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Conference co-organized with the Network of Economic Regulators of OECD
Achieving the green transition will require the profound transformation of the water, energy, e-communications, and transportation sectors, which are typically highly resource intensive and have a significant environmental impact. Governments will need to find the appropriate tools and institutional frameworks to enable this transition. Regulation is one of the key instruments available to government to enable and encourage progress toward environmental goals and, as leading public bodies in the governance of utility sectors, the activities of economic regulators can significantly affect environmental outcomes.
This seminar focused on the potential ‘levers’ economic regulators can employ to contribute to environmental goals and the factors determining the use and success of such functions, including governance arrangements. The seminar explored the importance of regulators’ mandates, powers, functions and consider the varying degree and scope of regulatory intervention across different network sectors. New research from the OECD on this topic shed light on the state of play, whilst representatives from economic regulators across different countries and sectors exchanged their views on the opportunities, barriers and solutions.
Program:
09:00 – Arrival & coffee
09:30 – Welcome remarks
Eric Brousseau, Director of the Governance Regulation Chair and of the Club of Regulators, Dauphine University
09:40 – Keynote
Alexander Roberts, Policy Analyst, OECD
Presentation: The Role of Economic Regulators in the Green Transition - findings from NER surveying - presentation
09:55 – Roundtable 1: Delivering on mandates for sustainability
Focus on regulators with a mandate to directly intervene and following traditional methods – why have mandates been provided, what levers are being employed, what challenges remain, and what solutions?
Speakers:
- Alda Ozola, Chair of the Board at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Latvia
- Gavin Knott, Chief Economic Advisor at the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), Great Britain - presentation
- Elena Gallo, Head of the Water Tariff Unit at the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (ARERA) and Andrea Guerrini, Board member at ARERA - presentation
- Dominique Jamme, Managing Director of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), France - presentation
- Anne Yvrande-Billion, Director of Economic, Market and Digital Affairs French Authority for electronic communications, postal and print media distribution (ARCEP), France - presentation
Open discussion
11:15 - Coffee break
11:25 – Roundtable 2: Alternative approaches for driving sustainability
Focus on regulators without a mandate, what alternative levers and approaches are being employed, what are the barriers, what solutions?
Speakers:
- Luisa Perrotti, Head of European Affairs and International Relations at the Transport Regulation Authority (ART), Italy - presentation
- Lara Connaughton, Sustainability Lead at the Commission for Communications Regulations (ComReg), Ireland
- Nicole Ross, Executive General Manager, Infrastructure Division, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australia - presentation
Open discussion
12:25 – Concluding remarks
