Andris Piebalgs on EU Gas Policy

Andris Piebalgs is Adviser to the President of La…

An episode of the FSR podcast, hosted by Florence School of Regulation, titled "Andris Piebalgs on EU Gas Policy" was published on November 18, 2015 and runs 15 minutes.

November 18, 2015 ·15m · FSR

Summary

Andris Piebalgs is Adviser to the President of Latvia and former Commissioner for Energy (Barroso I) and for Development (Barroso II) and now Senior Fellow at the Florence School of Regulation. Security of gas supply, is there enough security and is there enough supply? How important are long term contracts? An EU external energy policy? An interview by Ilaria Conti, Research and Policy Coordinator from the Florence School of Regulation Recorded 17 November 2015 “There are some security of supply issues that make this topic geopolitical, that make this topic also emotional, and because of all this complexity it is also a very interesting topic” “long term contracts… it is also security of demand, because producers need to invest a lot” “There are two challenges […] for the EU on Long Term Contracts: one is transparency”

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