Siobhan Hall

(Montel) EU energy regulatory agency Acer intends to decide by 20 January on new frequency containment reserve rules intended to help avoid blackouts in the European grid.

(Montel) The EU has exempted certain Russian LNG contracts intended to supply countries outside the bloc from a ban starting on 1 January 2027 as part of its latest package of sanctions against Russia agreed on Thursday.

(Montel) EU energy regulatory agency Acer has updated rules for TSOs in 13 EU countries including France and Germany on sharing costs associated with unplanned cross-border electricity loop flows, it said on Friday.

(Montel) More exemptions for Russian LNG from EU sanctions such as the ban on transhipments via the bloc's ports are unlikely despite a concession secured last week for Greek shipper Dynagas, an analyst said on Monday.

(Montel) Allowing carbon prices to reach the estimated EUR 200/t needed to decarbonise industry by 2050 risked deindustrialising Europe and fuelling

(Montel) The European Parliament aims to agree its negotiating position on sweeping changes to the EU ETS in mid-December, spokesman Thomas Haahr said on Tuesday.

(Montel) Permanent domestic carbon removals should be integrated completely without any limit into the EU ETS, the European Parliament's lead negotiator on the European Commission's proposed ETS reforms said on Tuesday.

(Montel) The European Parliament's environment committee backed continuing the automatic cancellation of surplus ETS allowances above 400m in the

(Montel) Europe's industrial competitiveness will struggle more from costly fossil fuel imports than EU carbon prices, EU climate action commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said on Thursday.

(Montel) The lead MEP on ETS reforms, Peter Liese, has proposed stronger measures to limit price volatility in the EU's carbon market from 2030 in his initial response on Friday to the European Commission's July proposals.