Improving Energy Efficiency in Electricity Networks
Addressing Network losses & EU regulations under Article 15 (2) (a) of the Energy Efficiency Directive
This report focuses on the energy efficiency of electricity distribution networks mainly from the perspective of network losses. As proposed in Article 15 of the revised Energy Efficiency Directive, the European Commission after consulting relevant stakeholders, should prepare a common methodology in order to encourage network operators to reduce losses, implement a cost-efficient and energy efficient infrastructure investment programme and properly account for the energy efficiency and flexibility of the grid. This two-part report focuses on the status of regulatory policies in the EU-28 and recommendations that can be followed by the Member States in order to improve their grid efficiency.
This first part of the report focuses on the electricity grids, with the interaction between regulation and network losses being conceptually analysed with the presently available regulation schemes and a survey on some research proposal being presented. After a brief introduction on the main standing-points of the EU framework, a comparative analysis of the regulation in EU member states is outlined. The ”players’ perspective” in terms of the opinion of crucial EU stakeholders and leading experts in EU are assessed thought a set of interviews of which the outcomes are presented. Finally, some recommendations for Member States and conclusions are drawn.
BOMPARD Ettore;
RIBEIRO SERRENHO Tiago;
BERTOLDI Paolo;
2020-11-30
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC121757
978-92-76-22402-0 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 30381 EN,
OP KJ-NA-30381-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC121757,
10.2760/176745 (online),
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