ACER, energy firms urge progress in intraday power trading

The EU's self-imposed deadline to have a single electricity market in place by 2014 is facing challenges, Christophe Gence-Creux, head of the electricity department for the EU energy regulatory agency ACER, said last week in Brussels. Speaking at a conference on 15 October, he said there was a lack of ambition among stakeholders in developing day-ahead and intraday electricity markets. “A lot still needs to be done, especially [with regard to enabling cross-border trading] in the intraday timeframe,” Gence-Creaux said.…