COURSE ORGANISATION

The energy regulatory processes have been significantly influenced following the adoption of the "Clean Energy for All Europeans" Package, also known as “Clean Energy Package” (CEP) in July 2019. One of the aims of the new legislative package is to set the governance rules for the Energy Union and introduce a new market design. Despite the early preparations, National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) still face numerous challenges in implementing the new legislative package. Some open issues still have to be solved and common understandings and approaches still have to be developed. Moreover, the new European Commission has already published its further plans - the European Green Deal proposal.   

This CEER Specialised Legal Training will provide an overview of the new European Green Deal proposal and what it means for NRAs. The programme will address the new legal and regulatory challenges for NRAs after the implementation of the Clean Energy Package. The implementation challenges regarding some burning electricity topics, DSOs in the time of transition, the European decision-making processes regarding cross-border issues, the roles of NRAs and ACER will be presented and discussed. This training also focuses on the judicial review process of ACER's decisions, with the practical example from the latest appeal case of the ACER's decision at national level and the recent decisions of the European General Court and the European Court of Justice. The training finally addresses the new emerging legal issues for NRAs such as the role of gas and decarbonisation, digitalisation, the impact of Brexit, electricity and gas interconnectors, offshore wind and hybrid infrastrutures.   

Designed for:

Level B: Specialised Course

Legal experts from NRAs with legal background and previous experience in energy regulatory framework (at least 2-3 years experience). Other non-legal experts with previous experience in this topic from NRAs and European Institutions (ACER, European Commission) are also invited to attend. 

Programme overview:

• Discuss the European Green Deal and the action plans for NRAs and CEER
• Explore the legal and regulatory challenges for NRAs after the implementation of the Clean Energy Package - some burning electricity topics, DSOs in the time of transition, the European decision-making processes regarding cross-border issues, the roles of NRAs and ACER
• Examine the judicial review process of the ACER's decisions and the latest appeal case of the ACER's decision at national level and the recent decisions of the European General Court and the European Court of Justice
• Discuss the new emerging legal issues for NRAs such as the role of gas and decarbonisation, digitalisation, the impact of Brexit, electricity and gas interconnectors, offshore wind and hybrid infrastrutures  

Course Director: Ms Nadia Horstmann, BNetzA, Vice Chair CEER Legal Affairs Committee.
Course Advisor: Ms Barbara Heremans, CREG.