Date published:
Update - This closing date for this consultation will now be on 6 March 2026.
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.
Responses should be submitted to both CRMsubmissions@cru.ie and crmsubmissions@uregni.gov.uk.