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Athens Electricity Forum strengthens Energy Community cooperation to accelerate electricity market integration, increasing energy security

On 3–4 June, the Energy Community’s Athens Electricity Forum gathered the stakeholders needed to make EU–Energy Community electricity market integration a reality — from policymakers and regulators to system operators, market actors and European institutions.

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The push for Energy Community–EU electricity market integration is already bearing fruit

Across South East and Eastern Europe, EU aspirants are undertaking serious reforms to prepare for integration with the EU’s internal electricity market — even before accession. According to Energy Ministers from across the region, those reforms are already beginning to deliver results.

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New CBAM Q1/2026 Quarterly Report

The CBAM Q1/2026 report assesses how the Energy Community supports integration of its Contracting Parties with EU energy markets while advancing decarbonisation, focusing on the Western Balkans Contracting Parties and neighbouring EU Member States. The analysis covers key electricity market indicators, including generation trends, prices, cross-border spreads, correlations, and electricity flows. It examines early effects of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), in force since January 2026, on trade and market integration. While not directly applied in Contracting Parties, CBAM may still generate indirect impacts through cross-border price formation and investment signals. 

April 29, 2026
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New study

Protocol on Permitting Reform and Renewable Energy One-Stop-Shop under the Revised RED

This Protocol complements the work of the RES Centre by providing, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, a structured roadmap for one-stop-shop mechanisms, clearer administrative responsibilities, binding timelines, and coordinated permitting workflows to ensure efficient and predictable decision-making. Together with the Operational Blueprint for Renewable Acceleration Areas, it forms a coherent framework linking strategic planning with practical permitting reform and is intended as a hands-on guide for implementing the revised RED.

April 28, 2026
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Letter by Team Europe

Team Europe Call: four years of full-scale war

As Ukraine enters its fifth year of war, its energy infrastructure remains under attack. Through the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, international support has helped sustain power, heating, and essential services. Preparing for the next winter is critical, with early equipment deliveries decisive. 

This letter, signed by EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, and Director of Energy Community Secretariat Artur Lorkowski, calls on the international community to continue supporting Ukraine’s energy resilience.

February 24, 2026
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2025 Implementation Report

Secretariat Releases its 2025 Implementation Report

2025 Implementation Performance: The 2025 Implementation Report shows steady but uneven progress in aligning with the EU acquis, while highlighting the need to deepen integration with EU energy markets. Priorities include completing electricity market coupling, expanding renewable energy trade, removing gas flow bottlenecks, synchronising infrastructure development, and gradually aligning carbon pricing mechanisms. To support a just and inclusive transition, the report also introduces a new subchapter on energy poverty, reflecting the growing importance of social equity in energy reforms.

December 10, 2025
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Ukraine Energy Support Fund 2025 Half Year Report

The Ukraine Energy Support Fund has emerged as a cornerstone of Ukraine’s energy resilience, mobilizing almost  1.3 billion EUR in international support to counter the most severe wave of attacks on Ukraine’s energy system since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. 

According to the Fund's recently released half-year report, during the first half of 2025 (from January 1- to June 30), Ukraine’s energy sector was hit harder than ever before: more than half of pre-war generation capacity was offline or destroyed, including around 70% of the country's thermal capacity.

October 21, 2025
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