ACER-FSR report launch: benefit sharing to promote more efficient investments in energy infrastructure
What is it about?
Join us at the report launch event on how regulation can promote efficient and innovative infrastructure investments to address electricity transmission system needs.
Current challenges in investment regimes for electricity transmission networks call for new ways of handling costs and infrastructure efficiency in electricity regulation. What are the challenges of remuneration schemes and efficient infrastructure investments? What solutions are out there, and is there a concrete way to stimulate the adoption of these solutions addressing system needs cheaper and faster?
Taking regulatory frameworks from global examples into perspective, the Florence School of Regulation has shaped a new scheme that fits into the overall energy policy and regulation context of an accelerating European electricity grid build-out.
The event provides an opportunity to receive first access to and discuss all aspects of the proposed scheme with representatives from industry, system operation, research, and regulation.
Background information
ACER commissioned the Florence School of Regulation to carry out a consultancy study on benefit-based remuneration of efficient infrastructure investments. The outcome provides a regulatory scheme that promotes more efficient and innovative solutions to address electricity transmission system needs. Such a scheme represents an additional course of action that energy regulatory authorities can take in regulating investments in electricity transmission networks.
Following up on ACER’s initial work as presented at the 9th Copenhagen Infrastructure Forum in 2023, this report:
- explores the common taxonomy of network regulation;
- maps existing incentives that support infrastructure efficiency whilst putting a focus on jurisdictions implementing total expenditure (TOTEX) or innovation-centred regulatory schemes;
- showcases feedback from TSOs, regulators and public stakeholders and
- proposes a new regulatory scheme that outlines the main features of an incentive-based approach to promote more efficient, innovative solutions to address electricity system needs.
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