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Regulating smart metering in Europe: technological, economic and legal challenges

  • March 31, 2014
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REPORT | Regulating Smart Metering in Europe: Technological, Economic and Legal Challenges

The deployment of smart metering systems in Europe’s network industries such as water, electricity and gas services ranks highly on the EU policy agenda. Those systems are claimed to contribute to an increase in the quality of retail services, a reduction of the total cost of supply and an improvement in global sustainability.

This CERRE Energy & Climate report discusses policy options available to national governments and regulators in Europe and also identifies best-practices. Issues include possible organisation patterns for smart metering activities and the role of DSOs, as well as the crucial issue of the choice of an optimal institutional structure has been discussed in depth. Other fundamental questions related to data management and privacy also received particular attention. This included among others the question of how do privacy issues affect the choice of policy options. Finally, the report focuses on how regulatory options should be evaluated in the light of an uncertain world, with potential future innovations.

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Pierre Larouche
Pierre Larouche
Research Fellow
and University of Montréal

Prof. Pierre Larouche holds the chair of Law and Innovation at Université de Montréal, where he also directs the PhD programme on Innovation, Science, Technology and Law.

A graduate of McGill University, Bonn University and Maastricht University and a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, Pierre Larouche was Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg University (Netherlands) from 2002 to 2017. There he founded and directed the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), one of the largest research centres on economic governance. He also conceived and launched the Bachelor Global Law, an innovative law degree inspired by his meta-comparative and inter-disciplinary method. In his capacity as Associate Dean, he led the LL.B. reform at Université de Montréal. Pierre Larouche also taught at the College of Europe (Bruges) (2004-2016), and he has been a guest professor or scholar at McGill University (2002), National University of Singapore (2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013), Northwestern University (2009-2010, 2016-2017), Sciences Po (2012), the University of Pennsylvania (2015) and the Inter-Disciplinary Center (IDC, 2016).

Pierre Larouche’s research centers around economic governance, and in particular how law and regulation struggle to deal with complex phenomena such as innovation. An expert in competition law and civil liability, his works have been cited by the European Court of Justice and the UK Supreme Court, and they have influenced EU policy on electronic communications, competition and standardisation.

Prof. Pierre Larouche holds the chair of Law and Innovation at Université de Montréal, where he also directs the PhD programme on Innovation, Science, Technology and Law.

A graduate of McGill University, Bonn University and Maastricht University and a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, Pierre Larouche was Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg University (Netherlands) from 2002 to 2017. There he founded and directed the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), one of the largest research centres on economic governance. He also conceived and launched the Bachelor Global Law, an innovative law degree inspired by his meta-comparative and inter-disciplinary method. In his capacity as Associate Dean, he led the LL.B. reform at Université de Montréal. Pierre Larouche also taught at the College of Europe (Bruges) (2004-2016), and he has been a guest professor or scholar at McGill University (2002), National University of Singapore (2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013), Northwestern University (2009-2010, 2016-2017), Sciences Po (2012), the University of Pennsylvania (2015) and the Inter-Disciplinary Center (IDC, 2016).

Pierre Larouche’s research centers around economic governance, and in particular how law and regulation struggle to deal with complex phenomena such as innovation. An expert in competition law and civil liability, his works have been cited by the European Court of Justice and the UK Supreme Court, and they have influenced EU policy on electronic communications, competition and standardisation.

Guido Cervigni
Guido Cervigni
Bocconi University

Dr Guido Cervigni is Researcher Director at IEFE, Bocconi University. He is an economist and former regulator, who provides qualitative and quantitative analyses on regulatory and competition-related issues, with a particular focuson energy markets. As a member of the System Operation Expert Group advising the European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), he has been involved in the development of the EU framework guidelines on System Operations. Guido is a former Director at LECG Consulting, Head of Business Development in an energy trading company and Head of Market Development at the Italian Power Exchange. Guido started his career at the Italian Energy Regulatory Authority, where he was Head of the Competition and Markets Division. Guido Cervigni holds a PhD in economics from IEFE, Bocconi University, Milan.

Dr Guido Cervigni is Researcher Director at IEFE, Bocconi University. He is an economist and former regulator, who provides qualitative and quantitative analyses on regulatory and competition-related issues, with a particular focuson energy markets. As a member of the System Operation Expert Group advising the European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), he has been involved in the development of the EU framework guidelines on System Operations. Guido is a former Director at LECG Consulting, Head of Business Development in an energy trading company and Head of Market Development at the Italian Power Exchange. Guido started his career at the Italian Energy Regulatory Authority, where he was Head of the Competition and Markets Division. Guido Cervigni holds a PhD in economics from IEFE, Bocconi University, Milan.

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