A new report has identified the energy community as a significant opportunity to extend the benefits of an integrated electricity market beyond the EU’s borders.
The report, by EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), found that coupling Energy Community power markets with the EU could bring gains of up to EUR 763 million (£636 million) a year.
This is said to come from bringing the Energy Community into single-day-ahead coupling, which is the system that links Europe’s electricity markets for next-day trading.
Coupling makes sure that cross-border power lines are used automatically and efficiently, sending electricity from where it is cheaper to where it is more expensive – as opposed to no cross border capacity being used (or being used the wrong way) when not coupled.
Four countries have already taken steps to align their national electricity laws with EU rules, bringing them closer to integration with the wider European electricity market, although their compliance is still being assessed.
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