The pricing trend of gas, affecting the system marginal price and decrying the convenience of RES in the system, has a significant impact on the European electricity market and specifically on the Italian one. The price of gas listed on the European stock exchange has experienced a rapid growth since summer 2021 due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The resulting surge in the wholesale electricity price has caused a three-fold increase in the typical domestic consumer’s electricity bill. The combined action of global energy crisis, geopolitical tensions arising from Europe’s dependence on gas and the increasingly pressing need to reduce global CO2 emissions (IPCC, 2022) brought to the revision of the European power system’s emissions targets and generation pathway. In line with Fit-for-55 package targets, Italy aims to increase the proportion of energy produced from Renewable Energy Sources (RES) to cover at least 65% of final consumption in the electricity sector by 2030, even over the previously planned 55% by Piano Nazionale Energia e Clima (PNIEC, 2021). On top of this, to accelerate the independence from Russian gas, REPowerEU calls for a 20% increase in the speed of renewable development compared to Fit for 55. In line with the most recent measures at European level, a revision of the PNIEC (first draft June 2023) is expected to update the national targets and to propose a new roadmap. Achieving the above-mentioned European climate objectives implies a transformation of the electricity market that involves the coordinated and synergistic development of infrastructures, chemical or physical storage, renewable production, market coupling and market design. Which of the required interventions and to what extent these must be implemented requires a deep understanding of the gaps to be filled in order to achieve the stated goals. This study contributes to the existing literature by proposing a pan-European structural electricity integrated model covering the latest infrastructure and economic figures presented in the TYNDP 2022.