EUROPE · MARKET DESIGN

Italy

How the electricity market is organised in Italy: the operators and regulator, the markets that apply here, and the developments changing them.

Markets that apply

SDAC SIDC

The pan-European market architecture that clears Italy.

Developments

20 tracked developments touching Italy.

04 NOV 2026

ARERA Approves Digital-Certificate Access for PCE Platform and Updated Terna–GME Convention Ahead of MARI Connection

Decision · BALANCING MARKETS · Italy

04 NOV 2026

ARERA finalizes updated BIO-PMG minimum guaranteed price formulas for biogas, bioliquid and biomass generators under DL 21/2026

Decision · ENERGY MARKETS · Italy

03 NOV 2026

JAO Issues Amendment No. 31 to Participation Agreement, Revising Participant Registration and TSO Designation Attachments

Implementation · ENERGY MARKETS · EU (multiple bidding zone borders across CCR and interconnectors, including Swiss, Ukrainian, Italian, Balkan and German borders)

19 OCT 2026

JAO publishes NRA-approved 4th amendment to CCR Core Regional Specific Annex of the HAR, adding SEM-FR border and HVDC return rules ahead of 18 Nov 2026 entry into force

Implementation · ENERGY MARKETS · EU (EU internal bidding zone borders)

19 OCT 2026

Italy North TSOs confirm LTCC methodology consultation timeline and publish supporting documents

Consultation · ENERGY MARKETS · Italy North CCR

16 OCT 2026

ARERA Approves Revised Technical Operating Provisions (DTF 2) for Italy's 2028 Capacity Market Delivery Year, Updating Storage De-Rating and Cross-Border Exchange Limits

Decision · ADEQUACY & CAPACITY MARKETS · Italy

16 OCT 2026

ARERA approves new weighted-combination algorithm for estimating BRP consumption-side exposure under Italy's dispatch Guarantees Regulation

Decision · BALANCING MARKETS · Italy

12 OCT 2026

Italy North IDCC methodology consultation proceeds unchanged, confirming Jan 2028 Central Europe DA alignment driver

Consultation · BALANCING MARKETS · Italy North CCR

09 OCT 2026

ARERA Opens Proceeding to Integrate EV Charging Infrastructure with Grid via Chain 2 Channel and CIR Certification

Consultation · FLEXIBILITY MARKETS · Italy

08 OCT 2026

GME Schedules MLT-Flex Local Flexibility Market Session for Unareti DSO on 22 October 2026

Go-live · FLEXIBILITY MARKETS · Italy

03 OCT 2026

ARERA verifies regulatory conformity of UVAZ participation rules for PICASSO balancing platform under TIDE

Decision · BALANCING MARKETS · Italy

03 OCT 2026

ARERA's Delibera 332/2026/R/eel reconfirmed: €27,000/MWh/year price cap for Italy's second MACSE battery auction (24 Nov 2026)

Decision · ADEQUACY & CAPACITY MARKETS · Italy

03 OCT 2026

ARERA deliberation 345/2026/R/eel reconfirmed with no new procedural detail beyond prior record

Decision · ENERGY MARKETS · Italy, Slovenia, EU

02 OCT 2026

ARERA consults on final orientations for dispatch service, simplified energy pricing and DSO storage in Italy's non-interconnected island systems (341/2026/R/eel)

Consultation · BALANCING MARKETS · Italy

30 SEPT 2026

ARERA adopts deliberation 336/2026/R/eel confirming safeguard-service tender rules and TIV amendments for Italy's 2027-2028 biennium

Decision · ENERGY MARKETS · Italy

25 SEPT 2026

RTE and TERNA to split France-Italy annual capacity auctions into A+1/A+2 early products for delivery years 2027-2028

Implementation · ADEQUACY & CAPACITY MARKETS · France-Italy border

07 SEPT 2026

Terna and Swissgrid Launch Public Consultation on Intraday Continuous Capacity Allocation Rules for IT-CH Border

Consultation · ENERGY MARKETS · Italy–Switzerland border (IT-CH)

02 SEPT 2026

GME convenes MLT-Flex local flexibility trading session for DSO Unareti on 25 August 2026

Implementation · FLEXIBILITY MARKETS · Italy

02 SEPT 2026

CRE confirms approval of amended Italy North day-ahead fallback procedures and Shadow Allocation Rules; procedural dates now on record

Decision · ENERGY MARKETS · Italy North capacity calculation region (CRE/France approving; regional NRAs via INERRF)

02 SEPT 2026

RECS sets Full Consumption Disclosure and GHG Protocol Scope 2 harmonisation as core EAC market advocacy for 2026

Consultation · GUARANTEES OF ORIGIN · Europe (EU Guarantees of Origin and EAC markets; UK REGO; international ISO/GHG Protocol standards)