Regional coordination
Since 2016, regional coordination of the operational security of the power system has been organised at the European level within the framework of the regional security coordinator (RSC). In the Baltics, the Baltic Regional Security Coordinator (Baltic RSC) was established in 2016. The Baltic RSC was formed as a joint cooperation unit of the three Baltic system operators, whose main area of responsibility was coordinating operational security in the Baltic region across system operators.
The European Parliament and the Council adopted the Clean Energy Package (CEP) in 2019, consisting of eight regulatory acts. Directive 2019/944 and Regulation 2019/943, which are part of the regulatory package, dealt, among others, with the establishment of Regional Coordination Centres (RCC) by June 2022 at the latest. Based on the aforementioned directive and regulation, existing RSCs were transformed into RCCs, i.e. new organisations legally separate from system operators were established. The main objective of this change is to ensure the independence of RCCs from system operators and national interests, thereby ensuring a neutral view of the entire region.
In cooperation with the Latvian and Lithuanian system operators, the Baltic RCC, owned by the system operators, was established when the memorandum of association was signed on 3 May for the founding of the company. According to the memorandum, the legal seat of the Baltic RCC is Estonia. Balti RCC OÜ was registered in the Estonian Commercial Register on 20 June 2022. The shareholders of the Baltic RCC are the three Baltic system operators in equal shares. The Baltic RCC was founded based on the principle that the three Baltic States would have as equal a share as possible in both the activities and staff of the RCC in order to ensure joint cooperation and broad-based knowledge in all areas.
The objective of the regional coordination centre is to organise the coordination of regional activities necessary for the operation of the power system between electricity transmission system operators. To achieve this coordination, the RCC provides system operators with the services necessary to increase system reliability. In essence, this means that the RCC provides certain operational planning functions that have so far been performed by electricity transmission system operators.