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ACER's Position Paper towards greater consistency of cost benefit analysis methodologies, published today, identifies topics where consistency is needed across the Cost Benefit Analysis methodologies (CBA methodologies) currently under development by the European Commission and the European electricity and gas grid operators.
Why did ACER issue this Position Paper?
The updated TEN-E Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2022/869) introduced the task of the development of separate CBA methodologies for the various energy infrastructure categories and by the different entities:
- The EU network of transmission system operators for electricity (ENTSO-E) for electricity transmission projects (including offshore grids);
- The EU network of transmission system operators for gas (ENTSOG) for hydrogen projects; and
- The European Commission (EC) for projects of energy storage, electricity smart grids, gas smart grids, electrolysers and CO2 networks and facilities.
To this end, ACER’s Position Paper sets out the topics the where consistency should be promoted among all CBA methodologies by the parties involved.
