The SEMC has launched a consultation on its Draft Strategic Direction, following a year‑long development process with extensive stakeholder engagement.
The consultation sets out the SEMC’s proposed strategic direction for the next five years, including a new proposed mission and vision. It identifies four strategic priorities: investment signals and market design; market integrity and competition; EU alignment and cross‑border coordination; and governance.
These four overarching strategic priorities set out the key areas of focus through which the Committee will enhance the performance of the SEM and promote secure, low-carbon, and efficient outcomes for consumers.
Additionally, three cross-cutting themes - decarbonisation, security of supply, consumer protection, along with enablers - external communications and policy advice, will shape and inform work across all four priorities. These themes are not standalone activities, but consistent lenses applied throughout the Committee’s remit.
The purpose of this consultation is to gather stakeholder views on how SEMC should refine and operationalise these priorities, ensuring they support security of supply, decarbonisation, efficiency and consumer benefit, while remaining firmly grounded in SEMC’s wholesale mandate.
Consultation questions
You are invited to provide views on the following questions:
- Do the strategic priorities adequately reflect the SEMC's mandate?
- Do the objectives under each strategic priority proposed reflect what stakeholders think that SEMC should focus on in the near and long term?
- Is there anything missing from any of the strategic priorities?
- Which strategic priorities do you consider should be prioritised within the draft Strategic Direction?
- Do you have any further comments on the clarity, scope or direction of the draft Strategic Direction?
Comments are invited on the consultation by close of business on the 2 June 2026. Responses should be submitted to mbahmed@cru.ie .