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Articles about market structure, including regulations, network charges, and taxes.
Energy Market & Pricing Updates / France
TURPE 6 - France Electricity Transport Prices Increasing
The CRE (French regulatory body responsible for energy policy) published on 21 January the new regulated transmission and distribution price matrix named TURPE 6. The prior price matrix, TURPE 5, came into effect in August 2017.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Italy
European Electricity Synchronous Area Split
The electricity transmission grids of Continental European countries are connected to operate synchronously at a stable frequency of 50 Hz. The Continental Europe synchronous area is one the largest interconnected electricity systems, serving over 500 million customers across 35 countries.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / United Kingdom
UK District Heat, Communal Heating, Cooling System Regulations & Amendments
Recent amendments to the UK's Heat Network Regulations (HNR) affect UK communal heat, and cooling systems for those identified as energy providers. Learn more about your responsibility as an energy provider in the UK.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / United Kingdom
UK Electricity Non-Commodity Costs
In the UK, businesses have seen their overall electricity bill increase year-over-year for most of the past decade. One of the most frequent questions we receive is – how can my electricity bills rise when commodity prices are flat or decreasing? It is an excellent question worth a clear answer.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Canada
Ontario Budget - 2021 Global Adjustment Changes
Information regarding upcoming changes to electricity costs for Ontario consumers, a brief review of the Global Adjustment, and how the Comprehensive Electricity Plan will affect your business.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Poland
New Electricity Capacity Charge in 2021
On 30 November 2020, the Polish Energy Regulatory Office published information on a new electricity capacity charge for 2021. This charge was initially introduced in the Capacity Market Act, adopted into the law in 2017, and scheduled to become effective in October 2020. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the regulatory implementation has been postponed to 1 January 2021.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / France
ARENH Reform Could Result in EDF Break-Up
The ARENH (Regulated Access to Historic Nuclear Electricity) mechanism currently requires EDF to sell up to 100 TWh of nuclear electricity to competing suppliers each year at a fixed price of 42 euros/MWh. That volume comes out to roughly one-quarter of EDF's annual electricity production.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Spain
Statute of Electrointensive Consumers
In line with the guidelines set by the European Commission and with the legislation previously issued by other countries in the EU, this statute defines which electricity consumers can be considered electrointensive in Spain.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / China
Electricity Market Deregulation in China
China, the world's second-largest economy, has the largest electricity market globally. Over the past few years, China started opening its electricity market.
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Regulated Service (Maggior Tutela) Ending
The Italian power market's slow and sometimes challenging liberalization process that started back with Legislative Decree n.79 of March 16, 1999 (commonly known as 'Decreto Bersani' or 'Bersani Decree') is finally coming to its completion.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Germany
EEG 2.0 - German Renewables Law Reform
The Renewable Energy Act (EEG) is one of the most important climate change protection tools and the principal driver behind the expansion of renewables in Germany.
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Energy Market & Pricing Updates / Brazil
Brazilian Energy Market - The Changing Definition of Free Consumer
Brazil's electricity market is the largest energy market in Latin America and the ninth-largest energy market by production globally.
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