INOGATE Training Booklet: REGULATING OUR ENERGY SUPPLY: A PRIME OBJECTIVE IN SERVING OUR PEOPLE
The objective of this textbook is to foster a working knowledge of key regulatory principles.
Develop a common language and educational background in the field of energy regulation
between regulators and policy-makers, this can lead to more informed regulatory and policy
decisions. This provides benefits to consumers, governments and companies. The textbook
will help readers:
· Understand the objectives of regulation, the concepts and organizational structures
needed for an independent Regulator;
· Learn monitoring tasks of regulatory institutions
· Develop tariff designs that suit the needs of consumers and energy companies
· Learn from the restructuring experience of the European energy sector. This includes
how past policies of promoting competition have changed the role of regulators and
energy companies, and how unbundling energy companies and independent regulation
can increase competition.