This report examines ERRA survey findings and case studies on distribution network tariff structures, highlighting regulatory practices and how tariff design is evolving to support the energy transition.
ERRA Regulatory Story No. 20: A Discount Built into the Tariff: How Lithuania Shields its Vulnerable Electricity Consumers
Read more in the latest ERRA Regulatory Story by the National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) of Lithuania by downloading the document below.
ERRA Regulatory Story No. 19: From Mission to Management System – ARSEL Cameroon’s First Strategic Performance Plan
ERRA’s latest Regulatory Story of the Quarter explores how Cameroon’s Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency, ARSEL, is translating its regulatory mandate into a structured system of institutional performance and accountability.
ICER Distinguished Scholar Award Winner in the Next Practices Category: The Impact of AI Growth on the Power System and the Role of Energy Regulators
This paper by Mr. Luca Lo Schiavo, ERRA Regulatory Specialist, is the winner of the ICER Distinguished Scholar Award (“Next Practices” category), in connection with the XI World Forum of Energy Regulation (WFER), Tbilisi, 2026.
ERRA Regulatory Story No. 18: When a Dominant EV Operator Squeezes the Market: Case Study of Italy
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) imposed in July 2025 the first antitrust sanction in the European EV charging sector against Enel X (Ruling 31646). This Regulatory Story provides a concise legal and regulatory analysis of the AGCM decision, together with the European context that gives the AGCM ruling its wider significance and its implications for energy EU NRAs operating under the AFIR (Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation) framework.
ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: ERO’s Redesign of the Renewable Energy Operator for a Sustainable Support Mechanism
ERRA’s Regulatory Story of the Quarter explores how ERO redesigned its renewable energy support scheme, replacing feed-in tariffs with a ring-fenced Renewable Energy Operator and CfD-based settlement mechanism.
Research Paper: Implementation of Scarcity Pricing Mechanisms in Select EU Countries
This paper by Eryk Jakub Chojnacki compares scarcity pricing designs across selected EU countries and their role in supporting system adequacy in power markets with growing renewables, including interactions with capacity mechanisms.
AI Data Centers and Energy Regulation: When Traditional Frameworks Meet Unprecedented Demand Growth
This paper by Luca Lo Schiavo examines how the rapid growth of AI data centers is challenging traditional energy regulation in the United States and the European Union. It explores emerging tensions around grid stability, affordability, sustainability, and market access, and considers the need for new regulatory approaches to manage AI-driven electricity demand.
ARERA’S Investigation on Economic withholding in the Italian Day-Ahead Electricity Market (2023-2024)
Prepared as part of the ERRA–REKK cooperation, this paper by Luca Lo Schiavo examines ARERA’s investigation into economic generation capacity withholding in Italy’s day-ahead electricity market, its methodology and findings, and compares them with the German “Dunkelflaute” investigation, highlighting key regulatory challenges in assessing capacity withholding during the energy transition.
ERRA Paper: From Net Metering to Net Billing: Ensuring Fair Tariffs in the Age of Prosumers
This paper by Mikheil Odisharia examines the regulatory shift from net metering to net billing, drawing on comparative experiences from Italy, Kosovo*, and Georgia. It places Georgia’s 2023 reform within this broader European context, emphasising both its alignment with EU principles and the remaining steps needed to fully integrate prosumers into the market.
Regulatory Aspects of Balancing Services | Video Presentation
Video resentation exploring the regulatory requirements for balancing to ensure grid stability and fair market functioning.
Eurelectric Position Paper: Distributed Flexibility Report
This Eurelectric’s report focuses specifically on Flexibility for Distribution Grid Needs, as per the newest proposal of ENTSO-E and EU DSO Entity on the methodology for assessing flexibility needs that ACER approved in August 2025.













