Electricity balancing market - not for everyone
- Category: Energy market
Bidding strategy consisting in predetermined intent of covering possible shortages in the balancing electricity market can be qualified as a market manipulation.
P2P only behind one single connection to the grid
- Category: Energy market
This seems to be really important determination, at least when it comes to DSOs: concerning tariffs, P2P only have significance when behind one single connection to the grid - in all other situations, without such a single connection, the regular network tariffs have to be applied to each individually connected customer.
Maritime sector added to the EU ETS
- Category: Emissions trading
Although the EU legislative framework for GHG emissions from maritime transport focuses currently solely on MRV, it is going to change soon and additional 90 million tons of CO2 will be included into the EU ETS.
Emission trading for sectors of transport and buildings - time to integrate into business projections
- Category: Emissions trading
Although the start of the emission trading for sectors of transport and buildings is envisioned as from 2026 only (as an integral part of the Fit for 55 legislative proposals), given its scale and possible impacts it is useful to take a brief look at its main assumptions.
They are briefly covered here.
However, more specific questions also come to mind, in particular about:
- potential parallels to existing EUAs and EUAAs,
- admission of financial institutions to the new cap-and-trade system,
- qualification of the new emission allowances as financial instruments under MiFID II,
- VAT taxation.
Considering this, a more general ambiguity may arise: is the emissions trading system for road transport and buildings a continuity or a revolution?
The answer is available here.
Publication of inside information under REMIT - deadline in 3 months and nothing's ready
- Category: REMIT
You should subscribe to the ACER's newsletter p.d.q. In the new regulatory environment this ACER's leaflet seems more important than the EU Official Journal. Need an example?
REMIT carve-out removed from the regulatory agenda
- Category: REMIT
I have read recently one of multiple ESMA’s reports, and, I must say, it is pretty interesting to see how entirely subjective some important things are.
Consider REMIT carve-out: ESMA says it should be extinguished, it is bad, it flaws competition and a level-playing field between trading venues, etc.
Regulated markets - according to the ESMA - are the main victims because the electricity and gas products have been redirected to OTFs.
What’s funny, the same regulated markets say what an idea, they are happy with the REMIT carve-out.