Unused EU congestion-income revenues would be freed up after eight years
By Louis de Briant ( June 24, 2026, 16:26 GMT | Insight) -- Congestion-income revenues — generated when power cannot flow freely between markets — that are earmarked for EU cross-border electricity projects would no longer remain reserved indefinitely, under an EU governments' compromise on the Grids Package. If left unused for eight years, the funds would return to national transmission system operators under standard EU electricity-market rules. The draft would also broaden eligible projects.A new phase-out mechanism allowing transmission system operators to recover unused congestion-income revenues after eight years is included in the latest draft of the EU Grids Package, published on Wednesday....
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