EU DSO Entity

📣 👥 Today, experts from EU DSO Entity, ENTSO-E, T&D Europe and Europacable met in Brussels for their second meeting on the implementation of the Action Point 13 of the #GridActionPlan The all-day meeting allowed for in-depth technical discussions over the challenges faced by each entity with regards to #SupplyChains and #Procurement. Exchanges between experts focused on the following key points: 🧰Common practices from #TSOs and #DSOs on improving access and procurement on supply chains 🔍Increased visibility from grid-assets manufacturers on electricity network developments plans 📃Shared messages for the planned revision of the EU’s procurement rules The meeting was also the opportunity for Zuzana Sádlová (European Commission, DG ENER) to deliver a high-level introduction of the Commission’s expectation for the collaboration on the Action Point 13, ahead of the #CopenhagenForum in June. Supply chains, manufacturing resilience and grid development count and will remain high on the EU agenda! 🇪🇺 The ongoing work on the Action Point 13 will be key to ensure a pragmatic and efficient response to challenges faced by the whole supply chain ✅ Thank you ENTSO-E for hosting the meeting and to our members Henrik Fiil-Nielsen (N1) and Michael Hanley (ESB) for supporting us! 😊 Find our joint statement here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dsqk8XYi #SupplyResilience #CleanIndustrialDeal #Competitiveness #GridInfrastructure #GridDevelopment #GridActionPlan #SupplyChain

EU DSO Entity and ENTSO-E look forward to continuing the cooperation with EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Commission! 🤝 We are moving towards the implementation of the 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲, which will facilitate the participation of #DemandResponse resources in electricity markets, improving #flexibility, strengthening #energysecurity, and accelerating the clean #EnergyTransition⚡ 🪴

🚨 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘/𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱! 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 ⬇️ We regret to inform you that the webinar “How does DSO Entity's Technical Vision match with the EU's priorities for 2025+?" scheduled for Friday, 14 March, has been 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 to:   ⏰𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟒 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟬𝟵:𝟯𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟬:𝟰𝟱 (𝗖𝗘𝗧)  📌𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞   👩🏫 Our Secretary General Peter Vermaat, Carlos Castel Conesa, Team Lead EGs & TFs and Zuzana Sádlová, Policy Officer at DG ENER, European Commission, will discuss in depth the key findings of our Technical Vision and its relevance for the current political discussion at EU level.  The session will be moderated by our Teamlead–Strategy, Legal & Regulatory Affairs Elisa Schenner. Find here the agenda and the registration link ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d-KgJ7HQ   ⚠️ If you already registered, please note that there is no need to register again: you will receive an email from the Zoom platform informing you of the change. While apologizing for the inconvenience, we are looking forward to seeing you there on April 4! 📕 Read our Technical Vision: https://lnkd.in/ds--HfaT #DSOEntityTechnicalVision #Competitiveness #EnergyResilience #DGENER 

📣 DSO Entity representatives held a fruitful and productive meeting with the Energy and Housing EU Commissioner, Dan Jørgensen. DSO Entity President Vincenzo Ranieri, and Secretary General Peter Vermaat met with the Commissioner to exchange on the relevance of #grids in an increasingly decentralised energy system. During the meeting, DSOs and their role in the transition were discussed in the light of the latest publications of the 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒍 (CID) and the 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 (APAE). 🔷 DSO Entity welcomes the publications of the CID and APAE: 1️⃣ The right focus is put on #grids as enablers of a successful EU economy and the need to invest in grids. With 70% RES connected to DSOs and the increasing decentralised electricity demand, the focus should be on the development of a resilient, flexible and open distribution grid 2️⃣ The announcement of a comprehensive grids package in Q1 2026 as follow-up to the GAP shows the need to improve conditions for grids to act as enabler of a #sustainable energy transition and a thriving EU economy. Faster #permitting procedures and a more forward-looking anticipatory investments approach will be key for delivery.  3️⃣ The stimulation of more grids manufacturing capacity within the EU with a grids manufacturing package is welcomed and will urgently be needed to ensure grid expansion and smartening can keep pace with the accelerated #electrification.  🔷DSO Entity repeats three core principles that should guide EU-activities on grids: 👉Introduce a grid mainstreaming approach  👉Ensure timely national implementation 👉Advance European solutions on strategic topics We look forward to continuing the good cooperation to ensure an affordable, sustainable and safe transition with grids taking centre strage! Dan Jorgensen | European Commission | Vincenzo Ranieri | Peter Vermaat | Elisa Schenner | Fabrizio Callari 

✒️ This morning our Secretary General Peter Vermaat joined the German DSO entity Members (VEKO) in occasion of their annual conference.  🧑🏫 The meeting was an occasion to introduce DSO Entity to the new VEKO Members and to dive deep into some more specific topics, as the development of Network Codes.   Moreover, they were presented with the deliverables for 2023 /2024 along with the latest updates on Gas-DSO integration.  😊 Thank you VKU - German Association of Local Public Utilities and BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. for hosting the conference!  #VKU #KnowledgeSharing #NetworkCodes #GasIntegration #VEKO

Last Wednesday, Sophia Politopoulou, member of our Country Expert Group (CEG), joined WindEurope’s workshop on grid access for wind farms across Europe, held in Athens 🇬🇷 💬 The workshop was an occasion to discuss grid connection issues across Europe. 🔵 Sophia joined to share key insights on grid connection permitting and connection charges, giving contributions to improving access for wind energy projects.  ️ 🌬️ Thank you WindEurope for involving us and bringing together EU and national policymakers of the wind energy sector! It was a great opportunity to collaborate and share best practices 👏  #WindFarms #Permitting #GridConnection #WindEnergy #GridAccess

📣 Publication Alert! We published the Joint DSO Entity & ENTSO-E Report on 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐒𝐎-𝐃𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 & 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦! Developed under the EU’s Digitalisation of Energy System Action Plan (DESAP), the report highlights:  ✅ The critical need for digitalisation to enhance grid operation, planning, and customer integration   ✅ The challenges in the transition toward a fully digitalised electricity system.   ✅ Existing gaps, improvement opportunities, and necessary measures to advance digital twin solutions across Europe’s power systems.  These and other report’s key findings were presented today at the TwinEU #TwInsider workshop, organised by TwinEU. DSO Entity’s Senior Coordinator, Stephan Gross, joined Siddhesh Gandhi (ENTSO-E) to discuss the Joint Task Force on Digital Twins and its progress. We also introduced #DSO4DT, our #HorizonEurope project. 👁️ 📕 Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/d3YTw5av #Digitalisation #DigitalTwins #SmartGrids #TSO #DSO #ENTSOE #DSOEntity #DESAP #EnergyInnovation 

👥 📣Yesterday, DSO Entity Board of Directors (BoD) met in Brussels to discuss: ✅ Latest updates on Governance and on the work of the TFs anf EGs ✅ Approve the Annual Report for 2024, which will soon be online ✅ Developments in Gas/H2 integration  ➡️ Concerning Expert Groups and Task forces, the BoD supported the approval of the Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Methodologies, and approved the draft Flexibility Needs Assessment Methodology. 👏 Thanks to all our Board Members for the valuable exchange! #KnowledgeSharing #GridExpertise #GasIntegration #DIstributedFlexibility #Cybersecurity #RiskAssessment

💻 🗣️ Today, we hosted with ENTSO-E the webinar on DSO/TSO Technopedia implementation, part of the joint work plan.  💡 During the webinar, speakers from the European Commission, ENTSO-E and EU DSO Entity gave a detailed overview of the Technopedia implementation plan for 2025, discussing key milestones and guidelines for stakeholder applications. 🔎 What is Technopedia?  Jointly developed by DSO Entity and ENTSO-E in the context of the #GridActionPlan, Technopedia serves as a comprehensive repository of technologies aimed at enhancing smart grids and network efficiency 🔧  #Technopedia will describe known technologies the #systemoperators can apply. During the webinar we will also see different use cases and applications around Europe where it already exists to assure information exchange and discuss how companies can implement new technologies in their own grid. 👉 Find here the webinar recording ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dAHVtYSW 👉 Read here the document ‘Implementation of Action 7 in the EU Action Plan for Grids - DSO/TSO Technopedia’ https://lnkd.in/dgwkbqCg  Zuzana Sádlová | Ilaria Federici | Madalena Lacerda | Uroš Salobir | Stephan Gross    #Technopedia #GridActionPlan #SystemOperators #SmartGrids

Last Thursday, Amy Radlberger - Vice Chair Task Force Finance (TF FIN) joined the third Plenary Meeting of the Investors Dialogue on Energy, held by the European Commission in Brussels.  The event gathered experts from the energy and finance sectors in all EU countries 🇪🇺, who discussed assessing and upgrading financing schemes to mobilise financing in the context of the #EuropeanGreenDeal and #REPowerEU.  As part of the Working Group 2 'Transmission & Distribution' and member of our TF FIN, Amy was one of the speakers of the technical session ‘Exploring new financial instruments to further mobilise investments: Outcomes from the ID-E WGs’ 📈 🔎 The focus of the technical session was on the challenges that #TSOs, #DSOs and other public operators face when raising financing in regulated regimes. EU funding for grids in the new #MFF, following the publication of the #CleanIndustrialDeal and the Affordable Energy Action Plan was also discussed. It was interesting to share ideas, visions and insights on topics of common interest, let's keep upgrading #financing schemes! #InvestorsDialogueOnEnergy #GridActionPlan #EuropeanEnergy #EnergySystem #GreenTransition #IDE #TFFIN #AffordableEnergy