CEER responded to these questions taking material from relevant CEER papers, and the document references each of those papers so that interested readers can go further than the material presented in this document.
Among the topics covered by CEER in this response are: • Important features of an integrated energy system • The role of whole system approach, particularly for network operators • Important barriers/challenges to energy system integration • Consumer welfare issues in the context of closer interlinkages between sectors • The role of renewable gases and their promotion • The role of hydrogen and the blending of hydrogen in gas networks • Innovative tariff design’s role in a more-integrated energy system • How digitalisation can contribute to a more integrated, productive and efficient energy system • Relevant specific policy recommendations from recent CEER papers