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The Florence School of Regulation Water and the Turin School of Local Regulation are organising a course on the Regulation of Public Services: National and Local Perspectives.

This course intends to analyse economic regulation of public services from different perspectives and to explore the peculiarities of centralised and local allocation of regulatory tasks in relation to the nature of the service, specific policy objectives (consumer protection, equity, environmental targets, efficiency …), the historical and cultural background, the relationship between different actors and stakeholders, the influence – when relevant – of international actors like international organisations and financial institutions. The existence of multi-level systems of regulation will be also analysed as an emerging trend.

The course final aim is to provide participants with a broader overview on the objectives of regulation and with some hints to evaluate on a case-by-case basis what are the most suitable instruments and what is the best layer of intervention for a sound regulation: national, local or multi-level. That is why frontal lessons will be accompanied by the presentation of specific case studies and by interactive working groups.

* The fee includes: tuition fee // materials and a site visit // 6-night accommodation at the CAAS facilities // one social dinner // coffee breaks

 The objective of the FSR Annual Training is to train staff of regulatory authorities and market operators and to allow them to develop a sound knowledge of regulatory principles. The Annual Training provides different perspectives and experiences of energy regulation on topics such as wholesale markets, electricity transmission, quality of energy supply, regulatory legal procedures, monopolistic and competitive activities and wholesale and retail gas markets.

The training is structured into three blocks. The first block is an introductory course and takes place over one week in Florence. The second block continues online over a period of seven months, during which energy regulatory principles are studied in-depth in a well- structured and flexible e-learning environment. For the third block, the participants return to Florence and the annual training concludes with the discussion of applied case studies and the presentation of topics of major interest. 

Block III of the FSR Residential and E-learning course on Regulation of Energy Utilities is the second residential part of the course. Block III comprises:

• Four-days of residential sessions, devoted to the discussion of case studies and the presentation of some other topics of specific interest to the course participants, and
• a final one-day workshop on energy and sustainability, including the closure of the course with delivery of diplomas to participants.

Read the complete information about the Annual Training

Download the draft programme

Florence School of Regulation presents a new two-day course which will provide you with deep insight into the world of electricity markets.

The FSR’s new 2-day Executive Course to master Electricity Markets discusses the micro-economics of wholesale power markets and their implications for energy policies. The course illustrates the efficiency properties of markets as well as their limitations. It covers the short-term dispatch, the long term supply and demand balance. Environmental policies and their impact on electricity markets will also be examined.

Come to the Florence School of Regulation and find answers to these burning questions:

• What are the efficiency properties of electricity markets and their limitations?
• How should we manage congestion on the transmission network?
• What is the purpose of capacity mechanisms? How should we best design them?
• What is the impact of renewables on electricity markets in the short-term and the long-term?
• How should we design electricity markets to achieve multiple policy objectives?

The course is conducted by:

• Thomas-Olivier Léautier ( Toulouse School of Economics, University of Toulouse Graduate School of Management, France)
• Fabien Roques (Compass Lexecon, University Paris Dauphine, France)

Registration Deadline: 6 January

For additional information please visit the course webpage or contact the Training Coordinator: Marta Łuczak by e-mail  or phone (+39 055 468 5752).

This Manifesto is the first systematic attempt that the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) has done to critically reflect upon the achievements of the second Barroso Commission in the various network industries. We also endeavour to establish a realistic outlook onto the challenges that await the Juncker Commission in the various network industries in terms of regulatory policy.

The completion of a digital single market is one of the 10 priorities of the Juncker Commission. It is time to make the EU’s single market fit for the digital age and let citizens, businesses and governments fully benefit from the power of the information and communication technologies. The digitalisation of rail is part of this broader goal as well as an essential contribution to the completion of the Single European Railway Area.

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