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Bidding zone split: Commission calls for agreement with neighbors

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Published: April 19th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Grid expansion and the energy transition – the transportation of wind energy from the north to the south of Germany is still suffering from the sluggish expansion of the electricity grid.

In the dispute over a possible split of the German electricity bidding zone, the Commission does not want to exert any pressure on Germany at present. „It is not the case that we want to push a specific model,“ said Michael Schütz from the Directorate-General for Energy at a Table.Live briefing on Thursday at the Berlin Energy Days. Rather, the aim is to create a single European electricity market and also a „fair balance of opportunities and burdens between the member states.“

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