Incident in the power system of North Macedonia on May 18th
On 18 May 2025 in the early morning hours, a partial blackout occurred in the power system of North Macedonia.| www.entsoe.eu
[EVENT] On 19 November, ENTSO-E and ENTSOG are sharing the results of their assessments of gas and electricity system adequacy in Europe for the winter 2024-2025. Seasonal Outlook reports published by ENTSO-E and ENTSOG are used to inform market participants and authorities on possible risks to system adequacy for the upcoming...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] Flexibility from renewable energy sources (RES) is essential to ensure a secure, efficient, and resilient European power system as the share of renewables continues to grow. ENTSO-E advocates for unlocking the full flexibility potential of RES, particularly during periods of high generation and low demand. This requires improving the observability and...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E has published proposed amendments to the European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA) methodology and submitted them to the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) for approval. These amendments are a key step to ensure that ERAA remains a robust, transparent, and fit-for-purpose framework supporting secure and...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] Today, the Expert Panel set up by ENTSO-E to investigate the 18 May 2025 blackout in North Macedonia has published its comprehensive factual report. On 18 May 2025, at 04:59 CEST, the power system of North Macedonia experienced a separation between the 400 kV and 110 kV transmission networks due...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 5 November, ENTSO-E submitted its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence in the Energy Sector, expected in Q2 2026. ENTSO-E stresses that Europe’s energy transition requires not only new physical infrastructure, but also a secure, operational digital backbone capable...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] The draft amended Network Code on Requirements for Generators (NC RfG 2.0) introduces non-exhaustive Grid Forming (GFM) requirements for non-synchronous power generation and electricity storage modules. These requirements are a key step in ensuring the stability and resilience of Europe’s future power system, increasingly dominated by renewable and storage technologies. ...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] MARI, PICASSO, TERRE and IGCC are the TSOs’ projects for establishing the European mFRR and aFRR, RR and imbalance netting platforms, the key deliverables of the European regulation establishing a guideline on electricity balancing (the ‘EB Regulation’). These European platforms play a vital role in enhancing the efficiency of balancing...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 31 October, the European Networks of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) and for Gas (ENTSOG) publish the outcome of their joint work on an Interlinked Modelling Framework. This work has been undertaken in close coordination with the European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH) and is part...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] ENTSO-E is pleased to announce the launch of the renewed Transparency Platform, featuring a modernised interface, new features, improved functionalities and performance. To support users ahead of the planned transition and help them navigate the new platform, we are organizing a public webinar where we will: Present the new look and feel...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 17 October 2025, ENTSO-E publishes the draft list of electricity infrastructure projects to be assessed in the next edition of the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP). The TYNDP 2026 draft project portfolio consists of 178 transmission projects and 49 storage projects. These projects were proposed by project promoters during...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] Today, the Expert Panel, set up by ENTSO-E to investigate the 28 April 2025 blackout in continental Spain and Portugal, has published its comprehensive factual report. This unprecedented incident, which resulted in a total loss of the power supply of continental Spain and Portugal, marks the most significant power system...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E invites stakeholders to submit transmission or storage infrastructure projects currently in the ideation phase for potential inclusion in the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) 2026. The second submission window is now open, and promoters have until 15 October 2025 noon (CET) to submit their projects. Inclusion in the TYNDP...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] From Portugal to Ukraine, Norway to Italy, our electricity grids keep homes, industries, and public services powered. But to deliver on Europe’s climate and security goals, the grid must be stronger, smarter, and more resilient. That’s why the upcoming European Grids Package matters. ENTSO-E has set out concrete recommendations to...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 2 September, the Expert Panel held its sixth meeting to advance the ongoing investigation into the 28 April 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal. Based on all data delivered by TSOs, DSOs and generation companies, the Panel is now able to finalise its comprehensive factual report presenting the facts...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E welcomes the approval of the European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA) 2024 by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). ENTSO-E is responsible for developing a pan-European monitoring assessment of power system resource adequacy of up to 10 years ahead, analysing possible events that could adversely affect the balance between...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] The Clean energy for all Europeans Package and in particular Regulation (EU) 2019/943 on the internal market for electricity, – placed resource adequacy in a central position in the European energy policy context. As required by Article 23 of the Electricity Regulation, ENTSO-E has developed a methodology for the European...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 18 August, the Expert Panel held its fifth meeting to advance the ongoing investigation into the 28 April 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal. The data collection phase is now nearly complete, providing the foundation for a comprehensive factual report on the causes of this exceptional and unprecedented power...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 4 August, ENTSO-E has submitted its formal response to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming European Grids Package, calling for urgent, coordinated action to remove bottlenecks and accelerate the timely buildout of critical grid infrastructure across Europe. ENTSO-E sets out four key enablers to deliver the grid Europe...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] The Electricity Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/943 recast) mandates ENTSO-E to carry out the European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA). The “Methodology for the European Resource Adequacy Assessment” (the ERAA methodology) adopted by ACER in 2020 sets the requirements for ENTSO-E to perform the ERAA, and also serves as the basis of...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E has signed new Working Arrangements (WAs) with the UK’s transmission system owners and operators. This agreement marks a significant step in formalising post-Brexit cooperation between ENTSO-E and the British electricity grid operators and owners. The WAs provide a dedicated cooperation platform to address key shared priorities, including security of...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] During its fourth meeting on 15 July, the Expert Panel established to investigate the 28 April 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal continued its analysis of the available data on the incident. Despite initial challenges in collecting data from several DSOs and Generation companies in Spain, the Expert Panel can...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] All TSOs are seeking input from stakeholders and market on the proposed amendments to aFRRIF and mFRRIF, which includes the Common Harmonisation Proposal. As the proposal is subject to consultation in accordance with Article 10(2) of EB Regulation, all TSOs are initiating this open online consultation for a period of two...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 2 July, following the All TSOs approval in the 1 July meeting, All TSOs launched a public consultation on the Proposal for Amendment of the mFRR and aFRR Implementation Frameworks, including Annex with T&Cs Common Harmonisation Proposal. A stakeholder webinar will take place on Wednesday, 16 July at 10:00 – 11:00....| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E and DSO Entity are pleased to announce the launch of the Joint Working Group (JWG) Data Interoperability Repository, a new digital platform developed in line with the European Commission’s Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1162. This initiative marks a key milestone in the implementation of the EU’s data interoperability framework and...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 2 July, the SORs (TSOs and RCCs) launched a public consultation on the Proposal for Amendment of RCC Procurement Proposal. The objective of the public consultation is to collect the stakeholders’ views. After the public consultation, ENTSO-E and SORs will assess the comments received from the stakeholders, finalise the...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] On 4 July 2025, shortly before 12:00 CEST, an incident occurred in the Czech power system which led to significant outages in the eastern and northern part of the Czech Republic including areas of Prague. Based on the preliminary information shared by the Czech transmission system operator (ČEPS), the incident...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] The ENTSO-E Annual Work Programme 2026 Webinar took place on 04 July and brought the highlights of the AWP 2026 and the challenges ENTSO-E would be facing on the implementation of the ENTSO-E legally mandated tasks planned for 2026| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] Workshop summary On 4 July 2025, ENTSO-E and ENTSOG invited all interested stakeholders to take part in the public workshop on the TYNDP 2026 Scenarios draft input data and methodologies, putting particular focus on the first-time application of the economic variants via its draft methodology. Having taken place within the...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E and ENTSOG invite all interested stakeholders to take part in the public consultation on the Draft 2026 TYNDP Scenarios’ Economic Variants’ methodology. Taking place within the framework of the 2026 TYNDP Scenarios development cycle, the public consultation aims at gathering feedback from key stakeholders to further strengthen the development...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E has launched the public consultation for its Annual Work Programme 2026, open from 1 July to 1 August 2025. This annual publication, a requirement under Regulation (EU) 2019/943 on the internal market for electricity, outlines ENTSO-E’s planned activities for the coming year. Stakeholder engagement is vital to ensure the...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E publishes today the ENTSO-E Market Report 2025 and Electricity Balancing (EB) and Capacity Calculation and Allocation Cost Reports. These publications outline the work achieved by European Transmission System Operators (TSOs) in cooperation with their stakeholders in integrating the European electricity wholesale and balancing markets by implementing the Capacity Allocation...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] Today, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) elected its new governance team, which will be effective as from 26 June 2025 until the ENTSO-E General Assembly in June 2027. The new governance team will be led by the President, Zbyněk Boldiš. It will also include the...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] ENTSO-E held a public webinar “Impact of Renewable Hydrogen on the Power System: Sector Development, Flexibility and Market Aspects”. The development of the hydrogen sector, especially the electrification of hydrogen production, will significantly impact the power system, both in terms of planning and operation. The webinar will be the opportunity...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E and ENTSOG invite all interested stakeholders to take part in the public consultation on the Draft 2026 TYNDP Scenarios input data and methodologies. Taking place within the framework of the 2026 TYNDP Scenarios development cycle, the public consultation aims at gathering feedback from key stakeholders to further strengthen the...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] Date: 24 June 2025 Time: half-day, 13.00 to 16.30 Place: Online ENTSO-E is pleased to invite working level and technical experts to participate in ENTSO-E’s workshop on the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) 2026 system needs study on 24 June 2025. This event aims at collecting stakeholders’ expectations early on...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] Following its third meeting on 23 June, the Expert Panel established to investigate the 28 April blackout in the Iberian Peninsula has made significant progress in analysing the power system conditions prior to the incident. The Panel can now provide information on the power system conditions in the hours and...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E’s biennial Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) is the pan-European electricity infrastructure plan that identifies opportunities for reinforcing the electricity grid and assesses infrastructure projects. A total of 180 transmission infrastructure projects, consisting of 354 separate investments, and 51 storage projects were proposed by project promoters during the first submission...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E’s Overview of Transmission Tariffs in Europe provides an in-depth analysis of the design, structure, and level of transmission tariffs across over 37 European countries. This report offers a comprehensive breakdown of the components constituting transmission tariffs, aiming to provide stakeholders an accessible, comparative overview of the diverse approaches used...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E welcomes today’s adoption by the European Parliament of the INI report on Electricity Grids: the backbone of the EU energy system, which sets out a clear political position on a critical topic for achieving a carbon-neutral, competitive, secure and increasingly electrified Europe. The report comes at a pivotal moment...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] The Expert Panel, set up to investigate the April 28th blackout in Spain and Portugal, will review the recent publications: “Report from the Committee for the analysis of the electricity crisis of April 28th 2025”, published by the Spanish government and including data from all relevant actors within Spain. “Blackout...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E congratulates the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine for concluding an agreement for the determination of the commercial exchange capacity that can be offered at the borders between the Ukraine-Moldova control block and the neighbouring EU TSOs. This agreement marks an important milestone...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] The development of the hydrogen sector, especially the electrification of hydrogen production, will significantly impact the power system, both in terms of planning and operation. Previous ENTSO-E studies have identified the technical capabilities of electrolysers to provide grid system services, along with key challenges related to their system and market integration....| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] ENTSO-E was glad to invite stakeholders to a public workshop on Capacity Mechanisms on 18 June 2025 from. The workshop was the opportunity for ENTSO-E to present its recent policy paper “The Role of Capacity Mechanisms to Enable a Secure and Competitive Energy Transition”. Read the policy paper here.| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] ENTSO-E held an online webinar on “Vendor Agnostic Solutions (VAS) for Next-Generation Control Room Eco-Systems” on June 18 2025 to learn about ENTSO-E’s vision for modular, interoperable control centre eco-systems that address the growing complexity of European power systems and the limitations of legacy SCADA/EMS infrastructures. Driven by the RDIC WG5 Task Force on...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] With the upcoming release of the Market Report ENTSO-E organised a webinar on 16 June 2025 to present the report, answer your questions, and discuss key market topics. The report highlights progress in: Day-ahead and intraday market coupling Forward capacity allocation Balancing market integration It also provides an outlook on...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] Following its second meeting on 3 June, the Expert Panel established to investigate the 28 April blackout in the Iberian Peninsula has identified the next steps to guide its ongoing investigation. The Panel is currently collecting all the data needed to establish the facts related to the incident. This data...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] ENTSO-E supports the effort by EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to establish a new European Stakeholder Committee (ESC) on cybersecurity in the electricity sector. We encourage industry associations that could offer a pan-European perspective on cybersecurity aspects of cross-border electricity flows to join. What’s behind this?...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[EVENT] ENTSO-E is organising a stakeholders workshop on the future of the European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA) on 4 June 2025. This event aims at gathering inputs and triggering discussion in the context of the formal ERAA methodology amendment process that has been initiated by the European Commission and ACER. ENTSO-E...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
[NEWS] Copenhagen, 2 June 2025 – ENTSO-E, Europacable, EU DSO Entity and T&D Europe today jointly publish a roadmap for a stronger and more coordinated electricity grid supply chain. The roadmap outlines recent progress made, further concrete actions and calls upon policymakers to back this industry momentum with decisive regulatory support...| ENTSO-E News & Updates
On 18 May 2025 in the early morning hours, a partial blackout occurred in the power system of North Macedonia.| www.entsoe.eu
The existing TEN-E Regulation provides a robust framework for grid planning, based on the technical analysis of TSOs which work under clear policy framing and with regulatory oversight. Relevant stakeholders and decisionmakers at the appropriate European/regional/national levels are also appropriately engaged in the process. ENTSO-E supports targeted improvements that simplify current processes, while maintaining its strengths.| www.entsoe.eu
