Legal and Regulatory Challenges in the Development of 'Smart Electricity System' in Finland

Climate change mitigation targets push forward drastic changes in electricity systems and cause new challenges for electricity market actors. Smart grids are commonly seen to support the solving of these future challenges. This article focuses on the question, how smart grid and smart electricity sy...

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Published in:Renewable energy law and policy 2016-12, Vol.7 (3), p.7-24
Main Authors: Sunila, Kanerva, Järventausta, Pertti, Ekroos, Ari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Climate change
Climate change mitigation
Commercial regulation
Demand side management
Economic regulation
Electric power distribution
Electrical grids
Electricity
Energy
Energy efficiency
Energy policy
Energy resources
Environmental regulation
Flexibility
Legislation
Markets
Regulation
Regulatory legislation
Smart grid
Smart grid technology
Smart grids
Systems development
Tariffs
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Summary:Climate change mitigation targets push forward drastic changes in electricity systems and cause new challenges for electricity market actors. Smart grids are commonly seen to support the solving of these future challenges. This article focuses on the question, how smart grid and smart electricity system development have been integrated as targets to the Finnish electricity market legislation. Electricity distribution system operators (DSOs) are expected to carry the main burden in the smart grid development, so the focus will be in the regulation and legislation applied to them. However, smart grids only are not enough to create smart electricity system, but also smart markets are needed. As the encouraging elements in regulation for both smart grids and smart markets seem to be currently inadequate, a certificate system for smart grids will be suggested.
ISSN:1869-4942
2190-8265
2190-8265
DOI:10.4337/relp.2016.03.01