Future-Proofing Europe's Grids: The European Grids Package

The grid is the backbone of the European interconnected electricity network. It stretches across and beyond the EU from Portugal to Ukraine and the Balkans from Norway to Italy. Transmission System Operators (TSOs) operate the electricity system efficiently, securely and in coordination, ensuring that electricity flows reliably across borders. This infrastructure makes the trade of electricity possible for all market participants and ensures a reliable power supply for all members of society: industry, households and public entities alike.

Electricity is not merely a commodity: it is an essential service. This essential service relies on a fully functioning and resilient infrastructure. This includes an efficient and secure grid operation to deliver power when and where it is needed.

In this context, the European Commission published the European Grids Package on 10 December 2025, setting out measures to modernise, expand and optimise Europe’s electricity infrastructure, and to address key barriers to grid development.

ENTSO-E and TSOs are committed to work with the European Commission, Member States, the European Parliament, and all stakeholders in the months ahead to ensure the Package delivers on its ambitions. The energy transition is within reach, but it requires sustained coordination, innovation and close collaboration with stakeholders and policymakers, with a strong focus on effective implementation, clear roles, and society’s benefit always at the centre.

ENTSO-E has published its position on the European Commission’s Grids Package proposal, available below.