ENTSO-E Annual Report 2022 Highlights TSOs’ Commitment to a Carbon-Neutral Europe

ENTSO-E Annual Report 2022 Highlights TSOs’ Commitment to a Carbon-Neutral Europe

(IN BRIEF) The ENTSO-E Annual Report 2022 provides comprehensive information about the activities and products developed by the Member Transmission System Operators (TSOs) from January to December 2022. The report highlights their efforts in implementing legal mandates and Pan-European tasks in key areas such as system operation, market, system development, transparency regulation, research, development and innovation, cybersecurity, interoperability and data, and TSO-DSO partnership and demand-side flexibility. The TSOs’ commitment is emphasized in enabling a carbon-neutral economy in Europe, especially as the increase of renewable energy generation and electrification impact their operations. The report also mentions significant achievements, including cooperation with distribution system operators, synchronizing power systems with Ukraine and Moldova, and implementing balancing platforms. Additionally, ENTSO-E and TSOs supported policymakers in addressing the electricity prices crisis by implementing emergency measures. The report is open for public consultation until 21 July 2023.

(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 1-Aug-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — The ENTSO-E Annual Report 2022 is now available on our website. We gathered in this publication the most complete information about the activities and products developed by the Member TSOs from January to December 2022.

These relate to the implementation of the legal mandates and of the Pan-European All TSOs tasks (facilitated by ENTSO-E) in seven key areas: System Operation; Market; System Development; Transparency Regulation; Research, Development and Innovation; Cybersecurity, Interoperability and Data; and the TSO-DSO partnership and demand side flexibility.

While delivering legally mandated tasks, this year’s report again shows the TSOs’ commitment as key enablers of the carbon-neutral economy on a pan-European level. This ambition concerns all aspects of ENTSO-E’s work as the increase of variable renewable generation and the electrification of several sectors, among others, impact all the activities of Transmission System Operators (TSOs). Concretely, this ambition culminated in the publication of the “ENTSO-E Vision: A Power System for a Carbon Neutral Europe”.

Several other achievements can be highlighted: the enhancement of our cooperation with the distribution system operators that led to the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ENTSO-E and the EU DSO Entity as well as the Declaration of Intent to jointly develop the Digital Twin of the EU electricity grid; the synchronisation of Continental Europe with the power systems of Ukraine and Moldova; the Observership Agreements signed with Ukrenergo and TEİAŞ; the go-live of the PICASSO and MARI balancing platforms; and the additional efforts to assess adequacy risks in 2022.

Moreover, in the context of the electricity prices crisis, ENTSO-E and TSOs also supported European and national policy makers in identifying and implementing emergency measures in electricity markets (in particular Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices) to ensure security of supply and to partially alleviate the burden of high prices on consumers.

The successful implementation of these activities shows the commitment of TSOs towards a climate-neutral economy in line with the European Commission Green Deal’s initiative, and relies on the input provided by stakeholders, experts and interested citizens. This Annual Report has been submitted for public consultation from 29 Jun to 21 July 2023.

Read the Annual Report 2022 here.

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