For more than fifty years, UCTE has co-ordinated - through a wide variety of technical rules and recommendations - the international operation of high-voltage grids that all work with one "heart beat": the 50 Hz UCTE frequency related to the nominal balance between offer and demand. UCTE commits itself to the development of the system to meet all new market requirements, but without accepting losses in terms of reliability for the existing system. UCTE is keeping the lights on throughout the electric system, serving some 500 million people.
UCTE operates one of the largest electric synchronous interconnections worldwide. This technical solution permits the functioning of a free electricity market in general and regional markets as well.

Goals

to ensure reliable and secure interconnected transmission system operation
to reduce transmission costs to the lowest possible level by
- co-ordinating electricity flows and
- sharing reserve capacities among countries
to facilitate the functioning of the electricity market by ensuring non-discriminatory domestic and cross-border access to the grid
to enhance opening up of national transmission systems for international exchanges
to enlarge the existing electricity market place by extending the interconnected area towards South-East Europe and neighbouring regions
to lobby on behalf of its members at EU institutions, regulators and other associations of the electricity market in order to ensure the maintenance of reliability and the development of the electricity system in the open electricity market.

Benefits

optimisation of the use of installed capacities
reliability improvements reducing the economic cost of power outages
improved control of system frequency to minimise major disturbances
stable voltage
sharing reserve capacities and reducing the level of reserves required
providing mutual support for the interconnected systems in case of emergency

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