Join this webinar as it presents the ongoing research of the U2Demo project on mapping and comparing the legal and regulatory framework for the development of open-source peer-to-peer energy sharing platforms
The U2Demo project (Use of open-source P2P energy sharing platforms for energy democratization), funded by the European Union’s Horizon Innovation Actions, is developing an innovative software to enable P2P energy sharing as management strategies, facilitating widespread participation of active consumers within Energy Communities. For that purpose, there is a need of mapping the complexities of the legal and regulatory framework at the EU and Member States levels. At EU level, since the Clean Energy Package, the EU regulation have enabled active consumers to jointly self-consume and P2P (Peer-to-peer) trade energy within or without Energy Communities (ECs). The reforms brought by the new Electricity Market Design inserted specific rules for energy sharing, adding a layer of rules for energy sharing activities. At Member States level, divergencies in the transpositions of these EU legislations for enabling P2P sharing increases complexity, such as the different allocation of duties and responsibilities of a variety of market players (e.g., members, sharing organizers, traditional suppliers, DSOs).
The webinar aims to present the final report led by the Florence School of Regulation and conducted within the U2Demo project. FSR leads the task for mapping and comparing the legal and regulatory framework that enables the development of consumer-centric models for energy sharing and P2P trading within energy communities, starting from the EU legislation and digging into its transposition in the national jurisdiction of four Member States, namely, Italy, Portugal, Belgium (Flanders), and the Netherlands.
Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Innovation Actions under grant agreement no. 101160684. Views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.