Electricity
	Gas
	CO2 and other emissions
	Renewables
	UK and Ireland
	Central and Northern Europe
	Southern Europe
	Eastern Europe
	United States
	Rest of the world

Policy and regulation

Pöyry Energy has advised clients on the commercial impact of regulatory and policy aspects of competitive electricity and gas markets. This expertise goes back to the start of the UK electricity markets - England & Wales (E&W), Scotland and Northern Ireland - in 1990, and then the new gas market in Great Britain with its inception in 1996. Since then Pöyry Energy has applied this expertise in Western Europe - Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Ireland in particular, increasingly advising on the structure of these markets.

Liberalised energy markets typically (but not always) have industry-specific regulatory frameworks, rather than being covered only by general legislation. A regulatory framework might include industry-specific legislation, an industry-specific regulator, a licensing framework and a set of core industry documents.