Grids, flexibility and the electricity market
Updated: 20 November 2025. Objective: a stable low-carbon system requires grids, flexibility and market signals compatible with long-term investments.
What is blocking progress
- Interconnections and congestion
- System services and reserves
- Price volatility and risks
This dossier is intended to inform discussions on market reform and the integration of dispatchable technologies.
Our approach
- Invest in grids: accelerated planning and financing.
- Flexibility: storage, demand response, interconnections.
- Long-term contracts: to reduce revenue risks.
Concrete proposals
- Strengthen signals for dispatch and system services.
- Framework for long-term low-carbon contracts (with safeguards).
- Public security-of-supply indicators.
Advocacy angle
The "mix" debate must translate into grid architecture and economic signals. Otherwise, we stack incompatible objectives.