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✔✔ publication of research plans (R&D road maps and

R&D implementation plans)
✔✔ common network operation tools
✔✔ recommendations on the coordination of technical
cooperation with third-country TSOs.
These deliverables required through regulation are supported by the following activities that take place under the
aegis of ENTSO-E:
✔✔ an annual work program
✔✔ an annual report
✔✔ generation adequacy outlooks
✔✔ monitoring and analysis of TSO performance and
publication of the results
✔✔ monitoring and analysis of the implementation of network codes and EC guidelines as well as their effect
on harmonization.
Other duties have been determined legislatively as well.
Given this, ENTSO-E should develop methods for a costbenefit analysis of energy infrastructure and storage projects
or other methods for prioritizing the PCIs and should ensure
the transparency of the data.
All ENTSO-E deliverables are consulted on with stakeholders. This consultation includes financial planning for the
investments required in accordance with the current TYNDP,
drafting of network codes that will become binding for a large
range of third parties, and development of an R&D road map
showing the way to meet energy policy targets. ENTSO-E is
actively involved in the debate to ensure appropriate regulatory frameworks that meet future challenges and holds regular
discussions with the EC and the Agency for the Cooperation
of Energy Regulators (ACER).

day-ahead market coupling throughout Europe. The project aims
to implement a fully price-coupled market in cooperation with
the relevant power exchanges across the whole NWE region.
This covers the following countries: Belgium, France, Germany,
Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and Great Britain, as well as
the Swepol link between Sweden and Poland. The project went
live in February 2014. It is the first time price coupling across an
entire large region has been implemented. This area is operating
synchronously with the southwestern European region. It also
represents a significant step toward an integrated European power
market and thus more competitive prices for European consumers.
The financing of R&D activities-especially through
regulatory regimes-represents another area of cooperation
for TSOs. The implementation of such mechanisms requires
cooperation with regulatory bodies, both at the European
level (ACER and CEER) and at the national level by the
national regulatory authorities. (For additional details, see
the article by Ferrante et al. in this issue.)
Regarding cooperation with other organizations, ENTSO-E
works with the DSOs as well. ENTSO-E and the European
DSOs for smart grids cooperate on R&D activities. A common
road map has been developed. Further cooperation has been or
will be established with other stakeholders, such as generators,
energy storage entities, manufacturers, and so on. In particular,
cooperation with the European Network Transmission System
Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G) relates to network planning
activities as well as the preparation of winter and summer generation outlooks.

At the Operational Level
Based on commonly agreed and regularly updated operational rules, TSOs across Europe run the transmission
infrastructure together and jointly develop principles for
operations design in the long term. As such, this cooperation
should result in ensuring:

At the Organizational Level

TSOs cooperation within ENTSO-E also takes place at the organizational level. While a principal area of cooperation addresses
regional policies and the relations within and among the synchronous areas, other aspects, such
as cooperation among the TSOs as
a group and with other stakeholders,
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are also important.
Intermittent
ENTSO-E has encouraged region2,000
Nonintermittent
al coordination, working in close cooperation with all the TSOs involved
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in various implementation projects. Its
approach is aimed at achieving pan40% 46%
58% 77% 55% 35% 69%
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European solutions, facilitating the
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31% 31%
exchange of information and expertise
among TSOs from different regions,
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and assuring consistency between
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69% 69% 60% 54%
42% 23% 45% 65% 31%
regional implementation projects and
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An example is the cooperation
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of TSOs for a price-coupling project
in the northwestern Europe (NWE) figure 4. Various visions for installed intermittent and nonintermittent generation
region as the pilot for implementing capacities in the EU in 2030 and 2050.
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