Energy Policy
Energy policy and the EU Energy Law and Policy Workshop are part of the Loyola de Palacio Energy Policy Programme.
The Loyola de Palacio Energy Policy Programme, created in the honour of Loyola de Palacio who, as Commissioner, played such a crucial role in the field of energy policy, will promote much needed research in this area, mustering academic knowledge and analytical skills in all the social sciences so well represented at the EUI.
The Programme focuses on the connected fields of energy economics, energy law, energy regulation, energy geo-politics, energy sources, public opinion acceptability of energy policies; the EU Energy Regulation, energy and environment; liberalisation and security of supply, the EU Emission Trading Scheme, incentive-based regulation in the energy sector, institutional setting, market power, retail competition, network investments for the internal energy market.
Its objectives are to produce analytical studies; to promote informed discussion of key issues; to provide state-of-the-art training for practitioners. The Programme will engage expertise from across the range of relevant academic disciplines and promote dialogue across the range of stakeholders, practitioners and decision-makers.
The Loyola de Palacio Energy Programme is funded by the contributions from sponsoring companies and is directed by Jean-Michel Glachant.
An annual Workshop on EU Energy Law and Policy has been held at the RSCAS since Autumn 2002. The 7th workshop in September 2008 addressed the topic 'Benefitting from Competition-in the EU's Volatile Energy Markets’.
The series fosters formal and candid discussion, and receives support from leading European law firms. Its programmes are coordinated with the activities of the Florence School of Regulation. The workshop is directed by Peter Cameron, University of Dundee.