Today, ACER publishes its second monitoring report on the reporting obligations of Regional Coordination Centres (RCCs).
RCCs facilitate coordination among electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) across EU regions. Their aim is to enhance grid stability, foster security of supply, and contribute to the EU’s climate and energy goals.
As part of their reporting obligations, RCCs are required to detail the outcomes of their activities.
What did ACER monitoring find?
ACER’s second monitoring report provides an overview of how RCCs fulfilled their reporting obligations in 2023, their first full year of operation.
ACER finds that, compared to their initial period of operation, important progress was made. In particular, RCCs:
- provided detailed reporting on nine out of sixteen tasks;
- reported having implemented four tasks;
- allowed coordinated capacity calculation to be operational in most RCCs (though further development is needed for long-term timeframes); and
- reported challenges in the performance of some of their tasks.
What does ACER conclude?
ACER encourages RCCs to:
- Ensure swift implementation of their tasks.
- Clarify how responsibilities are rotated among RCCs.
- Improve the performance of the common grid model task and regularly report on any obstacles encountered.
- Extend capacity calculation to cover all timeframes (including long-term and balancing timeframes).
- Broaden outage planning coordination to include power-generating modules and demand facilities.
- Assess whether relevant RCCs can contribute to the system monitoring of TSOs where necessary.
- Improve the quality of RCC reporting by providing more detailed and clear information.
