Energy communities prevented from accessing dispatch markets
20.8.2024
Priority question for written answer P-001533/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Mario Furore (The Left), Valentina Palmisano (The Left), Gaetano Pedulla' (The Left)
Article 16 of Directive (EU) 2019/944[1] requires Member States to ensure that citizen energy communities are able to access all electricity markets, of which dispatch markets are one. Article 22 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001[2] requires Member States to ensure that renewable energy communities have the right to access all suitable electricity markets, directly or through aggregation, in a non-discriminatory manner.
In Italy, Directive (EU) 2019/944 was transposed by way of Legislative Decree No 210 of 8 November 2021[3], and Directive (EU) 2018/2001 by way of Legislative Decree No 199 of 8 November 2021[4].
However, the 2023 ACER report on barriers to demand response notes that the Italian regulatory framework does not allow energy communities to access dispatch markets[5].
In view of the above:
- 1.Given that it is impossible for citizen energy communities and renewable energy communities to access the dispatch market, does the Commission believe that Italy has properly implemented Article 16 of Directive (EU) 2019/944 and Article 22 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001?
- 2.What steps will it take to ensure that energy community citizens and renewable energy communities can participate in flexibility mechanisms, including by means of aggregation?
Submitted: 20.8.2024
- [1] Paragraph 3(a): The directive is available online: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019L0944
- [2] Paragraph 2(c). The directive is available online: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018L2001.
- [3] By way of Article 14, entitled ‘Active customers and citizen energy communities’. Legislative Decree No 210 of 8 November 2021 is available online at: https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2021-11-08;210.
- [4] By way of Article 31, entitled ‘Renewable energy communities’. Legislative Decree No 199 of 8 November 2021 is available online at: https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2021/11/30/21G00214/sg.
- [5] Available online: https://www.acer.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Publications/ACER_MMR_2023_Barriers_to_demand_response.pdf.