EU countries not implementing power market reforms

xA large majority of EU countries have yet to adequately adopt an electricity market reform conducted by the European Commission under Claude Juncker, which poses a challenge as the grid must accommodate new renewables and electric devices.

Europe is not meeting its cross-border grid connection goals, watchdog warns

As EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss grid expansion, the EU electricity market watchdog ACER warned on Friday (12 April) that Europe’s key grid connections are not sufficiently dedicated to electricity trading between neighbouring countries.