ENTSO-E welcomes the European Commission’s ambition to accelerate the clean energy transition through the proposed Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF), which rightly recognises the need to boost investments in decarbonised demand, electricity grids, and system infrastructure. In its response, ENTSO-E calls for leveraging the existing legislation, notably the Clean Energy Package and Electricity Market Design reform, to ensure a stable and predictable regulatory environment.

Furthermore, ENTSO-E underlines the importance of preserving the complementarity between the European and National Resource Adequacy Assessments (ERAA & NRAAs), and ensuring that revised ERAA methodologies remain functional, not overly complex. As further detailed in a separate reaction paper to the Commission’s report assessing the possibilities of streamlining and simplifying the process of applying a capacity mechanism, ENTSO-E recommends a streamlined approval process for capacity mechanisms grounded in two principles: respecting Member States’ subsidiarity in assessing adequacy needs, and focusing the assessment on key design elements to enable pragmatic and efficient implementation.

The response to the European Commission’s consultation on the draft CISAF is accompanied by an annex document with detailed feedback and proposed textual amendments to the framework. ENTSO-E is committed to advancing these initiatives through constructive collaboration with EU institutions and national stakeholders. For any further details, please contact christian.gruber@entsoe.eu and marco.foresti@entsoe.eu.