Market players have no interest in making long term commitments that pay for gas network expansion according to the latest report on the monitoring of incremental capacity published by the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
ACER found improvements in the selection of PCIs for trans-European energy infrastructure such as a list of gas projects where sustainability criteria has been considered and a more objective process for selecting electricity projects.
Europe’s electricity system split in two on 24 July 2021 resulting in transmission system outages in Spain, Portugal and the Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. ACER and national regulators join ENTSO-E’s Expert Panel investigating the system separation
ACER approved the proposal from the EU TSOs to amend the methodology for intraday cross-zonal gate opening and closure time, with several clarifications and adjustments.
