In the current geopolitical context, Europe’s energy regulators welcome the European Commission’s initiative to bolster the Union’s security of gas supply.
ACER has published today its Final Assessment of the EU Wholesale Electricity Market Design, which fulfils the mandate given by the European Commission in October 2021. ACER will present its Final Assessment at a public webinar on the 5th May.
ACER has reached a decision on the first amendment of the intraday capacity calculation methodology of the Core capacity calculation region (Core ID CCM) in cooperation with the region’s NRAs and TSOs.
On Friday 8 April 2022, electricity Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) from the Core region announced the postponement of the implementation of the Core flow-based market coupling project.
ACER received the proposals submitted by all Transmission System Operators amending the implementation frameworks for the European balancing platforms for the automatic and manual frequency restoration reserve and the imbalance netting.
The Baltic energy regulators (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden) requested from ACER a three-month extension to decide on the capacity calculation methodology for long-term timeframes.
On 28 April 2025, a large-scale blackout occurred in Spain and Portugal shortly after 12.30 CEST. An expert panel is being set up by ENTSO-E to investigate the incident.