Policy and Regulation
market design and flexibilities
To ensure a stable grid during the energy transition, existing flexibilities must be quickly tapped through the right market rules and incentives.
Rethinking electricity market design – activating flexibility.
The existing energy-only market does not adequately reflect the reality of the energy transition. Many factors must be taken into account in the necessary restructuring of the electricity market: electricity generation is becoming more volatile, electrification of other sectors is increasing electricity demand, and the need for flexibility to keep the grid secure and stable is growing. Both decentralised flexibility, for example through dispatchable loads, storage or e-mobility, and dispatchable generation capacity, such as dispatchable power plants, must be activated in a targeted manner through market rules and incentives.
Position paper
Bidding Zone Review
On April 28, 2025, European TSOs published the Bidding Zone Study report. TransnetBW, together with the German TSOs, firmly advocates maintaining the current German-Luxembourg bidding zone and has outlined its position against a split in a dedicated paper.
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