10 September 2024
WindEurope response to ENTSO-E public consultation on Bidding Zone review
Following the implementation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/943 (Electricity Regulation) and ACER decision No 29/2020 on alternative Bidding Zone configurations, all TSOs are conducting a common study on Bidding Zone Review (BZR). The main deliverables of the BZR study are: 1) a final report with an assessment of 22 indicators, and, 2) a joint recommendation to the governments of the involved Member States for the future configuration.
This is the WindEurope response on the ENTSO-E public consultation on two out of the 22 indicators for assessing alternate bidding zone configurations.
Key message is that reconfiguration of bidding zones today will bring more uncertainty for renewable projects and will rather slow down the energy transition owing to the uncertain effects. The biggest question is whether the bidding zone reconfiguration really will in fact help resolve congestion issues at all.
