Stakeholder consultation on electricity market design: revision of the CACM Regulation

Following a request from the European Commission, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has issued a recommendation on proposals for amendments to the Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management (CACM) Regulation ((EU) 2015/1222). One of the cornerstones of the European single market for electricity, this regulation sets the rules for electricity exchanges across EU bidding zones and rules for the market-based electricity wholesale price formation across the EU. When adopted in 2015, the CACM regulation was the first EU electricity network code/guideline.

Taking ACER’s recommendation and its own analysis into consideration, the Commission will now prepare a proposal for a recast of the CACM regulation. To support the proposal with feedback from key stakeholders, including public authorities, private organisations and industry associations, the Commission has launched a stakeholder consultation, which is open for input between 16 March and 27 April 2022.

The main objectives of the revision are to

• align the CACM regulation with new provisions introduced in the Regulation on the internal market for electricity ((EU) 2019/943)
• address identified issues to improve the functioning of the pan-EU electricity market and the implementation process of the regulation

All feedback on this consultation should be sent by e-mail to ENER-NETWORK-CODESec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ENER-NETWORK-CODES[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) until closing date, 27 April 2022.

Related links

• Consultation on the revision of the Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management Regulation
• Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management Regulation ((EU) 2015/1222)
• Regulation on the internal market for electricity ((EU) 2019/943)
• EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)