Public Consultation of proposed ICS Methodology update

Overview

The Incident Classification Scale (ICS) Methodology has originally been developed in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, which has since been replaced by Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (recast). Article 30(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 sets the obligation for ENTSO-E to adopt a common incident classification scale. 

The current ICS Methodology in use was approved by the ENTSO-E System Operations Committee on 4 December 2019 (link). The proposed ICS methodology has been in preparations since 2022 to correct ambiguities and increase clarity in the reporting, the ICS Expert Panel process and its timings.

After the public consultation, the proposed ICS Methodology will be further amended based on the received comments. A separate document that presents the received comments and how the comments have been taken into account in the final ICS Methodology will be published latest when the new ICS Methodology is published. 

Why your views matter

This is your opportunity to provide your feedback on the Incident Classification Scale (ICS) and help us improve the classification of incidents in the pan-European power systems and the process to investigate scale 2 and 3 ICS incidents.