Today 22 May, the Council of ministers of the EU formally adopted four new pieces of EU legislation that redesign the EU electricity market to make it fit for the future. This concludes the remaining elements of the Clean energy for all Europeans package and represents a major step towards completing the Energy Union, delivering on the priorities of the Juncker Commission.
The new laws adopted today include a regulation and a directive on electricity which make the EU’s electricity market more interconnected, flexible and consumer-centred. The regulation on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector will ensure the security of electricity supply in crisis situations. The package also includes an overhaul of the role and functioning of ACER, the Agency for the Cooperation of Electricity Regulators.
DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending
Directive 2012/27/EU
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL on the internal market for electricity
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of
Energy Regulators