ENTSO-EEuropean Stakeholder Committees
All meeting documents of the European Stakeholder Committees are publicly accessible.
Since 2011, considerable effort has been devoted to the development of the Network Codes. The involvement of stakeholders such as consumer organisations, generators, suppliers and many others from across the European electricity sector has in particular been key to the successful adoption of an efficient set of Network Codes.
The drafting and approval of NCs is however just the start. The NCs have been designed to help realise Europe’s triple energy policy objective of developing a reliable, sustainable and competitive electricity sector. For this to happen, they need to be implemented and complied with across Europe.
This represents an important challenge for the sector with each NC requiring a series of steps to be taken, before being considered as fully implemented. This process will include amongst other things:
- cross-national and national decisions,
- the conclusion of regional agreements,
- the creation of European-level common detailed methodologies and their actual (coordinated) application.
All market participants, grid users, DSOs, Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs), Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) will be involved in the extensive required development work and consultation.
Effective stakeholder engagement is essential to the overall success of the overall objectives. In practice, this involves efficient and intensive sharing of views and information by all interested parties throughout the process as a whole.
The European Network Codes Stakeholder Committees, chaired by ACER, will insure that throughout the implementation program, stakeholders are kept abreast of developments and provided with a forum to express their views and feedback.
About the committees
ACER and ENTSO-E have co-organised three European Stakeholder Committees (ESCs), one per family of codes (Market codes, Operational codes and Connection codes). These Committees aim to complement, and not to replace, the legal obligations of stakeholder consultation and information included in the NCs during the implementation period.
Following the entry into force of the first market Network Code in August 2015, the Market Stakeholder Committee was the first one to be formally established. The Grid Connection Stakeholder Committee was launched in 2016, and the System Operations Stakeholder Committee in 2017.
In order to establish an efficient structure, which delivers on all stakeholders expectations, ACER and ENTSO-E organised a public consultation in 2015. Over 30 stakeholder organisations responded to the consultation. Subsequently, ACER and ENTSO-E jointly proposed a set of rules for the stakeholder committees, which were approved by stakeholders themselves on their first meeting.
Objectives
The main objectives of the ESCs are:
- To contribute to monitoring progress in the NCs implementation process – as well as the operation and functioning of the processes and arrangements established according to the NCs – at local, regional and pan-European level as an overarching structure of all network codes;
- To serve as a platform to share general views on the NC implementation, with a particular focus to enable stakeholders to express their views and receive feedback;
- To contribute to a more informed decision-making process for the methodologies and rules still to be developed for the implementation of the NCs.
Market Stakeholder Committee
Joint Statement by the Market Participants of the European Market Stakeholder Committee
Members / Next Meeting / Meeting Presentations
Go to Balancing Stakeholder Group
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Members
A call for expression of interest to participate in the Market European Network Codes Stakeholder Committee was issued by ACER and ENTSO-E in June 2015.
Terms of Reference
You can find the terms of reference of the market European stakeholder committee below.
Terms of Reference market European stakeholder committee
Meetings
All meeting documents (agenda, minutes, reports, and presentations) will be available for download on this page prior to each meeting.
Calendar
- 19 January Online 12 January 12 January
- 28 February Online 20 February 20 February
- 13 June Online 5 June 5 June
- 8 October Physical 30 September 30 September
- 3 December Online 25 November 25 November
Joint Statement by the Market Participants of the European Market Stakeholder Committee
Presentations
All previous meetings Previous all NEMOs Consultation
Balancing Stakeholders Group
This is a sub group of the Market Stakeholder Committee.
Background on Balancing and Ancillary Services Markets
Terms of Reference
You can find the terms of reference of the BSG below.
Meetings
Meeting Documents
22nd Stakeholders Group Meeting 17 April 2024
21st Stakeholders Group Meeting 26 October 2023
20th Stakeholders Group Meeting 25 May 2023
19th Stakeholders Group Meeting 27 October 2022
18th Stakeholder Group Meeting 12 May 2022
17th Stakeholder Group Meeting 20 October 2021
16th Stakeholder Group Meeting 21 April 2021
15th Stakeholder Group Meeting 13 November 2019
14th Stakeholder Group Meeting 01 July 2019
13th Stakeholder Group Meeting 19 November 2018
- Agenda
- aFRRIF-ED-FAT
- Counter Activations - aFFR - PICASSO memo
- Counter Activations - slides
- Euroelectric Presentation
- EFET Presentation
- Design algorithm principles for mFRR – N-SIDE final report
- Design algorithm principles for mFRR – N-SIDE Clarifying questions
- Request for Amendment on the Imbalance Netting Implementation Framework (ERF)
- Request for Amendment on the Imbalance Netting Implementation Framework (slides)
- Shadow opinion on the Pricing Proposal (slides)
- Shadow opinion on the Activation Purposes Proposal (slides)
- Europex presentation
- aFRR Full Activation Time
Imbalance Settlement Webinar 19 September 2018
12th Stakeholder Group meeting 3 September 2018
Balancing stakeholder workshop 20 - 21 June 2018
11th Stakeholder Group meeting 5 March 2018
10th Stakeholder Group meeting 7 December 2017
- Agenda
- Minutes of 9th BSG
- Imbalance Settlement Harmonisation workflow
- Imbalance Settlement Harmonisation – survey results
- Imbalance Settlement Harmonisation – survey results – addendum
- Imbalance Netting
- Replacement Reserves - TERRE
- mFRR - MARI
- aFRR - PICASSO
- EFET presentation
- Imbalance Netting - proposal on implementation framework
- EGBL High Level Engagement Plan
- GLEB Implementation planning
- Roadmap on French electricity balancing
9th Stakeholder Group meeting 28 September 2017
7th Stakeholder Group meeting 07 March 2017
- Agenda
- Minutes from 7th Stakeholder Group meeting
- Proposal for standard products
- Electricity balancing guideline high level implementation plan
- Activation Purposes
- Electricity balancing guideline timeline
- Questions towards stakeholders - standard products
- TERRE Presentation
- Electricity Balancing - High Level Implementation Plan
4th Stakeholder Group meeting 13 April 2016
- Agenda
- Minutes from 3rd Balancing Stakeholder Group meeting
- Products
- CBA ISP
- Pilot Projects update
- Coordinated Balacing Areas Scenarios
- XB capacity reservation
- ID and Balancing GCT
- Proposal for mFRR and RR Standard Products – supporting document
- EURELECTRIC’s discussion input on the mFRR/RR report
- EURELECTRIC’s discussion input on the aFRR study
3rd Stakeholder Group Meeting 27.11.2015 postponed to 15.01.2016
- Agenda
- First proposal for discussion on the list of Activation Purposes
- ACER path towards the balancing market integration
- Study assessment of aFRR products - Initial results for Stakeholder workshop 27 November 2015
- Standard products: October 2015 survey results, proposals
- EXPLORE Status Update
- Implementation & Planning SG: CoBA Proposals – Scenarios
- Impact of merit order activation of automatic Frequency Restoration Reserves and harmonised Full Activation times
Grid Connection Stakeholder Committee
Members / Next Meeting / Meeting Presentations
The Grid Connection ESC is the second of three ESCs ensuring effective engagement of stakeholders in the implementation process of the Network Codes and Guidelines. The Grid Connection ESC will ensure that stakeholders are kept up-to-date on developments and provided with a platform to express their views and feedback on Network Code implementation.
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Active Library
Action List
Expert Groups
Members
A call for expression of interest to participate in the Grid Connection European Stakeholder Committee was issued by ACER and ENTSO-E on 22 January 2016.
The Grid Connection ESC will be composed of representatives of the following associations:
ACEA
- Adriana Pop Member
- Didier Deruy Member Subtitute
- Leonhard Bartsch Member Subtitute
ACER
- Uros Gabrijel Chairman
- Aleksander Glapiak Member
- Maria Barroso Gomes Member
- Georgios Antonopoulos Member
APPLiA (former CECED)
- Michal Zakrzewski Member
- Lorenzo Corcione Member Subtitute
ARERA (IT NRA)
- Marco Pasqua di Bisceglie Member
BNetzA (German Energy Regulator)
- Teelke Oldermann Member
- Nawid Sadighi Member Subtitute
- Rose Kuhn Member Subtitute
CEDEC
- Marc Malbrancke Member
COGEN
- Gunnar Kaestle Member
- Alexandra Tudoroiu Member Subtitute
Cenelec
- Thomas Schaupp Member
- Alberto Cerretti Member
CharIN
- Julian Treichel Member
EASE
- Tony Kim Yeat Member
EDSO for smart grids
- Santiago Gallego Amores Member
- Michael Wilch Member
EFAC
- Bernhard Schowe-von der Brelie Member
EG CROS Chair
- Marion Ndreko Member
EG HCF Chair
- Freddy Alcazar Member
EHI
- Veerle Beelaerts Member
- Monica Di Pinti Member Subtitute
- Richard Masquelier Member Subtitute
EHPA
- Adeline Houtart Member
- Mélanie Auvray Member Subtitute
ENTSO-E
- Marco Zaccaria Member
- Lazaros Exizidis Member Subtitute
- Bruno Gouverneur Member Subtitute
ENTSO-E - REE
- Sergio Martínez Villanueva Member
ENTSO-E - TenneT
- Mario Ndreko Member
ESTELA
- Sam Rogers Member Subtitute
- Marcel Bial Member
EU Turbines
- Giovanna Tanda Member Subtitute
- Luca Guenzi Member
- Steffen Eckstein Member Subtitute
- Hervé Biellmann Member Subtitute
EUGINE
- Freddy Alcazar Barrientos Member
- Assiet Aren Member Subtitute
- Srinivasa Raju Addala Member Subtitute
EUI
- Ellen Beckstedde Member
- Emma Menegatti Member Subtitute
EURELECTRIC
- Paul Wilczek Member Subtitute
- Donia Peerhossaini Member
- Thierry Vinas Member
European Commission
- Elaine O' Connell Member
- Jakub Fijalkowski Member
- Beatriz Sinobas Member
Europgen
- Keith Chambers Member
- Sudharsana Govindaswami Member
GEODE
- Mike Kay Member
- Carmen Gimeno Member Subtitute
Hydrogen Europe
- Isabel Alcalde Member
- Léa Malfrait Member Subtitute
IFIEC
- Michaël Van Bossuyt Member
- Stein Øvstebø Member Subtitute
Orgalim
- Martin Steossl Member
- Ivana Jakovljevic Member
SmartEN
- Andres Pintobello Member
- Jaume Loffredo Member Subtitute
SolarPower Europe
- Naomi Chevrillard Member
- Catarina Augusto Member Subtitute
- Thorsten Buelo Member Subtitute
VGBE
- Rainer Fronius Member
- Jennifer Kulinna Member Subtitute
- Klaus Oberhauser Member
- Roman Bertle Member Subtitute
- Klaus Pfefferkorn Member Subtitute
WindEurope
- Vasiliki Klonari Member
- Vidushi Dembi Member
Terms of Reference
You can find the terms of reference of the GC ESC below.
Terms of Reference Grid Connection ESC
Meetings
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All meeting documents (agenda, minutes, reports, and presentations) will be available for download on this page ideally two weeks, and at least 5 working days, prior to the next GC ESC meeting.
Calendar
- 12 March Brussels 27 February 27 February
- 27 June Brussels 13 June 13 June
- 11 September Ljubljana 28 August 28 August
- 9 December Brussels 25 November 25 November
Presentations
System Operations Stakeholder Committee
The System Operation ESC (SO ESC) is the third ESC set up with the aim to ensure effective engagement of stakeholders in the implementation process of the Network Codes and Guidelines. The SO ESC will ensure that stakeholders are kept up-to-date on developments and provided with a platform to express their views and feedback on Network Code implementation.
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Members
A call for expression of interest to participate in the System Operation European Stakeholder Committee was issued by ACER and ENTSO-E on 12 January 2017.
ACER
- Uros Gabrijel Chairperson
- Aleksander Glapiak Observer
- Georgios Antonopoulos Observer
- Maria Barroso Gomes Observer
- Mariia Melnychenko Observer
ARERA
- Marco Pasqua di Bisceglie Observer
BNetzA
- Thomas Hoelzer Observer
- Lisa Dallinger Observer
CEDEC
- Marc Malbrancke Member
CEDEC/DSO Entity
- Florentien Benedict Member
COGEN
- Gunnar Kaestle Member
- Alexandra Tudoroiu-Lakavičė Member Subtitute
ClientEarth
- Thomas Burman Member
DSO Entity
- Serdar Bolat Member
EDSO for smart grids
- Michael Wilch Member
- Abel Santamaria Member
- Santiago Gallego Amores Member subtitute
ENTSO-E
- Gamze Dogan Member
- Bruno Gouverneur Member
- Hanna Ljungberg Member
- Cherry Yuen Member
- Luca Ortolano Member
- Laurent Rosseel Member
- Habir Paré Member
EU Turbines
- Luca Guenzi Member
- Giovanna Tanda Member Subtitute
- Steffen Eckstein Member Subtitute
- Herve Biellmann Member Subtitute
EUGINE
- Freddy Alcazar Member
- Assiet Aren Member Subtitute
- Srinivasa Raju Addala Member Subtitute
EURELECTRIC
- Thierry Vinas Member
- Donia Peerhossaini Member Subtitute
- Paul Wilcek Member Subtitute
European Commission
- Jakub Fijalkowski Observer
- Beatriz Sinobas Observer
European University Institute
- Ellen Beckstedde Observer
Europex
- Pavla Erhartova Member
- Christian Baer Member Subtitute
GEODE
- Mike Kay Member
IFIEC
- Stein Øvstebø Member
- Michaël Van Bossuyt Member Subtitute
Orgalime
- Martin Stoessl Member
SolarPower Europe
- Naomi Chevillard Member
VGB Powertech
- Rainer Fronius Member
- Klaus Oberhauser Member
WindEurope
- Vidushi Dembi Member
- Vasiliki Klonari Member Subtitute
Terms of Reference
You can find the terms of reference of the System Operations ESC below.
Terms of Reference System Operations ESC
Calendar
- 13 March 2024 Brussels
- 26 June 2024 Brussels
- 12 September 2024 Ljubljana
- 10 December 2024 Brussels
Presentations
Network Code Implementation and Monitoring Group
The Network Code Implementation and Monitoring Group (NC IMG) is a forum for high level strategic coordination between the European Commission, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).
The NC IMG oversees the implementation and implementation monitoring of electricity network codes and gas network codes in the EU. Network codes and guidelines are rules to harmonise technical, operational and market rules governing the EU’s electricity grids and gas networks, making an integrated EU internal energy market possible.
NC IMG reference paper with objectives and practical arrangements
Information on implementation and implementation monitoring
The Gas Network Codes Functionality Platform (FUNC) is a platform, managed by ACER and ENTSOG with the Commission’s support, where stakeholders can report cross-border, regional and European issues related to the implementation of gas network codes and guidelines. In this way ACER and ENTSOG aim to find solutions to the cross-border, regional and European issues identified.
ACER and ENTSO-E co-organise three European Stakeholder Committees (ESCs), one for each family of electricity codes (market codes, operational codes, and connection codes). They complement rather than replace legal obligations to consult and inform stakeholders during the implementation of electricity network codes. Documents relating to their meetings are available here.
A database for stakeholders that tracks all queries about electricity network codes can be accessed here.
Terms of reference
You can find the terms of reference of the Network Code Implementation and Monitoring Group below.
Meetings
The Network Code Implementation and Monitoring Group (NC IMG) meets at least twice a year to oversee the implementation and implementation monitoring of electricity network codes and gas network codes in the EU.
Meeting Minutes
8th meeting - 19 November 2019, Brussels
7th Meeting - 12 July 2019
6th meeting - 5 April 2019, Brussels
- Agenda
- Conclusions
- Informal guidance for the preparatory phases of the network code and guidelines amendment process
5th meeting - 2 July 2018, Brussels
4th meeting - 8 March 2018, Brussels
3rd meeting
- 29 November 2017, Brussels
Issue Logger
The European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E), supported by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Commission, maintains this Issue Logger to enhance public access to and exchange of information regarding the implementation of Network Codes and Guidelines approved in line with Regulation (EC) No 714/2009