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Third CBAM monitoring report: electricity trade between WB6 and the EU remains below 2025 levels

While the Energy Community framework is helping EU aspirants put in place the laws needed to integrate their electricity markets with the EU, the CBAM-related costs risk limiting the mutual benefits that deeper integration and cross-border electricity trade can bring.

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ECRB backs extending Energy Community gas rules to borders with the EU

The Energy Community Regulatory Board (ECRB) has formally backed a European Commission proposal to make key EU gas market rules, known as network codes, binding at all cross-border points between Energy Community Contracting Parties and, for the first time, at borders with EU Member States.

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CBAM Q3/2026 Quarterly Report

This third report covers 1 July to 30 September 2026. As in previous editions, its findings reflect emerging, often seasonal patterns rather than definitive effects of Union policies. Price and cross-border trade developments are influenced by generation, demand, available capacity and wider regional market conditions, and cannot be attributed solely to CBAM.

During the first three quarters of 2026, electricity market conditions continued to differ from 2025. Compared with Q3/2025, prices increased more in all neighbouring EU markets than in the Western Balkan bidding zones. Price spreads widened again after narrowing in Q2, peaking in September. Western Balkan prices tracked Hungarian prices more closely, but did not converge.

November 04, 2026
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Secretariat's first NECP Assessment report

Five years after the Energy Community introduced integrated energy and climate planning, the NECP and NECPR cycle provides a first comprehensive assessment of Contracting Parties’ energy and climate ambitions and progress. The Secretariat's report assesses the ambition, implementation and credibility of policies across the five EU dimensions and their alignment with the governance framework. It identifies key gaps and areas for improvement to strengthen delivery of 2030 objectives. The findings also inform the next reporting cycle and the preparation of NECPs for 2030–2040.

August 17, 2026
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Secretariat's snapshot on Contracting Parties methane emissions

This report provides the first consolidated picture of methane emissions across the Energy Community Contracting Parties. It highlights progress in methane measurement and reporting, alongside significant mitigation potential across the region. The findings show how methane reduction can support near-term climate targets, while emissions profiles differ markedly across sectors and countries. The report tracks growing engagement with international methane initiatives and concludes with three priorities: better quantification, stronger mitigation action, and circular economy solutions.

September 21, 2026
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Ukraine Energy Support Fund 2025 Annual Report

2025's experience offers a window into why these funds are critical in the lead up to next winter. In 2025, support channelled through the Ukraine Support Fund went to mitigate the effects of the most difficult winter since the onset of the full-scale war, compounded by extremely low temperatures and targeted, intensified attacks on energy infrastructure that created prolonged states of emergency in the major cities of Ukraine. Amid this, the Fund's donor base, contributions, and operational capacity all expanded in step with the demands placed on it. Donor contributions grew by more than 40%, reaching by the end of 2025 EUR 1,613.6 million cumulatively (over EUR 2.1 billion to date)

August 03, 2026
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Annual Report

ECRB publishes its 2025 Annual Report

In 2025, the ECRB intensified its efforts to support the market transition and implement the legal mandates of EIP and REMIT. The ECRB achieved 100% fulfilment of its legal obligations in 2025. Key milestones included monitoring the Network Code on Requirements for Grid Connection of Generators, trilateral workshops with CEER and MedReg on consumer protection and hydrogen, and establishing Unit Investment Cost indicators for infrastructure projects. The first-ever REMIT-related fine in the Energy Community also marked a shift towards practical enforcement.

August 21, 2026
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2025 Implementation Report

Secretariat Releases its 2025 Implementation Report

2025 Implementation Performance: The 2025 Implementation Report shows steady but uneven progress in aligning with the EU acquis, while highlighting the need to deepen integration with EU energy markets. Priorities include completing electricity market coupling, expanding renewable energy trade, removing gas flow bottlenecks, synchronising infrastructure development, and gradually aligning carbon pricing mechanisms. To support a just and inclusive transition, the report also introduces a new subchapter on energy poverty, reflecting the growing importance of social equity in energy reforms.

December 10, 2025
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