CEER Status Review on European Regulatory Approaches Enabling Smart Grids Solutions (“Smart Regulation”)

This document seeks to provide an update the 2011 CEER Status Review of Regulatory Approaches to Smart Electricity Grids with an overview of the current regulatory approaches in 2013. The 2011 edition sought to follow-up the discussion initiated by European Energy Regulators with the ERGEG public consultation on the ‘position paper on smart grids’ in 2010. The 2013 CEER Status Review examines the definition of smart grids; regulatory challenges affecting smart grids, national implementation plans for smart grids; innovative solutions in electricity networks; cost benefit analysis for the demonstration and deployment of smart grids and potential performance indicators and incentive schemes.