ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE: INCENTIVE-BASED REGULATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR. (Florence school of Regulation, Florence, 22-23 Noviembre 2006)

PRESENTATIONS

MODULE 1- REGULATORY ECONOMICS: THE REGULATION OF MONOPOLIES

* Regulatory Economics: The Regulation of Monopolies. Dr. Viren Ajodhia (TU Delft).

MODULE 2- REGULATORY ACCOUNTING

* Some comments about Regulatory Accounting. Antonio Candela (CNE)

MODULE 3- INCENTIVE-BASED REGULATION OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS NETWORKS

* Economic and technical characteristics of electricity networks. Juan Rivier, (Universidad Pontificia Comillas) * Economic and technical chracteristics of gas networks. Sergio Ascari * Incentive regulation and quality of service: the case of electricity distribution. Juan Rivier (Universidad Pontificia Comillas) * Incentive-based regulation of electricity and gas networks. Dr. Viren Ajodhia (TU Delft) * Regulatory benchmarking: Reference models. Juan Rivier (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)

MODULE 4- INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

* The Norwegian experience with electricity distribution companies. Jon Sagen, (Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) * Yardstick Competition: Italian and Dutch Experiences with distribution utilities. Sergio Ascari * Benchmarking energy networks: the experience of the Netherlands. Robert Haffner (Dte). * Incentive regulation in the UK. Cemil Altin (Ofgem) * Electricity distribution in Brazil. Pedro Antmann (Mercados - Energy Markets International - EMI) * Electricity distribution Regulation and tariff setting in Latin America. Pedro Antmann (Mercados - Energy Markets International - EMI)