The 2024 Mediterranean Energy Regulatory Outlook provides a comprehensive assessment of energy regulation developments in the Mediterranean region. Since the 2022 edition, this update captures recent advancements from MEDREG member countries, reflecting the evolving regulatory landscape.
It introduces a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumer services, enabling consistent comparisons and improvements across the Mediterranean energy sector. This edition also addresses the evolution of sectoral responsibilities among members, including any new sectors they now regulate in response to the energy transition and market demands.
This document provides an overview of the different types of unbundling and the nature of each. It aims to serve as a guide for countries undergoing unbundling efforts in their energy sectors, offering guidance on selecting the most suitable level of unbundling, along with the steps to achieve it.
Particular emphasis is placed on accounting unbundling, as it represents the first step towards the complete unbundling of the sector. Furthermore, the report examines the level of unbundling in the energy markets of the Mediterranean region among MEDREG members.
This document summarises the discussions from the MEDREG High-Level Workshop held in Brussels on 3 December 2024, titled “Shaping the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Market: Progress and Prospects”.
The event brought together policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders from across the Mediterranean region who addressed regional regulatory cooperation, hydrogen and clean technologies as drivers of the sustainable energy transition in the Mediterranean.
This publication summarises the exchanges held during MEDREG 4th Presidents’ Workshop, held on 12 June 2024 in Selinunte, which brought together energy regulators, industry representatives, policymakers and energy stakeholders from across the region to address the evolving energy landscape of the Mediterranean region.
It reports the main highlights and key messages delivered by the panellists on the following aspects:
This report examines the role of national regulatory authorities (NRAs) in promoting market competition in the energy sector, with a particular focus on the development of wholesale markets and the monitoring of electricity and gas markets. It provides an overview of the relevant European Union (EU) regulatory framework and assesses the extent to which NRAs have implemented these provisions in their respective countries.
The report also identifies best practices that can improve the effectiveness of NRAs in promoting market competition and development, such as enhancing transparency and accountability, improving regulatory capacity, strengthening cooperation among NRAs and promoting stakeholder engagement.
Based on our training report on the same subject, this one-page publication illustrates the regulatory powers in action, and provides some tools used in our member countries to improve regulatory compliance. It also invites energy regulators to harness the full potential of newly developed regulations to promote the integration of renewable energy sources, and to accelerate the establishment of the grid of the future, increasing consumer protection, energy security and environmental sustainability.
Based on the MEDREG training titled “Implementation of Regulations: From Legislative Frameworks to Tools of Policy Execution” which took place in Paris in October 2023, this report explores the challenges and opportunities of implementing energy regulations. It examines the use of sanctions and incentives and focuses on specific strategies that the regulators can deploy to promote the development of renewable energy sources. It also offers an understanding on the power of regulators and their ablility to enforce compliance through sanctions along with the best practices for handling complaints. In addition, the report provides some hints on how to enhance regulatory compliance through the use of adequate monitoring tools and how to embrace the texts and the tools to increase the competences.
We express our most sincere thoughts to the Moroccan people and to our dearest colleagues from ANRE - The Moroccan Electricity Regulatory Authority - for the tragic earthquake which struck the country on Friday 8th September. Our deepest and heartfelt prayers go to the ones who lost their life and to their families.
This report covers the discussions held in the MEDREG’s 3rd Presidents' Workshop titled "The Role of a Coherent Regulation in Promoting Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Region" in June 2023. The workshop explored topics such as renewable energy integration, energy efficiency, cross-border interconnections, and regulatory harmonisation. This report provides an overview of the workshop proceedings, key insights, and recommendations that emerged from the discussions, aiming to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on promoting sustainable energy transition in the Mediterranean.
This report is a summary of a workshop which took place on 30 November 2022 in Cairo (Egypt), and which explored the role of regional organisations to accelerate the energy transition while ensuring the security of supply. Drawing on insights from experts from regional organisations, the energy industry, academia, and civil society, the report examines the challenges and opportunities facing regional organisations in designing and implementing regulatory frameworks for sustainable energy systems that can one day tackle the energy transition. Key themes that emerged from the discussions include the need for clear and consistent policy frameworks, stakeholder engagement, innovation and technology, and the potential for regional collaboration.
This document assesses the rules regarding conflict of interest (COI) in the electricity and gas market in the Mediterranean region. It is based on MEDREG’s case studies, which describe the implementation of the rules and plans to manage conflict of interest situations within the national regulatory authority (NRAs) and within the Transmission System Operators and Distribution System Operators.
This document presents the third edition of the Mediterranean outlook, which monitors the evolution of the regulatory framework applied to the energy sector, every two years. The report provides a complete overview about how the national energy sectors are ruled, ranging from independent entities to governmental bodies. Each regulator is analysed according to several dimensions, such as legal status, independence, competences, internal organisation, enforcement, transparency, and accountability. These features are directly linked to the good regulatory principles defined by MEDREG Members which support the development and reinforcement of convergent national regulations, likely to create a fertile environment for investments, competitiveness, and consumer protection.
The MEDREG Family is deeply saddened by the extensive casualties and injuries sustained, as a result of the devastating earthquakes occured last Monday.
Our condolences go to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives or were injured, and our thoughts are with all citizens of the region affected.
We stand in solidarity with our Turkish member, the Energy Market Regulatory Authority EMRA, through our support to its President Mustafa Yilmaz and all his colleagues, in these tragic circumstances.
With sincere sympathy,
MEDREG
This report summarises the discussions and main conclusions of a workshop held in Milan in October 2022 that presented the evolution of the Mediterranean Regulatory outlook.
It includes the contributions of speakers from our Institutional Working Group (INS WG), and from MEDREG’s partners such as Med-TSO, ENEL and REPOWER Italia, which broaden the scope of the discussion, providing the perspectives of TSOs and investors.
This short publication offers some snapshots of the discussions held in the workshop on the Mediterranean Regulatory outlook held in Milan in October 2022.
Shorter than the Workshop Report, it provides the perspectives of regulators, TSOs, market operators and investors on the role of energy regulators for the development of the electricity and gas markets, the energy transition, and the regional market integration.