Cooperation of TSOs at the regional level: the case of Coreso | Jean-Francois Gahungu (Coreso)

At the margins of the RTE executive seminar, Nicolò Rossetto (FSR) talks with Jean-Francois Gahungu (Coreso) about the cooperation of electricity transmission system operators at the regional level. Initiatives like the creation of Coreso in 2008 was undertaken by TSOs to ensure security of supply through better coordination and avoid disruptions to the supply of electricity like the one that happened in November 2006. Over the years, new services have been added and today Regional Security Coordinators (RSCs) like Coreso play an official role in the operation of the European transmission grid. Growing cross-border electricity trade and the integration of variable renewables make the role of such regional coordination centres more and more important. Cooperation among different RSCs is the next obvious step that Coreso and TSCnet have recently embarked on. Extreme events like the extraordinary safety control of the French nuclear fleet over the winter and the cold spell of January 2017 successfully tested the resiliency of the coordination and cooperation mechanisms put in place in Western Europe.