The EASE Task Force on Multi-Services Business Cases for Energy Storage has prepared a report looking at the key role of energy storage as a Local Flexibility provider. This paper gives an overview of existing short-term local flexibility schemes in Europe today including Active-network management (ANM) and other flexibility services and their implications on the business case for energy storage.
July 2022 / Policy Papers
The Way Forward for Energy Storage Grid Fees
EASE has prepared a general overview and the best practices across member states, when looking at the way forward for energy storage grid fees. Energy storage doesn’t receive the same treatment across the European Union as far as grid fees go: different technologies, different location (behind-the-meter vs front of the meter), have to face a variety of tariff structures, often not consistent with the EU-level rules as set by the Electricity Market Regulation.
To make sure grid fees don’t hinder energy storage development, EASE recommends:
Full implementation of the Clean Energy Package market design;
An analysis of network investments and the procurement of flexibility by system operators;
Grid tariff design should follow the main principle of cost-reflectiveness;
Behind-the-Meter energy storage systems should receive the same treatment as self-consumed energy which remains within the prosumer’s premises;
Tariff methodologies and procurement of flexibility should contribute to the deployment of energy storage.
In the Annex to this paper, a detailed description of the best practices carried out in Ireland (temporary abolition of generation related charges for commercial energy storage providers) and Portugal (for collective self-consumers and renewable energy communities, the use of the internal grid between a self-consumption unit and the consumption unit is exempted from grid fee payment) can be found.
The EASE Task Force on Multi-Services Business Cases for Energy Storage has prepared a report looking at the key role of energy storage as a Local Flexibility provider. This paper gives an overview of existing short-term local flexibility schemes in Europe today including Active-network management (ANM) and other flexibility services and their implications on the business case for energy storage.
On 27 May 2025, over 200 participants attended the webinar on the "EASE Guidelines on Safety Best Practices for Battery Energy Storage Systems". The Guidelines are designed to support the safe deployment of outdoor, utility-scale lithium-ion (Li-ion) BESS across Europe.
Energy storage is a key enabler of the European Union’s decarbonisation and energy security objectives, yet current grid fee structures often act as barriers to its deployment. This position paper outlines critical challenges related to network tariffs and charges that create market distortions and discourage much-needed investments in flexibility.
EASE shares key overviews on the latest publication of the European Commission’s assessment of the Member States’ updated National Energy and Climate Plans.
On 27 May 2025, over 200 participants attended the webinar on the "EASE Guidelines on Safety Best Practices for Battery Energy Storage Systems". The Guidelines are designed to support the safe deployment of outdoor, utility-scale lithium-ion (Li-ion) BESS across Europe.
