Contribution to public consultation on generation adequacy, capacity remuneration and internal energy market

Paolo Basso, Policy Analyst, EPIA

GERMANY: The European Commission presented in November 2012 its communication on the internal energy market. EPIA has responded by underlining a key message: The internal market should be readied to attain the strategic EU goals of liberalisation, decarbonisation and integration of renewables.

EPIA also stresses that the balance between supply and demand of electricity in the system should be considered in a wide context, taking into account the contribution made to it by photovoltaics and other renewables.

The potential of flexibility resources – including demand side management, storage and interconnection – should be fully tapped into as a precondition to further steps in ensuring generation adequacy. Any form of capacity remuneration should be granted only when duly justified and reversible; it should be based on competitive awarding procedures and on a coordinated European approach, consistent with the internal market.