ACER Calls For Key Improvements In ENTSO-E’s Draft Electricity 10-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) For More Efficient Network Planning

Europe requires significant investment in energy infrastructure that is cost-efficient to successfully achieve the energy transition. Every two years, the European grid operators submit their Ten-Year Network Development Plan (or TYNDP) to ACER. ACER provides an opinion on the TNYDP developed by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).

Today, in its two opinions, ACER identifies improvements and shortcomings of the 2022 draft electricity TYNDP:

Opinion on the methodological aspects of the ENTSO-E TYNDP 2022; and
Opinion on the electricity projects in the draft ENTSO-E TYNDP 2022 and in the National Development Plans (NDPs).

What are ACER’s main findings?

ACER finds that the 2022 draft electricity TYNDP does not sufficiently contribute to the efficient and secure functioning of the electricity market.

ACER provides ENTSO-E with recommendations for the finalisation of the 2022 electricity TYNDP, as well as for future TYNDPs, with the aim of efficient network planning to serve Europe’s consumers and its decarbonisation goals.