Ireland – October 31, 2026 -- The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has found Ireland's proposed gas transmission reference price methodology largely compliant with the EU Network Code on Harmonised Transmission Tariff Structures (NC TAR), but says the treatment of the Corrib Linkline fails the criteria for non-transmission tariffs.

European Union – October 31, 2026 -- The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has approved amended implementation frameworks for the PICASSO and MARI electricity balancing platforms. It adopted Decisions 12/2026 and 13/2026 and added three prequalification options for balancing service providers (BSPs).

European Union – October 31, 2026 -- The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) found that institutional frameworks for hydrogen network planning remain incomplete across Member States, limiting alignment with the EU-wide Ten-Year Network Development Plan (EU TYNDP). The finding comes from its latest Opinion on national gas and hydrogen Network Development Plans (NDPs).

Europe – October 31, 2026 -- Switching to dynamic pricing and shifting consumption to cheaper periods could have saved EU households an average of 20%, or about €120, on electricity bills in 2025, according to ACER analysis in its 2026 Monitoring Report on retail energy markets.

Europe – October 31, 2026 -- The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) will open a public consultation on 5 November 2026 on the preliminary version of EU-Flex, an open-source electricity market model built to assess flexibility needs across the EU. The consultation will run until 17 December 2026.

European Union – October 31, 2026 -- EU underground gas storage stood at 75% of capacity on 21 October 2026, and the upper-bound cost of refilling it this year reached €27 billion, according to the latest gas Monitoring Report from the EU energy regulators' agency ACER.

European Union – October 31, 2026 -- The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has published the first of three sets of revised REMIT data reporting guidance. Its first-phase requirements apply from 29 October 2027.

Europe – October 22, 2026 -- ACER's Board of Appeal will begin a new five-year mandate on 18 October 2026 with two new members and four first-time alternates, refreshing the body that reviews complaints against the agency's decisions.

Administrative Board appoints panel after Commission call for interest

ACER's Administrative Board made the appointments, following a proposal by the European Commission and in consultation with ACER's Board of Regulators. The process followed a public call for interest that the Commission launched earlier this year.