DSO Entity is moving forward in its enlargement process, integrating gas DSOs into the existing structure, as proposed by the European Commission’s Regulation on the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (EU) 2024/1789 (Gas Regulation). The new DSO Entity will reflect with a system-integrated view on the strategic importance of infrastructure that best serves the customer for delivering reliable, resilient and affordable decarbonisation in the future energy system. The new DSO Entity will provide a system-integrated perspective on the strategic importance of infrastructure that best serves customers by enabling a reliable, resilient, and affordable path to decarbonisation within the future energy system. To achieve this, DSO Entity is aiming for an effective, fair, and balanced governance structure, ensuring it acts as a strong and collaborative platform for its members.
As important milestone in the process, both Board and General Assembly have approved, in October 2025, the entire package for the future structure of DSO Entity to accommodate the integration of gas/H2 DSOs. The plans for the new structure were prepared in close cooperation with various associations representing gas/H2-DSOs: GEODE, CEDEC, Eurogas and GD4S.
After extensive talks in the DSO community, the package unites all positions and builds on the best support from existing and incoming members, whilst also accommodating the key dimensions for fair and balanced representation that are embedded in the Electricity Market Regulation (2019/ 943, the original base for DSO Entity) and in Regulation 2024/1789 for gas and hydrogen.
This new structure, in fact, creates a fundamentally revised governance model for DSO Entity to accommodate the challenge that comes with the integration of gas and hydrogen DSOs. On the one hand, this challenge is related to the wide diversity of the extended DSO-community in size, geographic background and type of DSO (single E or G resp. dual grid). On the other hand, the substantial extension with some 400 members (+ 50%) and some 87 million connections (+ 30%) implies focused efforts on structuring and operating the extended member base.
Furthermore, the level and complexity of coordination substantially increase, both internally and externally (like with ENTSO-E, ENTSO-G and ENNOH), which is also incorporated in the enhanced governance structure.
This enhanced governance structure comprises an extension of the Board, a specific way of decision making between vectors focusing on consensus, the establishment of specialized high-level councils for both electricity and gases to prepare decision making in the Board and the integration of gas representatives in Strategic Advisory Group, Country Expert Group and technical Expert Groups.
The official integration is anticipated for Q1/Q2 2026, naturally anticipating receiving, and where appropriate react to, the review opinion we will expect from DG ENER and ACER.
Published by: DSO Entity