The Electricity Area at the Florence School of Regulation is a platform where academics, national regulators, representatives from European institutions, network companies and market players debate and exchange their views and practices about the most recent developments in the industry, its regulation and broader European energy policy.
To remain at the frontier of knowledge and public debate, the Electricity Area develops applied research, innovative training and fosters policy dialogue on the most topical policy and regulatory issues in the electricity sector of Europe and beyond.
In this article, Suamy Gabriela Pérez Ortega explores how renewable energy enables a more sustainable approach to mining in Peru.…
In the US, the country of Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Tesla, have the energy utilities a future? And which…
In this article, we give a brief overview of how electricity markets are organised in Europe. We do so by…
End users have traditionally played a limited and rather passive role in the provision of electricity. However, the decentralisation and digitalisation of the energy sector today are changing the way…
In the first event of the new #FSRinsights series, regulatory experts Pauline Ottoy (VREG) and Jørgen Tjersland (NVE-RME) joined the…
To better reflect local grid conditions to consumers, many regulators are reforming their distribution network tariffs. In this literature review, we start by discussing the difference between short-run and long-run…
The recast of the Electricity Directive (EU) 2019/944 in the Clean Energy Package entitles the European Commission to adopt implementing acts specifying interoperability requirements and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for…
An explosion in medium and small electricity prosumers has been observed in the past decade across the EU, mainly driven by generous support measures and PV cost reduction. This era…
In this paper, Hannelore Rocchio (ENI – Regulatory Affairs and Strategy Support, Executive Vice President) and Federico Boschi (Independent Energy…
All you need to know about the power sector and power systems around the world Power system regulation is never at a rest, and this is particularly true for the…
Unpack the EU Clean Energy Package The EU Clean Energy Package sets the energy and climate ambitions for the 2030 horizon, and the regulatory framework to achieve these ambitions. This online course…
EU Electricity Network Codes & the Clean Energy Package Enter the world of electricity markets in Europe ‘Evolution of electricity markets in Europe’ is an 9-week online course in collaboration…
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Energy regulation and decarbonisation: the challenge of net zero Recent extreme weather events around the globe, notably in east Africa and Australia, have again raised the prominence of climate change, and the urgent need for decarbonisation. Closer to home, Spain…
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Peer-to-peer energy Decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitalisation are reshaping the way electricity is produced, traded and consumed. New energy models are…
FSR Regulatory Policy Workshop Series 2020 The Workshop will consider these and other related issues in assessing the way in…
