Regulatory Story of the Month Archives

2025-09-01

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: The Evolution of the Energy Market Enforcement by ERO Czech Republic

Due to energy crisis of 2021 to 2022, the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) of the Czech Republic experienced a dramatic shift in its role as it operated almost as a “crisis hotline”. This environment created the necessity to introduce the new measures and legislative tools that make ERO more efficient and effective in its oversight activities.

2025-07-08

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: Price Zero, Or Less, For 17 Hours In A Row: “Happy Hours” For Electricity in France

On June 5th, 2025 France experienced a special event of the power system. Despite being a normal working day, the day-ahead market recorded electricity prices in France equal to zero or slightly negative for a full row of 17 consecutive hours, marking an unprecedented record for the duration of this phenomenon, which signals a production surplus.

2025-06-06

Case Study from ANRE Romania on Injection Charge for Producers Connected to Distribution Networks – Featured in ERRA Spring Newsletter 2025

In Romania distribution networks are organized into eight geographical zones. Until 2021 there were eight major DSOs, each owning the distribution network in one of these zones and holding the distribution service concession for their respective zones. Currently, there are four DSOs: two smaller operators managing one distribution zone each and two larger operators managing three distribution zones each, following mergers of previous companies.

2025-03-13

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: The Novel Electricity Market Aggregator Regulation in Türkiye

The ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter discussed Türkiye’s new Electricity Market Aggregator Regulation in an interview with Mr. Mr. Ahmet Çağrı Çiçek, Commissioner at EMRA and ERRA Presidium member.

2025-01-22

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: RAAEY’s Digital Tools to Educate and Empower Consumers

Digitalization is transforming energy markets. Greece’s RAAEY leverages online tools to enhance transparency, streamline processes, and boost efficiency for market participants.

2024-05-09

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: Kosovo’s* First Solar Auction

Kosovo* recently completed its 100 MW solar auction, a significant step towards a 35% RES target and carbon neutrality. A predictable regulatory framework and a transparent and inclusive bidding process attracted a high number of participants, reducing the bid price over consecutive sessions towards the winning bid of 48.88 EUR/MWh.

2024-03-27

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: The Hungarian Battery Storage Tender

In the latest ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter read about the key role played by the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH) in facilitating battery energy storage in Hungary through developing detailed rules of the domestic storage support schemes and the benchmark revenue calculation.

2023-12-15

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: New Gas Monitoring Platform & AI Innovation Project at ANRE Romania

ERRA Regulatory Story of Q4 highlights the latest updates from ANRE Romania on Natural Gas Market reporting & Monitoring Platform and Online Tool for Changing the Supplier of electricity and natural Gas at the National Level (POSF) with AI Application.

2023-07-10

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: Opening Bell of the Power Exchange of North Macedonia

Read about the latest power sector development from North Macedonia being the establishment of the domestic day-ahead exchange platform that serves as the first step towards the integration of the Western Balkans energy market.