This report brings together crucial information gathered from a monitoring effort carried out by smartEn in 2020. With the support of its network of member companies, smartEn monitored progress in ten European countries (France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK) on the implementation of central articles for demand-side flexibility.
The report aims to provide EU institutions and countries with an overview of progress to date and to encourage capitals to accelerate the development of correct national frameworks. Furthermore, it does not claim to generalise information gathered for ten countries to all EU Member States, but the balanced geographical representation it proposes gives an insight on challenges and some innovative developments.
