The Energy Law Podcast

In today's episode, I have the honour to talk to president Egils Levits . Only to mention a few highlights of his career, president Levits was Judge at the European Court of Human Rights from 1995 to 2004, Judge at the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019 and President of the Republic of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. In this final episode of the first season of “The energy law podcast” we are z...

In today's episode, I have the opportunity to talk to Prof. Dr. Torsten Körber , the Director of the Institute for Energy Law and the holder of the chair for Civil Law, Competition Law, Regulatory Law, and Law of the Digital Economy of the University of Cologne. We are going to talk about an important part of the energy transition: the heat transition which is crucial for mitigating climate change...

In today's episode, I am thrilled to have Klaus Müller, President of the German National Regulatory Authority, as my special guest. With Klaus Müller, I am exploring ambitions and reality in energy regulation. Topic-wise, we will be talking about the problem of congested electricity networks and also the concept of network tariffs. Germany as an example, Klaus Müller will illustrate how an EU Memb...

In today's episode, I am happy to welcome Zohra Boumedhel from EPEX Spot and Denny Wientzek from the European Energy Exchange AG . We are going to discuss the overlap of energy law and financial markets regulation. Energy law governs various aspects of energy production, distribution, and consumption, while financial markets regulation ensures transparency, stability, and fairness in financial tra...

In today's episode, I am talking to Bettina Maeding, Head of Energy Law at E.ON SE . The E.ON Group is one of Europe's largest operators of energy networks and energy infrastructure and a provider of innovative customer solutions for almost 50 million customers. That means the E.ON group is a massive private player in the energy transition. Together with Bettina Maeding, we will be exploring the k...

In today's episode, I am happy to have my colleagues Prof. Dr. Saskia Lavrijssen and Dr. Olga Hrynkiv from Tilburg University as my guests. We will be exploring the relationship between national and EU energy law, as well as concepts such as the concept of vulnerable consumers in energy law. We will also explore why the Netherlands is drafting a new Energy Act and dive into the international dimen...

In today's episode, I am thrilled to interview Prof. Dr. Dirk Buschle, Legal Counsel & Deputy Director at the Energy Community Secretariat . We will explore key insights of his work at an international organisation expanding the acquis communautaire of EU energy law as a legally binding framework to third countries. The Energy Community brings together the European Union and its neighbours, th...

In today's episode, I am thrilled to have Dr. Wolfgang Urbantschitsch, Executive Director of E-Control Austria, as our special guest. Amongst other topics, we will be exploring the role of national regulatory authorities in energy markets. According to the electricity market directive and the gas market directive, each Member State shall designate a single regulatory authority at national level. F...

In today's episode, I am happy to talk to Oliver Koch from the European Commission in Brussels. Together with Oliver, I am discussing the European Commission`s important role in energy market regulation. The Commission works to integrate national energy markets into European-wide markets, shapes the EU's energy landscape, and promotes a transition towards cleaner and more sustainable energy system...

In today's episode, I am thrilled to have Prof. Dr. Leigh Hancher, Professor of European Law at Tilburg University, together with her dog Kicky as my guest. We are going to talk about energy law as an area of law, long term contracts, contracts for difference, sustainability, and competition in energy markets. Energy law can be defined very narrowly, only focusing on energy sector specific regulat...