This booklet gives an introduction to the issues raised by regulatory reform of the electricity sector. The sector is … undergoing change worldwide. A key objective of reform is to improve efficiency in order to reduce prices for electricity … short publications by the IEA on energy market reforms. …

This is the first ever Electricity Market Report produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Designed to … complement other reports in the Market Report Series on energy efficiency, renewables, coal, natural gas and oil, this report … focuses on developments in the world’s electricity markets amid the Covid-19 pandemic. It includes an assessment of 2020 …

Highly volatile electricity prices are becoming a more frequent and unwanted characteristic of modern electricity …

by regulatory reform. It updates the 1999 IEA publication “Electricity Market Reform - an IEA Handbook”, and is the …Most OECD countries, and many countries outside the OECD, are now deeply engaged in a reform of their electricity … electricity, aimed at maximising consumer choice. It also highlights the development of new approaches to regulation of the …

. They produce power on an electricity consumer’s own site or at the local distribution substation and can supply power … local network. In some markets, these plants are displacing more costly grid electricity. Globally, more capacity for … growing phenomenon. It surveys the current situation and market status of distributed generation in selected OECD countries …

years.Building on our analysis of these recent events, the January 2022 edition of the IEA Electricity Market Report …The year 2021 placed exceptional demands on electricity markets around the world. Strong economic growth, combined with … more extreme weather conditions than in 2020, including a colder than average winter, boosted global electricity demand by …