Electricity grids will be a key enabling condition for delivering Europe’s competitiveness, cohesion and decarbonisation objectives under the EU’s 2028–2034 budget framework. In its new position paper, E.DSO highlights the importance of ensuring that future National & Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) consider electricity network development, resilience and investment needs.
As electrification accelerates and renewable energy deployment expands, resilient, digitalised and future-ready electricity networks will be essential to ensuring that EU-funded investments can be delivered effectively. Considering these enabling conditions early in the design of NRPPs can help Member States avoid implementation bottlenecks and maximise the impact of EU funding.
The paper highlights four key messages:
- NRPPs should identify infrastructure needs early to help Member States avoid funding bottlenecks and ensure that supported investments can be delivered effectively and on time.
- Grid investment is a prerequisite for delivering NRPP objectives, as electrification, renewable energy deployment and industrial transformation increasingly depend on sufficient network capacity, resilience and digitalisation.
- Future EU funding should better reflect the scale of electricity grid investment needs, recognising the essential role of networks in enabling Europe’s climate, competitiveness and cohesion objectives.
- Grid investments create benefits beyond the Member State making the investment, supporting market integration, security of supply and more affordable energy across Europe.
Read the full position paper to explore E.DSO’s proposed amendments and recommendations.
