Article 18a 2.

Supplier hedging strategies may include the use of power purchase agreements as defined in Article 2, point (77), of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 or other appropriate instruments, such as forward contracts. Where sufficiently developed markets for power purchase agreements exist which allow effective competition, Member States may require that a share of suppliers’ risk exposure to changes in wholesale electricity prices is covered using power purchase agreements for electricity generated from renewable energy sources matching the duration of their risk exposure on the consumer side, subject to compliance with Union competition law.