Being a community under the rule of law, it is through the harmonization of laws that the Energy Community aims to achieve its goals and to integrate the markets of the Contracting Parties with each other and that of the European Union. Pursuant to Article 67 of the Treaty the Secretariat is to monitor  the implementation and prepare an annual report on its findings.
The Implementation Report is every year the focal product of the Energy Community Secretariat and its monitoring role. It brings together the entire Energy Community family: every single member of the Secretariat including the ECRB Unit, all Permanent High Level Group members and many other officials in our Contracting Parties.
The Implementation Report evolves every year. Not only because of the developments in the Contracting Parties but also because of the widened scope of the Energy Community acquis and newly added content. Also the quintessence of the Report has moved from beyond mere transposition towards assessing implementation in real terms.

The CBAM Readiness Tracker monitors the preparedness of all nine Energy Community Contracting Parties in response to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which entered into application on 1 October 2023. While CBAM currently applies only within the European Union and is not yet part of the Energy Community acquis, its implementation by the Contracting Parties is expected as part of future legal alignment with EU climate policy. The Regulation foresees a time-limited exemption for electricity imported from non-EU countries with coupled electricity markets, making market coupling—and broader climate readiness—essential for maintaining electricity integration with the EU beyond 2025.
The Tracker assesses progress in transposing the Electricity Integration Package, completing market coupling, committing to 2050 climate neutrality, and preparing for emissions pricing in the electricity sector. As the Energy Community moves toward CBAM alignment, the key question is how quickly Contracting Parties can meet the necessary requirements to safeguard market access and support the EU’s decarbonisation objectives.
This publication series builds on the earlier WB6 Energy Transition Tracker, which monitored energy and climate reforms in the Western Balkans. Four editions were published before the series expanded to cover all nine Contracting Parties and shifted its focus to CBAM readiness, reflecting the growing relevance of EU climate policy across the Energy Community.

The Energy Community Secretariat, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has released the Operational Blueprint: Designation of Renewables Acceleration Areas, a comprehensive guide to identifying and designating priority areas for renewable energy development while minimizing environmental and social conflicts.

Developed within the project Planning, programming, and permitting of RES projects in the Energy Community, the blueprint introduces a step-by-step methodology for mapping low-conflict areas for solar and wind energy deployment. It builds on TNC’s smart sitting approach, ensuring that renewable energy expansion aligns with sustainability goals and biodiversity protection.

This set of Contracting Party-specific factsheets tracks and compares the implementation of energy poverty legislation, policies, and measures across the Energy Community. Published in October 2024, each factsheet provides structured insights into legal definitions, institutional frameworks, policy tools, and data availability, offering a snapshot of national efforts to address energy poverty. The purpose is to monitor energy poverty definitions, legal frameworks, and databases; assess the implementation of short- and long-term measures in line with Energy Community guidelines; and summarize national policies, coverage, and spending. The factsheets also review how energy poverty is integrated into NECPs and addressed in Secretariat recommendations.