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.
The Estonian Competition Authority has fined Futugrid Technologies OÜ €16,000 for manipulating the balancing energy market by placing a non-genuine bid, which sent misleading signals to the market.
The 2026 Monitoring Report on retail energy markets examines electricity bills, affordability and what the shift to electrification means for consumers.
