ACER issues 6th edition of REMIT Guidance
ACER has published the 6th edition of the REMIT Guidance, which provides support for most aspects of the regulation, other than reporting. The new Guidance can be found here. The…
ACER publishes REMIT Quarterly and updates Guidance
ACER has today published the latest version of their quarterly newsletter on REMIT, which can be found here. The newsletter includes an article on page 6 on market abuse in…
ACER publishes updated REMIT reporting and inside information disclosure guidelines
ACER has updated several documents related to REMIT reporting and inside information disclosure: TRUM Annex II (here) - Reporting examples - The document has been updated with several new examples.…
REMIT breach announced – CNMC levies fine for layering in Spain
It has been announced by the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), the Spanish National Regulatory Authority, that a fine of 60,000 Euros has been levied on…
Anti abuse news – more cases and investigations
As part of our catch up, this post highlights some of the anti-abuse news of interest in recent weeks. Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the…
Anti abuse news – Investigations, spikes and fines
The past weeks have seen a great deal of news around possible market manipulations, price spikes and other potentially abusive activity. Here we summarise a few of interest: The recent…
REMIT Quarterly and EMIR Q+A
The following documents have been released recently: The latest REMIT Quarterly (here) – The newsletter summarises REMIT announcements over the past weeks. Updated EMIR Q+A (here) – With one updated…
Market abuse update
While there has not been a large fine levied so far in 2021, a few anti abuse pieces of news are of note: The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has…
2021 – Another year of regulation begins
As in previous years, as 2021 opens, this first post will consider what could keep us busy in the regulatory world of energy and commodity trading, focused on Europe. More of…
EDF Energy Thermal Generation agrees to pay £6 million for possible REMIT breach
Ofgem, the National Regulatory Authority for Great Britain, announced today that EDF Energy Thermal Generation has agreed to pay 6 million GBP for a possible REMIT breach, as well as…