Med-TSO and the Energy Community agree to strengthen mutual cooperation

Representatives of Med-TSO and of the Energy Community Secretariat evaluated possible opportunities for tightening cooperation between the two entities at a meeting held at Energy Community’s premises in Wien, last Thursday 13 September. 

“Having common members, common infrastructure and the common target of creating a well-connected regional electricity market does not only give us a basis but calls on us to closely cooperate”, underlined Janez Kopac, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat. 

The two institutions identified a set of topics of common interest that could be in the focus of enhanced cooperation, including transparency, coordination between distribution and transmission system operators and regional infrastructure development. 

Discussions also carved out that the introduction of a common set of legal rules would support the development of electricity markets in the Mediterranean countries. “The Energy Community can serve as a model for us: it proves that fixing a set of common obligations facilitates the development of integrated electricity markets”, emphasized Angelo Ferrante, Secretary General of Med-TSO.