proposal from all electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) to amend the methodology for intraday cross-zonal gate opening and closure time.
ACER approves the methodology to be used nationally for identifying non-fossil flexibility needs. Member States now have 12 months to prepare their national flexibility assessments.
Transmission system operators (TSOs) submitted a proposal to ACER to revise the harmonised allocation rules (HAR) and the requirements for the single allocation platform (SAP). ACER will open a public consultation.
In summer 2024, Southeast Europe experienced a sustained period of electricity price spikes. ACER sets out recommendations to increase cross-zonal capacity and system flexibility across the region.
