The implementation of a functioning scheme for the support of electricity production from renewable energy sources (RES-E) in Russia has suffered from considerable delays. This report aims to analyze the role of regions as alternative drivers of RE policy in Russia. In particular, it examines...

The implementation of a functioning scheme for the support of electricity production from renewable energy sources (RES-E) in Russia has suffered from considerable delays. This report aims to analyze the role of regions as alternative drivers of RE policy in Russia. In particular, it examines...

According to the liberalized electricity markets paradigm, free market prices are expected to stimulate sufficient investment in production capacity to meet future electricity demand. This implies that electricity producers must be able to recover their operating and investment costs whilst...

This paper is a response to the IEA consultation on "Toward a More Efficient and Innovative Electricity Sector in Russia". From a regulatory perspective, it examines the question of investments in electricity production in Russia by focusing on the independence of the regulatory authority (the...

Commission v. Slovakia concerned the cornerstone of the internal energy market – non-discriminatory third party access to the network. It also involved the delicate interaction between EU law and international investment law. In particular, this case relates to the possibility of justifying...

Given the capital-intensive and long-term nature of the energy and low-carbon infrastructure, investors repeatedly highlight regulatory stability as an essential precondition to the transfer of private capital and technology to the development and decarbonisation of energy supply. The Third...

This paper has been drafted in response to the public consultation of the EU Commission on the EU External Energy Policy. It focuses on regulatory convergence, energy efficiency and renewable energy in the context of the EU-Russian Energy Dialogue