Media Advisory: Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council Meeting
Summary
The Council of the EU has issued a media advisory for the upcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting focused on energy matters. The meeting is scheduled for March 16, 2026, in Brussels and will cover topics including energy security, grid packages, and financing frameworks for nuclear energy.
What changed
This document is a media advisory from the Council of the EU regarding the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting, specifically the energy configuration, scheduled for March 16, 2026. The advisory outlines the indicative program, including discussions on the European grids package, affordable energy action plan, energy security lessons learned from Ukraine and Moldova, improving the merit order, financing frameworks for nuclear energy, and security of oil supply implications.
This is an informational notice for media and interested parties. There are no direct compliance obligations or deadlines for regulated entities stemming from this advisory. It serves to inform about the agenda of an upcoming council meeting.
Source document (simplified)
- Council of the EU
- Media advisory
- 13 March 2026 15:18
Media advisory - Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy) 16 March 2026
Indicative programme
All times are approximate and subject to change
Place:
Europa building, Brussels
Chair:
Michael Damianos, Cyprus Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry
from 08.30
Arrivals (live streaming)
+/- 08.45
Doorstep by Michael Damianos (live streaming)
09.30
Beginning of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy) Adoption of the agenda
Approval of 'A' items:
- non-legislative list +/- 09.40 European grids package (public session)
+/- 11.30
Stocktaking of the action plan for affordable energy
+/- 13.00
Ministerial lunch
+/- 14.40
Energy security: lessons learned from Ukraine and Moldova
+/- 16.00
Improving the merit order – transparency and measures to address ETS pass-through in EU day-ahead electricity prices
+/- 16.05
Security of oil supply implications of the disruption on the Druzhba oil pipeline (public session)
+/- 16.10
Improving the EU’s financing frameworks for nuclear energy in the EU (public session)
At the end of the meeting press conference (+/- 16.15) in live streaming .
Videos and photos from the event
Press contacts
- Peristera Dimopoulou Press officer
- +32 471 33 53 26
- +32 2 281 61 56
- @eri_dimopoulou If you are not a journalist, please send your request to the public information service.
Topics
- Environment
- Energy
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