CRM implementation
Market parties can discuss the development of the capacity remuneration mechanism (CRM) with the CRM Task Force.
What is the CRM?
The introduction of a capacity remuneration mechanism for the Belgian market is part of the federal government’s energy strategy, which lays out a number of new measures designed to guarantee Belgium’s security of supply in the long term.
The federal government recently decided to incorporate provisions for the creation of a capacity remuneration mechanism (CRM) into the Act of 29 April 1999 on the Organisation of the Electricity Market (‘the Electricity Act’).
In 2018, a working group – consisting of representatives from the office of Federal Energy Minister Marghem, the Federal Public Service Economy – DG Energy, the federal regulator CREG and Elia – produced a bill on the capacity remuneration mechanism. The bill was debated and adopted at the meetings of the Chamber of Representatives’ Economic Committee on 12 and 19 March 2019.
Organisation
A CRM Task Force was created to discuss the design principles of a CRM with the market parties.
Documents
Information and documentation related to the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism to be put in place on the Belgian market is made available on this page.
Positions Papers
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FEBEG - Proposals for the implementation of a capacity remuneration mechanism in Belgium - November 2018PDF - 1.36 MB
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FEBEG - Pay-back obligation - April 2019PDF - 257.27 KB
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Dieter Jong - CRM Design Discussion Paper - May 2019PDF - 567.33 KB
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FEBEG - Investment thresholds and eligibility criteria - July 2019PDF - 498.63 KB
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Bond Beter Leefmilieu/Greenpeace/IEW - Position paper on a Belgian CRM - July 2019PDF - 189.33 KB
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COGEN Vlaanderen – Combinatie CRM en WKC - July 2019 (in Dutch)PDF - 326.07 KB
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ODE – Standpunt over capaciteitvergoedingen voor bevoorradingszekerheid - July 2019 (in Dutch)PDF - 308.08 KB
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Centrica Business Solutions - Position Paper on the Belgian CRM - September 2019PDF - 575.26 KB
Federal Grid Code
In order to guarantee the necessary level of competition between new generation projects, Elia identifies the need to modify some articles related to the connection process as currently described in the Federal Grid Code. This note explains the general principles behind the proposal and the proposed modifications.
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Principes régissant la proposition d’adaptation du processus de réalisation du raccordement dans le Règlement Technique Fédéral (in French)PDF - 1.48 MB
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Principes betreffende het voorstel tot aanpassing van het proces van uitvoering van de aansluiting in het Federaal Technisch Reglement (in Dutch)PDF - 1.45 MB
Survey – June 2019
The topics of “strike and reference price” and “Pay-as-Bid versus Pay-as-Cleared” were discussed several times in the TF CRM meetings. For each topic different options were proposed and extensively discussed. During the TF CRM of 13 June 2019 it was requested to the stakeholders to state their preference related to these two topics.
The received answers are :
Public Consultations
Several public consultations are held within the framework of the design and implementation of a Belgian CRM as foreseen by the law of 4 April 2019 modifying the Electricity Law and published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 22 April 2019 (“CRM Law”) (Dutch version – French version). Links towards these consultations are provided below :
Elia - Formal public consultation on the CRM design notes (Part I) [13.09.2019-11.10.2019]
CREG – Public Consultation on Investment Thresholds and Eligibility Criteria [01.10.2019 – 21.10.2019] (Dutch version – French version)
Elia - Formal public consultation on the CRM design notes (Part II) [02.10.2019-30.10.2019]