Policy priorities 2024-2029 The power of European electricity grids

Decisions taken in the coming five years will be catalytic for the EU’s pathway to net-zero and the achievement of climate, energy and biodiversity commitments. In a new publication outlining RGI’s policy priorities for the EU legislative mandate (2024-2029), we call for electricity grids to remain at the top of the political agenda as the enablers of the energy transition.

There is a broad consensus on the need to scale up the deployment of electricity grids at all voltage levels, to sustain and enable the pace and magnitude of investments in generation and storage assets for renewables across the EU; a momentum that needs to be maintained. Indeed, electricity grids enable electrification as well as renewables and market integration, thus putting Europe on track towards a timely and cost-efficient energy transition, boosting energy security, EU competitiveness and allowing societies and industries to leverage its multifold benefits.