TELP#001: Dr. Wolfgang Urbantschitsch, E-Control Austria, Executive Director

In today's episode, I am thrilled to have Dr. Wolfgang Urbantschitsch, Executive Director of E-Control Austria, as our special guest. Amongst other topics, we will be exploring the role of national regulatory authorities in energy markets. According to the electricity market directive and the gas market directive, each Member State shall designate a single regulatory authority at national level. Further, Member States shall guarantee the independence of the regulatory authority and shall ensure that it exercises its powers impartially and transparently – key requirements that sometimes even challenge the Members States` constitutional framework. Lots of fun with this episode!The interview took place on 20 November 2023.Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT): https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/law/departments/tiltMax Baumgart: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/staff/m-baumgartLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxbaumgart/This first season of “The Energy Law Podcast” was made possible with funds of the Dutch Starter Grant program, awarded by Tilburg University for Max Baumgart`s project “Transformation processes in European and national economic law: Energy law as law of socio-technical change”. A special thanks for production support goes out to Marc Ohrendorf from “Irgendwas mit Recht”.