EU Parliament defines Energy Community as integral part of the Energy Union and pivotal arm of EU’s external energy policy, 16 Dec 2015

In a resolution adopted on 15 December, the European Parliament invites the Commission to come forward with concrete proposals based on the Report of the High Level Reflection Group to further reform the Energy Community in order to establish a true pan-European Energy Community. The focus should be better governance and enhancement of Energy Community institutions, including the establishment of […]

The Board of Appeal dismisses as inadmissible the appeals brought by E-Control and Austrian Power Grid seeking the annulment of ACER’s Opinion No 09/2015

On 23 November 2015, the Board of Appeal received two appeals, lodged by the Austrian energy regulator E-Control and by the Austrian Power Grid (APG), seeking the annulment of ACER (the Agency) ’s Opinion No 09/2015 of 23 September 2015 on the compliance of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs)’ decisions, approving the methods of allocation of cross-border electricity transmission capacity in […]

ECS Secretariat publishes first CESEC report on gas market integration, 18 Dec 2015

Today the ECS Secretariat published its first monitoring report on the execution of the Action Plan under the Central and South-Eastern European Gas Connectivity (CESEC) Memorandum of Understanding on a “Joint approach to address the natural gas diversification and security of supply challenges”. Its signatories, which comprise the European Union, five Energy Community Contracting Parties* and nine EU Member States, […]