CRM implementation

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

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.