Directive 2024/1711
EU electricity-market reform directive; three member states 15 months late on transposition.
Directive 2024/1711 is the EU's electricity-market design reform, in force since 17 January 2025; the Commission issued reasoned opinions against Croatia, Poland and Portugal on 29 April 2026 for missing that transposition deadline.
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European Energy MarketsBackground
Directive 2024/1711 is the EU's electricity-market design reform, amending Directives 2018/2001 and 2019/944 to stabilise consumer prices and reduce the exposure of household electricity bills to fossil-fuel price swings during energy crises. It introduced structural decoupling between long-term electricity contracts, including power purchase agreements and contracts for difference, and short-term gas spot prices, the mechanism blamed for the 2021-2022 European energy-price crisis. It also created new protections for vulnerable consumers and requirements for national energy emergency frameworks.
Member states were required to transpose it into national law by 17 January 2025. On 29 April 2026, the European Commission's infringements package issued reasoned opinions against Croatia, Poland and Portugal for missing that Deadline, placing all three one procedural step from referral to the Court of Justice. A reasoned opinion gives a member state a final opportunity to comply before the Commission can seek financial penalties through the Court.
The directive sits within the same wave of EU energy-market legislation as Directive (EU) 2024/1788 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1789, which govern gas-market unbundling and cross-border rules taking effect through 2025 and 2026.