Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2006(INI)
Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 19 June 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 23 January 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 13 May 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 18 May 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 19 June 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
19 June 2025 · decision 5
Energy, Resolution
Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system
Adopted 418 for · 112 against · 45 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text stresses the need to modernise, expand and digitalise grids to meet climate goals and boost competitiveness.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are standardized and a directive reference is completed.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Adds extensive new recitals and paragraphs on grid planning, flexibility, cybersecurity, supply chain, skills, offshore, and cooperation with non-EU countries. Expands calls for action on congestion, curtailment, permitting, and grid investment, with specific targets and funding requests. Introduces new topics like TSO compensation, energy communities, and critical infrastructure protection. Updates investment figures and adds details on CEF-E budget and distribution grid funding. Other changes are formal or wording: typo fixes and minor rephrasing.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Industry, Research and Energy
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Anna Stürgkh (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Seán Kelly (EPP), Bruno Tobback (S&D), András Gyürk (Patriots), Ondřej Krutílek (ECR), Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Greens), Dario Tamburrano (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 19 Jun 2025
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on electricity grids calls for modernising and expanding EU grid capacity, integrating planning, and speeding up permitting to support the clean energy transition and competitiveness.
Tabled for plenary· 18 May 2025
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on electricity grids calls for modernising and expanding EU grids to meet climate goals, improve integration, and ensure affordable energy. It urges faster permitting, more investment, and stronger EU planning and funding.
Committee draft· 24 Feb 2025
AI summary:This draft report on electricity grids calls for action to expand and modernise EU grids, including targeted revisions to EU laws, more funding, and support for grid-enhancing technologies.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 4 steps
19 June 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 19 Jun 2025 Report A10-0091/2025Adopted text TA10-0136/2025
18 June 2025
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
10 June – 11 June 2025
7 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
18 May 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
13 May 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
21 March 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) proposed changes to the draft.
24 February 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
23 January 2025
Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2006(INI)