Regulation 48 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/943

In Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast) (definitions)^f1, for the definition of “transmission system operator” or “TSO” substitute—

““transmission system operator” or “TSO” means—

(a)

in relation to the functions set out in section 161(2) of the Energy Act 2023, so far as they relate to electricity, the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(da) of the Electricity Act 1989;

(b)

in relation to the making available for use of all or any part of a transmission system (within the meaning of section 4 of the Electricity Act 1989), a person who is designated as an electricity transmission system operator under section 10H of the Electricity Act 1989 by virtue of being either the holder of a licence granted under section 6(1)(b) of that Act or such a licence holder’s nominated independent system operator;

(c)

in relation to participating in the operation of an electricity interconnector (within the meaning of section 4 of the Electricity Act 1989), a person who is designated as an electricity transmission system operator under section 10H of the Electricity Act 1989, by virtue of being either the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(e) of that Act or such a licence holder’s nominated independent system operator;”.