Director, Office of Energy Regulation (Energiekamer), Netherlands

Track D,  Session 15

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Peter Plug (1969) is Director of the Office of Energy Regulation, and, since March 1st, 2009, is also acting Director of the Office of Transport Regulation of the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa). He has been employed with the NMa since December 2003. In his first two years, he was the acting Director of the Office of Energy Regulation, and has been the Director since November 1st, 2005.
Prior to his tenure at the Office of Energy Regulation, Mr. Plug worked for Dutch management consultancy firm Berenschot as a consultant and manager Privatization and the Free Market, working on complex research and advisory projects in which private and public interests meet each other.
Mr. Plug holds a master’s degree in public administration, cum laude (Leiden University), and has studied political science at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and also Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Many of his publications concern the subjects of the free-market system, privatization, and relations between politicians and officials.

ABSTRACT SUMMARY

"Regulatory Mode Decision-making"

The liberalisation and integration of energy markets was primarily focused on improving efficiency. In the last years, the focus has shifted to include security of supply and more recently also sustainability of the energy supply chain. In order to achieve a higher level of decision effectiveness, democratic legitimacy and transparency in the European gas and electricity market integration process a more structured approach for regulatory mode decision-making is required. Best practices are derived from European gas and electricity cases and recommendations for future regulatory decision-making are made.