I Annual RELOP Conference
Energy Regulation in Portuguese Speaking Countries
The first Annual RELOP Conference took place in Lisbon, on the 29th of may 2008, on the occasion of the creation of the Association of Energy Regulators in Portuguese Speaking Countries, dedicated to the topic “Energy Regulation in Portuguese Speaking Countries”.
Throughout the last decade the economic regulation was the driving element of the administrative organization model’s deep transformation, with obvious repercussions on the design of the energy sector, promoting the market openness and competition, rationality and efficiency of operation, with relevant benefits to consumers, regarding quality of service and protection in relation to prices and tariffs.
The development and deepening of the economic regulation followed different paths according to each country’s specificities, namely in terms of economic organization, the characteristics and structure of its energy sector and its economic and geographical dimension.
The exchange of experience between countries that naturally followed different regulamentary paths, but share a common patrimony – the portuguese language – justifies the creation, given he benefits that it presents to all parties, of a supranational associative entity, with the primary goal of building a platform for cooperation, technical training and exchange of knowledge and information, and promotion of future initiatives.
