REMIT Forum 2021. Open webinar: Introduction to REMIT
What is it about?
This open and free webinar provided the first step for newcomers to better understand REMIT and a gateway to further explore the integrity and transparency of EU wholesale energy markets. The webinar aimed to introduce the concept of REMIT to researchers, journalists and all other interested public. It served as a warm up prior to the main event.
Access the Agenda of the Open Webinar.
Access the webinar's presentation.
Access the REMIT Forum 2021 Conclusions.
All about the Forum
25th of October 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT), which came into force in 2011 to support open and fair competition in the European wholesale energy markets.
The massive decarbonisation of the European energy system will increasingly rely on more integrated energy markets. Otherwise, the cost of the transition is likely to be much higher, endangering social acceptance. One aspect often overlooked of such further reliance on integrated energy markets is the ability to have trust in these markets, ensuring they are free of manipulation and other damaging trading behaviour. This is the contribution of REMIT, the most advanced energy market monitoring effort on the planet. As such, making sure REMIT evolves alongside energy system change in Europe is the ‘political corollary’ of relying on the further integration of energy markets across Member States to secure the objectives set at the highest levels of government.
What was the REMIT Forum 2021 about?
In the past 10 years of REMIT, ACER have successfully implemented practically all the pieces of the regulation. However, as the REMIT landscape continues to develop, there may eventually be a call for revision and changes. With a series of events in October 2021, ACER aimed to reflect back and to provide a high-level forum to discuss the future.
What format did the REMIT Forum 2021 take?
The 5th REMIT Forum was organised as a series of virtual events: on 25 October an introductory webinar to REMIT was followed by the main plenary session, which fostered a high level political discussion among key stakeholders. On 26 and 28 October, the Forum provided special interest groups sessions on data, reporting and technology as well as on the ACER Guidance.
