At 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘜-𝘊𝘏 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 roundtable hosted by the Università delle Svizzera Italiana (USI), our Head of Legal Department, Carlotta, and Legal Counsel, Eleonora, joined industry experts to explore how this landmark agreement will reshape market dynamics.
Key takeaways included:
- Full integration of Swissgrid into EU transmission processes and access to SDAC and SIDC trading platforms.
- Liberalisation of the Swiss electricity market, granting households and businesses freedom to choose suppliers.
- Incorporation of 12 key EU regulations – including REMIT and capacity allocation rules – into Swiss law, advancing transparency while highlighting ongoing challenges in harmonisation.
“𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦. 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 – 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 – 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴”, says Eleonora.
Carlotta added: “𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.”
In collaboration with:
SELA – Swiss Energy Law Association
EFELA – European Federation of Energy Law Associations
La Suisse en Europe