Draft Electricity Market Amendments Under Public Consultation: Key Changes and Potential Impacts
The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (“EMRA”) announced on 4 June 2026 that it had launched a public consultation on a comprehensive regulatory package proposing amendments to various pieces of legislation governing the electricity market. The package consists of ten separate draft regulations, with the deadline for submitting comments set as the close of business on 15 June 2026.
The drafts opened for public consultation cover regulations relating to balancing and settlement processes, balancing power market practices, unlicensed electricity generation, renewable energy support mechanisms, connection and system use provisions, ancillary services, the electricity market activities of organized industrial zones, and various market operation mechanisms. In this respect, the package addresses a broad regulatory area, ranging from the technical operation of the electricity market to the