ENTSO-E Response to ACER’s 'European Energy Regulation: A Bridge to 2025'

On 16 June, ENTSO-E responded to the ACER 29 April consultation 'European Energy Regulation: A Bridge to 2025'. ENTSO-E’s response includes specific comments on market design, governance, TSO-DSO coordination, finance, permitting and the role of network codes.

ENTSO-E values the cooperation with ACER and believes ACER accurately identifies the most significant trends and challenges for electricity markets in Europe.

However, ENTSO-E encourages ACER to concentrate more effort on coordinating with NRAs to find solutions on key issues, such as network code implementation and speeding up cross-border infrastructure development, which can potentially impact the successful and complete implementation of the Internal Energy Market (IEM). In this same light, ENTSO-E does not agree that ACER's ambition to introduce 'regulatory oversight' of the ENTSOs will add any positive contribution to achieving European energy objectives.