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2026-05-07

23rd ERRA Annual Conference Newsletter

The ERRA Annual Conference brought together national energy regulators, utility leaders, investors, top-tier consultants, and academics for high-level dialogue on the evolving landscape of energy markets. The event fostered strategic discussions and regulatory insights that help shape the future of the sector. The conference overarching theme was Transforming Energy Policies – Adapting Energy Regulation and the agenda analysed both the electricity and gas sectors of today.

2025-10-30

Summary of ERRA Workshop on Renewable Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities 2025

The Energy Regulators Regional Association Workshop on Renewable Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities, held on 14 October 2025 and hosted by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Türkiye, offered a comprehensive platform to explore how collective energy initiatives can transform power systems towards greater decentralisation, flexibility, and citizen engagement.

2025-08-14

ARVAL Report on EVs and the Future of Charging: Smart charging, V2G, V2X, and Transforming Vehicles into Energy Assets

With smart charging, electric vehicles (EVs), charging stations, and the grid exchange data to optimize the time and speed of charging, based on electricity prices, grid demand, and user needs. This enables users to adjust their charging patterns and favor times of low demand or high renewable energy availability. Read more about smart charging efficiency in the report.

2025-08-14

ACER’s First Recommendation on Inter-Temporal Cost Allocation Mechanisms for Financing Hydrogen Infrastructure

ACER’s Recommendation identifies key investment risks in hydrogen infrastructure and suggests ways to address them. It offers high-level guidance on designing fair and effective inter-temporal cost allocation mechanisms to support the development of the hydrogen market.

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.

2024-04-18

RAP Paper: Will price cannibalisation kill the market for wind and solar?

In his work, Mr. Dominic Scott the Senior Advisor and Consultant of RAP discusses the sustainability of investments in renewable energy because. He explains the price cannibalization and outlines several factors for it such as the falling costs of solar and wind technologies, the role of carbon pricing and the need for flexible technologies to manage fluctuations in renewable energy supply.

2024-04-18

EUI Report: Contracts-for-Difference to Support Renewable Energy Technologies

In this report, EUI presents the major application and impact areas of CfDs in a European context, describes the most relevant design dimensions and discusses several design packages for CfDs as combinations of distinct design choices separately and in comparison. They also provide a detailed overview of CfD schemes implemented in Europe.

2024-04-09

OIES Paper on Decarbonizing Germany’s Heating Sector

The paper provides information on the existing flexibility related data exchange that DSO's are involved with and identifies possible future involvement which also may require NRAs’ attention, while outlining some of the recent and ongoing developments at EU level.

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.