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Smart Grids for saving energy and protecting the environment - the role of regulation

Wednesday 9th December 2009, Copenhagen
Official side event of COP-15  
 

Europe's energy regulators hosted an official side-event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen.  The event highlighted that electricity Smart Grids and "smart regulation" can help implement climate change objectives.  Panellists presented smart grid experiences from the EU (Una Shortall, CEER and Per Hallberg, Eurelectric), US (Mrs. Dian Grueneich,Californian regulator) and China(Mr. Fuqiang Yang, WWF China).

The development of zero and low-carbon emitting electricity generation will play a key role in meeting climate change objectives. But, today’s electricity transmission and distribution networks were not built to properly integrate the large amounts of this new generation or the demand (customer) response needed.

Should we simply fix what's broken, as we reinforce the electricity grid to take account of climate change actions, or should we prepare for a smarter future?  In short, electricity grids must evolve into Smart Grids.

Smart electricity grids help fight climate change by requiring grid operators to make use of technologies and solutions to better plan and run their electricity grids; intelligently controlling generation (including facilitating a higher penetration of renewables) and enabling new energy services, and a better consumer response either in terms of better managing consumption or acting as producers themselves (see FactSheet for some concrete examples such as plug-in electrical vehicles). 

The FactSheet also explains what smart grids are (and are not), how they relate to smart metering and how smart grids (when combined with smart regulation) can help meet the EU's climate change objective.

For further information on what energy egulators are doing on smart grids and climate change:
at EU level: see  www.energy-regulators.eu
at international level: see www.icer-regulator.net

Thanks to the Danish Government, COP-15 delegates could avail of a free taxi service in electrical vehicles from Bella centre, Copenhagen for the duration of the COP-15 conference (see photos).


  
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Agenda   
Adobe Portable Document Format  Publish Date: 10-DEC-2009 04:59 PM  Document Size: 34651 bytes

How smart grids can help meet Europe's climate change targets - the drivers, solutions and regulatory challenges   
Presentation by Mrs Una Shortall - Deputy Secretary General, Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)
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The Californian approach to smart grid policy - a regulatory perspective   
Presentation by Mrs Dian M. Grueneich - Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
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Smart electricity grids in a context of sustainable development objectives – the industry perspective   
Presentation by Mr Per Hallberg – Chairman, WG Smart Grids/ Networks of the Future, the Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)
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CEER Fact Sheet on Smart GridsCEER Fact Sheet on Smart Grids    
Adobe Portable Document Format  Publish Date: 11-DEC-2009 12:20 PM  Document Size: 213187 bytes
         
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