Today, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the Transmission System Operator 50Hertz published a joint position paper on the Clean Energy Package under the title “Getting the EU energy market design right”.
In this paper, EEX and 50Hertz welcome the European Commission’s approach to further strengthen the European power market. However, certain proposals of the Package could be improved to make the EU market design more efficient.
Dr. Dirk Biermann, Chief Markets and System Operations Officer at 50Hertz: "There is a need for intensive cooperation between the European transmission system operators to create system security and uniform market conditions across national borders. A lot has happened in recent years. The Regional Security Coordinators (RSC) already make an important contribution here. This structure should be pursued in order to expand the cooperation rather than create completely new structures."
Dr. Tobias Paulun, Chief Strategy Officer of EEX: "The concept of large coupled price zones is being questioned by the European Commission's EU Electricity Regulation draft. We see this with concern because large, coupled and liquid price zones promote the integration of renewable energies and, in conjunction with market coupling, contribute decisively to the success of the European electricity market."
The full position paper is available under the following link:
