Capacity Remuneration Mechanism
The introduction of a capacity remuneration mechanism for the Belgian market is part of the federal government’s energy strategy, which lays out a number of new measures designed to guarantee Belgium’s security of supply in the long term.
2024 Major milestones
Starting support
Formal documents
Below you may find important documents related to the CRM participation.
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
FAQ
This FAQ is an facilitation tool to the Belgian Capacity Remuneration Mechanism. It is a tool to help facilitate understanding of the CRM and associated documents. Any parties wishing to obtain a complete understanding of the law and its implementing decrees, the proposed rules of operation and the proposed capacity contract should refer to these documents, which are the only references to be relied upon for the application of the Belgian CRM.
FAQ
This FAQ is an facilitation tool to the Belgian Capacity Remuneration Mechanism. It is a tool to help facilitate understanding of the CRM and associated documents. Any parties wishing to obtain a complete understanding of the law and its implementing decrees, the proposed rules of operation and the proposed capacity contract should refer to these documents, which are the only references to be relied upon for the application of the Belgian CRM.
FAQ
This FAQ is an facilitation tool to the Belgian Capacity Remuneration Mechanism. It is a tool to help facilitate understanding of the CRM and associated documents. Any parties wishing to obtain a complete understanding of the law and its implementing decrees, the proposed rules of operation and the proposed capacity contract should refer to these documents, which are the only references to be relied upon for the application of the Belgian CRM.
FAQ
This FAQ is an facilitation tool to the Belgian Capacity Remuneration Mechanism. It is a tool to help facilitate understanding of the CRM and associated documents. Any parties wishing to obtain a complete understanding of the law and its implementing decrees, the proposed rules of operation and the proposed capacity contract should refer to these documents, which are the only references to be relied upon for the application of the Belgian CRM.
Calibration report
This section contains all documents published by the TSO in the framework of the CRM calibration reports for each auction year.
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2025 auctions
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2024 auctions
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2023 auction
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2022 auction
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2021 auction
Elia Transmission Belgium needs to draw up a report containing the information needed to determine the volume to be contracted and the proposed parameters that the TSO has to submit according to the Royal Decree Methodology for the CRM auctions. Elia follows the framework and instructions received from the Belgian authorities. In particular, this report is drawn up in accordance with theRoyal Decree Methodology. Thereference scenario and intermediate values used in this report have been selected by the Minister of Energy and form the basis of this study.
The report consists of:
- Calibration report
- CRM Assumptions Workbook (format xlsx)
- Appendix - Complementary analysis on results
- Entras cost of capacity study
The public consultation on the scenarios, sensitivities and data for the CRM parameter calculationfor the auctions above can be found here.
