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The School carries out applied research with the purpose of developing economically, legally, and socially-sound regulation and policy, using a multidisciplinary approach.

Reforming retail electricity rates to facilitate economy-wide decarbonization

Deep decarbonization of the economy depends heavily on the decarbonization of the electricity sector and the electrification of several key end-use sectors. Decarbonization of...

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Tim Schittekatte DM PLJ RS
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Kickstarting carbon capture and storage adoption : tailoring subsidies to emitters’ needs
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The enlightening blackout in Spain
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Sofia Nicolai

Research Associate

Biography

Sofia Nicolai is research associate in the FSR energy research team in electricity regulation and policy. Currently, her main research interests are Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011 on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT) and energy consumers’ data sharing for flexibility services in the context of project EDDIE (European Distributed Data Infrastructure for Energy). She is also a PhD candidate in EU law at the University of Bologna. Before joining FSR in January 2022, she was a trainee in the electricity department at the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), working in the electricity wholesale market monitoring team. She graduated in law from Bologna University, Italy and completed the Master in Sustainability and Energy Management at Bocconi University.

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REMIT and its implementation
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18 Nov 2026
Evolution of Electricity markets in Europe
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08 Sep 2026
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