In its latest newsletter, the CRE [French Energy Regulatory Commission] provided an update on the 2019-2020 storage capacity auctions and published the storage compensation tariff component (‘storage compensation’) value applicable from 1 April 2019. The entirety of the natural gas storage capacity put up for auction was subscribed. The CRE underlined the success of the […]

[This article was based on information available as of January 18, 2019 and the EPP has since been published. And its content is consistent with what we anticipated …] After some delays and hesitations, on 27 November 2018, the French government presented the path for the multi-year energy programme (programmation pluriannuel de l’énergie, PPE). However, this

The Programmation Pluriannuelle de l’Énergie [multi-annual energy programing] (PPE) was finally presented by the Minister for Ecological and Solidarity-based Transition, François de Rugy, on 27 November. It has established the priorities for action to be undertaken by public authorities for the 2019-2023 and 2024-2028 periods. Several objectives were announced and/or confirmed, including, in particular, ‘turning our

At this stage, we are used to watching the State intervene in the electricity market, from the side of supply as well as demand. In production, the massive subsidy for renewable energies, the emission allowance trading system (EU ETS), the aid provided to the industry through cogeneration support mechanisms (CHP) and other mechanisms which are

On March 14th, Chancellor Angela Merkel was elected to a fourth term in office and will head a new grand coalition (Grosse Koalition – GroKo) between her conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). After four months of coalitions and negotiations, the new German government admits it will miss its 2020 climate targets