Regulation (EC) 714/2009  (Electricity Regulation) requires that the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) adapt and publish a non-binding Community-wide ten-year electricity network development plan every two years. This document sets out ERGEG’s draft advice for the development of the Community-wide ten-year development plan, in accordance with the legislative requirements, as guidance for ENTSO-E’s work in this area during the interim period. ERGEG will use this document when giving its duly reasoned opinion on ENTSO-E’s draft Community-wide ten-year network development plan.

CEER invites all stakeholders interested in network planning issues to respond to this consultation, both in general and in relation to the questions in Section 1.2 of the report.

Interested parties are invited to submit comments by 25 February 2010 and these should be sent by e-mail to:  electricity_network_planning@ergeg.org.

Following the end of the public consultation period, ERGEG will publish all comments and replies to questions received from stakeholders.  If a respondent would like ERGEG to treat their contribution with confidentiality then this must be explicitly mentioned in their reply. If possible, confidential information should be provided as a separate annex, so that the main document may be published. Unless marked as confidential, all responses will be published by placing them on the ERGEG website: http://www.energy-regulators.eu.  

Any questions relating to this document should in the first instance be directed to:

Mrs. Fay Geitona
CEER Secretary General
Email: fay.geitona@ceer.eu
Fax +32 2 788 73 50
Tel. +32 2 788 73 30