

The course aims to provide participants with the necessary understanding of energy storage and its role in the power system. It covers the level at which energy storage can be embedded from distribution to transmission level, as well as the economics and business models behind energy storage today, and the characteristics of power systems that make energy storage suitable for them.
It provides participants with the necessary understanding of energy storage technologies, both at the utility and residential levels and aims to define what regulatory measures should be put in place in order to foster energy storage in these markets. The course will feature 3 case studies from Italy, Ukraine and Türkiye on storage Regulation.
It will also provide an overview of contractual structures around energy storage and market trends across Europe, the USA, and Australia, and the respective regulatory approaches. The course is therefore aimed at professionals working in and around energy regulators, as well as those interested in understanding how a regulatory regime can affect the deployment of energy storage.
This course is eligible for 10 CER credits. More information on the Certified Energy Regulator (CER).
Course Agenda
- Introduction of Training Participants
- Course introduction – Explanation of course structure, topics and deliverables
The first week in the course sets the scene on energy storage and its role in the power system. It covers the following:
- At what level in the power system energy storage can be embedded from distribution to transmission level.
- The economics and business models behind energy storage today, and the characteristics of power systems that make energy storage suitable for them.
The second week guides participants through the following topics:
- The design of energy storage regulation.
- Wholesale and ancillary power markets, with the aim to define what regulatory measures should be put in place in order to foster energy storage in these markets.
- Other aspects of regulation such as energy taxes and support to RES that have an impact on energy storage activities.
The third week of the course covers the regulatory measures needed at the grid level to support the deployment of energy storage, and the regulatory regime around grid operators in their relationship with energy storage. It concludes by providing an overview of contractual structures around energy storage and market trends across Europe, the USA, and Australia and the respective regulatory approaches.
For detailed agenda please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
Methodology
The training is based on a self-paced collaborative e-learning platform that features a combination of real-time interactive presentations by the instructors, online tutoring at pre-announced times, reading material related to the course modules and case studies. The course will also include the weekly quizzes and a voluntary paper that needs to be submitted at the end of the course.
Proposed average weekly engagement: 6-8 hours
If you are interested in participation, please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
Meet the Course Director
Cristiano Francese has more than 10 years of work experience in the energy business. Throughout his career, he worked across regulatory and policy development, as well as commercial and business development activities. He worked closely in multiple functions with a variety of organisations from major corporations to governments and energy regulatory agencies. He supported their commercial development, business model evolution, project development, regulatory analysis among many other areas of their business. His career transitioned from working on natural gas to renewable energy and green gasses. Some of the key projects he contributed to testify this transition, as they include the Trans Adriatic Pipeline commercial strategy and development of commercial agreements, consulting assignments for the transformation of business models of natural gas grid operators towards green gasses, and lately the closure of renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Google in Spain, as well as previous renewable energy PPAs. His training activities reflect his energy transition expertises, covering key topics of such transition, including, among others, green hydrogen business models, policy and regulation, hydrogen projects and contract structures, business models around EVs, flexibility services for the power grid.
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