Launch of the 2025 Edition of the Maria Cristina Portugal Award



Applications for the 2025 Maria Cristina Portugal Award are now open!

The 2025 edition of the Maria Cristina Portugal Award (PMCP), promoted by RELOP, seeks to honor the best technical article dedicated to “Energy Sustainability.” The goal is to recognise and reward scientific texts or articles authored by professionals from RELOP member organisations.

Objectives of the Award

The competition aims to stimulate the production, dissemination, and recognition of scientific literature in Portuguese, relevant to the sector. It also seeks to strengthen the exchange of knowledge and innovative practices among professionals.

Eligibility Criteria

Language: The texts must be written in Portuguese.

Therefore, to know more information consult this article in portuguese.

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Meet the Winner of the Previous Edition

Maria Cristina Portugal, lawyer by education, held positions of merit in the energy sector in the past years. Maria passed away on September 8th of 2021.

Maria Cristina was the President of the Board of Directors for the Energy Services Regulatory Authority in Portugal – ERSE, since 2017, where she also held positions such as Member of the ERSE Board of Directors and President of the Tariff Council for 15 years.

Before stepping into her roles at ERSE, Maria Cristina was Vice-President of the Consumers Institute and also took on the role of Member of the European Commission’s expert network for a Common Framework of Reference in European Contract Law, where she previously held the position of technical advisor and Member for the Reform of Consumer Law and the Consumer Code; before that, she was a member of the Lisbon District Council of the Portuguese Bar Association.

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