Gas Market Task Force

The Gas Market Task Force is a joint workstream between ENTSOG (the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas) and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy. It was established to develop operational and regulatory recommendations on gas market design as the European gas market transitions away from Russian pipeline supply toward LNG and, eventually, hydrogen. The Task Force's outcomes were presented on Day 1 of the 40th Madrid Gas Regulatory Forum on 29 April 2026, alongside the joint market outlook from the EC, ACER, IEA, and ENTSOG.

The Task Force's workstreams typically cover market coupling mechanisms for gas, cross-border balancing arrangements, capacity allocation at interconnection points, and the interface between the regulated gas grid and emerging hydrogen infrastructure. Its recommendations feed directly into the Commission's legislative drafting process, making Madrid Forum Day 1 a key venue for industry to engage before proposals are locked.

The Task Force sits at the intersection of two ongoing structural transitions: the post-Russian gas security architecture and the integration of hydrogen and biomethane into the gas market framework being developed under the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Markets Package. Its work is therefore directly relevant to the infrastructure and regulatory design questions being debated simultaneously at the Forum.