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Radical Innovation in the Electricity Sector

 

Innovation in the electricity sector is beginning to challenge traditional business models of providing households with electricity.

In June 2017 the OECD held a discussion to explore possible implications for competition agencies from innovations such as: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) electricity trading between consumers; electricity service companies (ESCOs, or multi-utility service companies, MUSCOs) that sell energy not by the KWh but as a service (e.g. lighting) which they seek to make energy efficient to reduce costs; third party demand aggregators that sell demand-side responses to grid operators in exchange for discounts for their customers; and transmission operators investing in creating ‘super-grids’.

The discussion looked at whether regulation is keeping pace with change, and, what the impact on the activities of competition agencies might be.  All related presentations and papers can be found on this page.

 

SEE ALSO

» OECD Handbook on Competition Policy in the Digital Age

» Full list of Competition Policy Roundtables

SESSION INFORMATION

INVITED EXPERTS AND PAPERS

Frank WOLAK Bio
Professor of Economics at Stanford University and
Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development presenting
» Efficient Pricing: The Key to Unlocking Radical Innovation in the Electricity Sector

Saskia LAVRIJSSEN Bio
Professor of Economic Regulation and Governance of Network Industries at Tilberg University (Netherlands) and the Centre on Regulation in Europe presenting:
» Power to the energy consumers
» Radical Innovation in the Energy Sector and the Impact on Regulation 

Lawrence ORSINI Bio
Founder and CEO of LO3 Energy, US

Pallas AGTERBERG
Director of Strategy at Alliander, Netherlands presenting
How to manage upcoming challenges in the electricity market?

Brian MOTHERWAY Bio
Head of Energy Efficiency Division, International Energy Agency

OTHER PAPERS

The Transformation of the Electricity Sector in Australia: The Public Policy and Competition Policy Issues, Paper by Dr Darryl Biggar

DOCUMENTS AND LINKS

Executive summary with key findings • Synthèse et points clefs de la discussion

Summary of the discussion • Compte rendu détaillé

 

New energy in the electricity sector by OECD's Chris Pike

Electricity: Renewables and Smart Grids, 2010

Energy Security and Competition Policy, 2007

Competition Issues in the Electricity Sector, 2002

OECD Centre for Green Finance Investment

PRESENTATIONS

 

FURTHER READING

 

RELATED MATERIAL

OECD Handbook on Competition Policy in the Digital Age

The future is brightness as a service  

IEA Energy efficiency market report 2016  ‌

Blockchain – an opportunity for energy producers and consumers? 

Indigo advisory group block chain interactive map 

Solar experiment lets neighbors trade energy among themselves 

Understanding Peer-to-Peer, Blockchain, and Transactive energy 

An 'Uber for Electricity': Institutional theory for a platform model in an historically regulated industry  

Business model innovation in electricity supply markets: The role of complex value in the United Kingdom 

Enrolling with a demand response aggregator 

The power cutters shaking up Britain’s energy markets 

Mapping demand response in Europe today 2015 

The Rise of HVDC and promise of supergrids ‌

Empowering electricity consumers in retail and whole markets 

A Revolution in power: Where we’ve come from, Where we’re headed 

 

   

Access the full list of Competition Policy Roundtables

Link to the OECD Competition Home Page 

 

 

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