As it is foreseen that harmonised rules on transparency will pass the comitology procedure in 2012 the Commission establishes for the development of harmonised electricity rules this annual priority list for 2013:

• capacity allocation and congestion management rules including governance for day-ahead and intraday markets including capacity calculation (adoption under comitology procedure),

• rules for longer-term (forward) capacity allocation (drafting of network code),

• network connection rules:

  • network rules on generator grid connection (adoption under comitology procedure),

  • network code on distribution system operator and industrial load connection (finalise network code and start comitology process),

  • network code on High-voltage direct current transmission system connection,

• system operation (finalise network codes on operational security, on operational planning and scheduling and on load-frequency control and reserves and start adoption process5),

• balancing rules including network-related reserve power rules (finalise network code on balancing),

• rules regarding harmonised transmission tariff structures and/or investment incentives.