New RAP paper out. Flexible connection agreements (FCAs) in Europe: Conditional grid access, instead of waiting? Benefits, however, depend entirely on the design, and, if left unregulated, FCAs risk becoming a restrictive tool rather than a connection solution. www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...

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Connection requests for renewable generation, EV chargers, data centres and battery storage are surging across Europe and the grid can't keep up with this

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Base- and Peakload are confusing, even more since demand is not able/willing to shift more toward the cheap office-hours. The image shows the German day-ahead prices for April 30.

IT'S LAUNCH DAY FOR @iea.org #WEO TODAY! These are the things you need to know 🧵

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World Energy Outlook 2025 is out now! 🚨 It shows that as risks multiply in a world thirsty for energy, diversification & cooperation are more urgent than ever. #WEO25 identifies key choices, opportunities & trade-offs for governments ahead. Read more 👉 iea.li/3JrSvlq

Im pv magazine Podcast: Neue Netzentgeltsystematik AgNes, und die Großspeicher: Ein Netzentgelt, das dynamisch für ein netzbelastendes, netzneutrales und netzdienliches Verhalten anfiele...!? www.pv-magazine.de/2025/10/29/p...

pv magazine Podcast: Neue Netzentgeltsystematik AgNes, wie betrifft das die Großspeicher?

Ein Netzentgelt, das dynamisch für ein netzbelastendes, netzneutrales und netzdienliches Verhalten anfiele, könnte Großspeichern und anderen flexiblen Verbrauchern neue Impulse verleihen, ohne bestimm...

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The future energy bill is an electricity bill. This is why we must 'Make Electricity Cheaper' for households, businesses and industry. In our 3rd paper at RAP on this topic, Tom Butler & I look at reducing tax & levies added to electricity prices for industry. tinyurl.com/4z4v5ssd

Making electricity cheaper: Modernising taxes and levies to incentivise electrification of industrial heat

RAP experts Sem Oxenaar and Tom Butler look at the state of electricity and gas prices for industry and the impact of reducing taxes and levies.

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⚡ Europe’s clean energy transition can only move as fast as its electricity grids. But outdated regulation and limited oversight are slowing things down. RAP and @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social propose two urgent reforms for national governments to make grids fit for the energy transition.👇

Make Electricity Cheaper 🔌💡 Or... Kill (the Power) Bill, right? Reducing electricity costs because we can, and have to, for affordability and decarbonisation. A new @regassistproj.bsky.social series launched yesterday. 1/3

Two new reports by RAP are out today! 1️⃣Making Electricity Cheaper: 8 Priority Actions shows concrete steps Europe can take to make electricity cheaper, strengthen energy security, and power up competitiveness. Read more ⬇️ www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce... #electrification #energy #energytransition

Making electricity cheaper: RAP's eight priority actions

RAP identifies 8 priority actions to make electricity cheaper for European industry, businesses & households in the short, medium & long-term.

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ACER: Electricity system operators’ bidding zone study significantly underestimates the benefits of reshaping Europe’s bidding zones. - By end of October, MS have to decide whether to amend the current bidding zones... www.acer.europa.eu/news/electri...

New in the Power System Blueprint: "Aligning business models with public interest" by @patozsu.bsky.social. Revenue regulation needs to evolve to serve both consumers and climate goals. Smarter use of existing grids can cut costs and reduce the need for large-scale buildout. 🔗 bit.ly/4nd6Ekn

Aligning business models with public interest — Rethinking revenue regulation for network companies: A Power System Blueprint deep dive

This Power System Blueprint deep dive examines how revenue regulation needs to evolve to better align with both consumer interests and climate goals.

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Die Netze werden ausgebaut, die Entgelte steigen – die Entwicklung beeinflussen, kann auch die Verteilung der #Netzkosten. Diese will die Bundesnetzagentur mit #AgNes angehen. Das erste Diskussionspapier ist ein Anfang, findet @andreasjahn.bsky.social 👉 t1p.de/mm9oy @regassistproj.bsky.social

How can we electrify industrial heat and at the same time unlock valuable flexibility for the grid? Electro-thermal energy storage (ETES) might just be the answer: New policy brief together with @elianpusceddu www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce... #energysky

Flexing industrial muscle: Electrifying process heat with electro-thermal energy storage

European industry is a very large user of heat: around 1,900 TWh each year for a range of low- to high-temperature processes. Electrification of this RAP analyses the opportunities and benefits associ...

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Fascinating map by Elecore showing how much a V2G-capable electric school bus could make in different locations under PG&E's Hourly Flex Pricing Pilot(*) in California elecore-pge-hourly-flex-value-by-circuit-117127167779.us-east1.run.app via www.linkedin.com/posts/elecor...

Smart EV charging isn’t just a tech upgrade. It’s also a cost-saving, emissions-cutting tool that benefits drivers, grids and the planet. Read our latest report on the subject, "How to unlock benefits from smart EV charging: Key lessons from a global study." www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...

How to unlock benefits from smart EV charging: Key lessons from a global study

This global guide from RAP summarizes key insights from four case studies to estimate the benefits of smart EV charging.

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The German grid fee debate is mostly about distributional effects while the problem is the missing cost reflexivity. The methodology to address an affordable grid infrastructure can supported by the long-run marginal cost pricing.

Regulatory Assistance Project@regassistproj.bsky.social · last yr.

A new paper by @regassistproj.bsky.social and Technische Hochschule Ingostadt looks at longterm marginal costs and how, together with price signals from the wholesale electricity market, they can benefit the overall system. (Paper in German.) bit.ly/43kkkTS @andreasjahn.bsky.social

Dynamische Netzentgelte müssen zur Grundlage werden, damit wir die bestehenden Netze optimal nutzen und somit unnötige Kosten für alle Netzkunden vermeiden können.

Tagesspiegel Background@tspbackground.bsky.social · last yr.

Für ein effizientes #Stromsystem sind Änderungen an der #Entgelt-Logik unumgänglich, schreiben Anke Weidlich (Uni Freiburg) und @andreasjahn.bsky.social (RAP). #Netzentgelte sollten aus ihrer Sicht die tatsächlichen Grenzkosten widerspiegeln und effiziente #Preissignale senden 👉 lmy.de/jXGcL

💡 New from RAP: “Why wait for the next energy crisis? Enjoy the benefits of flexibility today.” The U.S. can take a cue from the EU, where recent policies have driven a 250% increase in residential smart tariffs. Shawn Enterline, @vermontdcf.bsky.social and @jaapburger.eu explain: bit.ly/3EjHMqu

Why wait for the next energy crisis? Enjoy the benefits of flexibility today

Europe has been paving the way to greater residential demand flexibility since 2018, and according to RAP’s recent survey, residential smart tariff

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Flexible Netzanschlussverträge wirken, zumindest in den Niederlanden. Wann ziehen die deutschen Netzbetreiber nach?

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The Dutch electricity grids seem to be half empty again today: TSO TenneT is making 9 GW of additional capacity available for non-firm connection agreements. This is huge: for comparison, the current peak demand on the Dutch grid is 19 GW. www.tennet.eu/nl/nieuws/te...

FLEXIBILITY FOR ALL: Since Apr 1 2025, all distribution network operators in Germany are required to offer variable grid fees for controllable consumers (think heat pumps, EVs, batteries). Animation illustrates this for a typical day. Red: high tariffs Blue: low tariffs 🧵

Electric vehicles can help power grids and save money in Europe. 🚗🔌 #SmartCharging With the @regassistproj.bsky.social, we launched a new study on the cost savings of smart charging for power grids in Europe. Here are our key findings 👇

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How the world’s EV capital is reacting to Elon Musk’s meltdown

Norway led the world in demonstrating that beginning the shift from fossil to electric is possible - maybe it will lead the world in showing how you do it without enabling Elon Musk.

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In @euractiv.com my colleague @andreasjahn.bsky.social warns: "In the long-term, the damage to prices will be much greater, because activating the coal reserves would unsettle investors and drive up cost of new power plants." #stateaid www.euractiv.com/section/eet/... @nkurmayer.bsky.social 3/3

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Weiterentwicklung statt Abbau des ersten Berliner Kiezblocks

Ich bitte mit dieser Petition zudem alle Lichtenberger Parteien des demokratischen Lagers, sich von der medialen Verzerrung  in den letzten Monaten nicht blenden zu lassen. Kehren Sie bitte wiede...

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💡New Power System Blueprint deep dive out today!💡 Dominic Scott and @patozsu.bsky.social take a look anticipatory investments. In the deep dive, the authors propose a revitalised regulatory framework to unlock anticipatory investments to the benefit of consumers. www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...

Revitalising regulation to guide anticipatory investment: A Power System Blueprint deep dive - Regulatory Assistance Project

This deep dive, part of our Power System Blueprint, presents a revitalised regulatory framework to unlock anticipatory investments to the benefit of consumers.

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Wir haben ein Konzept zur Weiterentwicklung der Erneuerbaren-Förderung entwickelt: den „marktöffnenden CfD“. Er vereint die Vorteile staatlich abgesicherter CfDs mit den Vorteilen marktorientierter PPAs für einen effizienten EE-Ausbau. Link zur Studie: www.agora-energiewende.de/fileadmin/Pr...

Study commissioned by the Dutch government finds annual welfare gains of €2.1-2.5bn of 2 German bidding zones) to €4-4.6bn (4 🇩🇪). Splitting Netherlands bidding zone into 2: €0.2-0.3 bn. CO2e reductions in the power sector: 4 to 6-7 Mt (2 or 4 DE), 0.5 Mt (2 NL) www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/p...

Natürlich ist es ein Putsch Wer das Offensichtliche übersieht, verliert seine Republik Timothy Snyder "Stellen Sie sich vor, es wäre folgendermaßen abgelaufen. Zehn Tesla-Cybertrucks, in Tarnfarben lackiert und mit einem riesigen X auf jedem Dach, fahren lautstark durch Washington DC. 1/

Of course it’s a coup

Miss the obvious, lose your republic

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HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why more and more cities shut down their gas networks. Article by me @ecioxford.bsky.social @cisl.cam.ac.uk and @ckemfert.bsky.social @diw.de in Handelsblatt today. www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/gast...

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🇳🇴 Norway's first full month of car sales data for 2025 (January) is in: 95.8% 🎉. Remember, this is the year the country aims to reach only fully electric new cars - a target set in 2016 (when the share was 15.7%, slightly down on the previous year). elbil.no/om-elbil/elb...