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The SEM Committee has today, 19 December 2025, published a consultation paper on Explicit Cross-Border Participation in the Capacity Remuneration Mechanism (CRM).
The consultation paper relates to the high-level principles that will inform explicit participation of foreign capacity in the SEM CRM, pursuant to Article 26 of EU Regulation 2019/943.
They key areas of the consultation are as follows:
- Section 2 sets out the key implementation considerations such as the overall roles and responsibilities for the TSOs, including high-level timelines;
- Section 3 sets out consultation auction design options for enabling foreign unit participation;
- Section 4 sets out CRM parameters that will affect the auction design and overall framework for foreign unit participation; and
- Section 5 set out the next steps and how industry can engage with the consultation positions set out in the paper.
Stakeholders are invited to respond to the consultation by close of business on 13 February 2026. Responses should be submitted to both CRMsubmissions@cru.ie and crmsubmissions@uregni.gov.uk.