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Recorded 18 May 2017, Brussels Description: Nicolò Rossetto (FSR) and Juan Alba Rios (chairman of the EURELECTRIC Markets Committee) discuss the 2016 legislative proposals of the European Commission on a new market design for the electricity sector. Alba Rios expresses a positive view on the proposal, which strengthens the role of markets in providing signals to economic actors and acknowledges th...

Recorded 11 May 2017 at CEER, Brussels Description: Nicolò Rossetto (FSR)and Ben Voorhorst (COO at TenneT, ENTSO-E)discuss the report prepared by the Florence School of Regulation on the integration and the decarbonisation of the European electricity sector. Mr Voorhorst acknowledges the relevance of the missing pillars and the roadblocks identified in the report and underlines the necessity for E...

In this podcast, Christopher Bremme and Thomas Schulz of Linklaters Berlin discuss the Commission’s proposed revision of the Renewable Energy Directive of 30 November 2016.

In this podcast, Rosaria Arancio of Macchi di Cellere Gangemi discusses the implementation of REMIT in Italy. REMIT is the EU Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) (Regulation No. 1227/2011), overseen by ACER and National Regulatory Authorities, which aims to establish common rules, at European level, to prevent abusive practices in wholesale energy markets. It d...

Nicolò Rossetto from the Florence School of Regulation asks Annabelle Lee from the Electric Power Research Institute a couple key questions regarding cybersecurity in the Energy Sector from a U.S. perspective. "The issue of cybersecurity in the electric sector and gas both is of high importance and high visibility in the United States." "Dealing with cybersecurity in the electric sector the primar...

Ilaria Conti, Head of the Gas Area at the Florence School of Regulation talks to Jean Arnold Vinois, former director of DG Energy at the European Commission. She asks, "what is energy governance"? Recorded in Bruges, Belgium, April 2017 "The concept of an Energy Union is already a kind of revolution where the idea is to approach energy in a holistic way" "the first change which the Commission has...

The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR): Technology for Meeting Market Abuse Regulation Challenges In this podcast Yasmine Li and Shane Henley, from Baringa Partners, discuss the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), which came into force in July 2016. The new EU-wide regime, replacing the previous Market Abuse Directive (MAD), is intended to harmonise measures addressing market distortion arising from regu...

Description: In this podcast, Deni Mantzari from the University of Reading addresses the looming effects of Brexit on the EU's internal energy market. While the terms of the UK's planned exit remain to be seen, unravelling their ties with the EU undoubtedly poses considerable challenges to an EU which is pushing toward an increasingly harmonised Energy Union. Up to this point, the UK has played a...

Video version here: https://youtu.be/eI3DSKYb-I4 Capacity remuneration mechanisms are currently at the forefront of the EU energy debate with the electricity sector, in particular, undergoing a considerable shake-up. One element of this discussion, is cross-border participation in capacity remuneration mechanisms, which is becoming increasingly important to a Europe-wide approach of ensuring a sus...

http://fsr.eui.eu/training/energy/regulation-integration-renewable-energy/ FSR’s new training on the Regulation and Integration of Renewable Energy will provide a comprehensive and detailed view of the European regulatory framework for the integration and development of renewable energy from top European experts.

Scientific Organisers: Jean-Michel Glachant | Florence School of Regulation/RSCAS/EUI Alberto Pototschnig | Florence School of Regulation/RSCAS/EUI and ACER Interview by Pradyumna Bhagwat | Research Associate at Florence School of Regulation Florence, 28 October 2016 FSR REGULATORY POLICY WORKSHOP SERIES 2016-2017 http://fsr.eui.eu/event/congestion-management-in-the-internal-energy-market/ The est...

Nadia Horstmann from Bundesnetzagentur outlines the FSR & BNetzA Forum on the Legal Issues of Energy Regulation and gives an insight into the important topics discussed this year. Florence, 28 October 2016 http://fsr.eui.eu/event/8th-fsr-bnetza-forum-legal-issues-energy-regulation/ Jointly organised by the FSR Energy Law and Policy Area and Bundesnetzagentur, the German regulatory office, the foru...

In this podcast, Gianni De Stefano of Hogan Lovells International LLP (Brussels) and Pierre Loaec from the European Commission discuss the Commission’s investigation into the acquisition by US-based General Electric (GE) of the energy businesses of French multinational Alstom. Valued at more than €12 billion, the deal generated considerable interest and triggered multiple merger control and foreig...

Jean-Michel is joined by Annegret Groebel, vice-President CEER & Vice-chair of ACER's Board of Regulators, to discuss regional cooperation in the internal energy market and the coupling of regions. How can we converge towards a common regime? And who is in charge of the process? Recorded 23 September at the conference "Completing the European Power Market Integration" organised by ENTSO-E in Brati...

Jean Arnold Vinois, advisor on European Energy Policy at the Jacques Delors Institute, considers the potential impact of Brexit on the energy sector, especially given the prominent role the UK has played in shaping energy policies in several key areas. How will the new balance of power affect future policy objectives?

http://energylawforum.eu/ The Vienna Forum on European Energy Law is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat. It is designed to promote engagement and discussion on the most relevant issues currently facing the EU and the countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. In an ever-changing energy landscape, the forum considers the complex and...

http://energylawforum.eu/ The Vienna Forum on European Energy Law is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat. It is designed to promote engagement and discussion on the most relevant issues currently facing the EU and the countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. In an ever-changing energy landscape, the forum considers the complex and...

http://energylawforum.eu/ The Vienna Forum on European Energy Law is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat. It is designed to promote engagement and discussion on the most relevant issues currently facing the EU and the countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. In an ever-changing energy landscape, the forum considers the complex and...

http://energylawforum.eu/ The Vienna Forum on European Energy Law is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat. It is designed to promote engagement and discussion on the most relevant issues currently facing the EU and the countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. In an ever-changing energy landscape, the forum considers the complex and...

http://energylawforum.eu/ The Vienna Forum on European Energy Law is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat. It is designed to promote engagement and discussion on the most relevant issues currently facing the EU and the countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. In an ever-changing energy landscape, the forum considers the complex and...

Liliana Eskenazi of Allen & Overy LLP, Paris, discusses regulated gas prices with reference to the opinion of Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi (CJEU) in case C-121/15 ANODE on the regulated gas price mechanism in France, which marked a significant precedent for national regulation of prices. The case addresses two delicate and seemingly conflicting issues; the opening of national markets to comply...

Listen to the summary of Anna Marhold's thesis "Energy in International Trade Law from GATT to TTIP. Regulation and Challenges" This thesis takes a dynamic approach to the treatment of energy in international trade law. It traces the development of energy rules from the inception of the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)nego...

Sebastian Pooschke and Christopher Bremme of Linklaters discuss the findings of the CEER status reviews on the implementation of unbundling rules for TSOs and DSOs. For further podcasts from the FSR Energy Law Podcast series, please see here https://soundcloud.com/fsregulation-energy-and-climate/sets/energy-law-today

Jean-Michel Glachant demands a response to the lack of responsive demand Recorded 14 June 2016 at the Meeting of the European Electricity Regulatory Forum, Florence, Italy Jean-Michel Glachant has predicted “a light headache” for all those involved in the process of encouraging responsive distribution networks in the context of renewable energy investment. Reporting on our new podcast format, Glac...

Jean-Michel Glachant ponders local markets as potential for "incredible breaking of the whole European project" Recorded at the European University Institute, June 17 2016 Jean-Michel Glachant has provided our podcast listeners with an insight into the frank discussions between leading regulators, stakeholders and executives at the FSR Executive Seminar: “Integrating the Operation of EU Power Syst...