Study Group: Energy / Utilities Experts: Legal, Economic, and Regulatory Affairs (Spain)
Council Members in this Study Group: 31
This study group may include professors, attorneys, former regulatory officers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as law and litigation issues, lobbying, policy and government, elections, antitrust, immigration, intellectual property, and legislation, among others.
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
- Sebastian Mariz
Managing Partner
EPPA
Sebastian Mariz is a Managing Partner at EPPA España, a management consultancy specialized in European and Spanish policy and legislation, with over 14 years of experience lobbying in Spain. EPPA España works with clients in a wide range of sectors. Our...
Miguel BunuelExecutive President
EnvEco ConsultingDr. Miguel Buñuel is the Executive President of EnvEco Consulting based in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Buñuel has over 19 years of consulting and researching experience on energy, environmental and natural resource economics and policy, public economics, taxation,...
- Alex Madlinger
Director of Technical Services
NETWORK BUILDING & CONSULTING INC
Alex Madlinger is the Director of Technical Services for NEO Solutions, LLC (NEO), a Network Building & Consulting, LLC (NB&C) company. As Director, Mr. Madlinger has operational responsibility for the core services of NEO, which include wireless network...
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What do hedge funds and venture capture bring to society.
April 27, 2009
Analysis by: Sebastian Mariz, Managing Partner,Industry attacks draft EU hedge-fund bill | www.euractiv.com
This article is important because it shows that regulation of the hedge fund and private equity sectors is imminent and could seriously curtail investment opportunities and decisions unless the sector acts fast. Furthermore, the article proves that the debate on the hedge fund and private equity sector is being monopolised by the left and by a limited group of EU countries as an escape goat for all the evils of the current financial and economic crisis. The sector is reacting but seems to have quickly fallen into the trap of arguing against the contents of the proposed Directive and not against the Directive itself and the logic behind it.
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The purchase of Union Fenosa by Gas Natural is going to be slightly delayed
February 4, 2009
Analysis by: Miguel Bunuel, Executive President,Retraso para Gas en la CNC | www.enervia.com
1) Nothing seems likely to avoid that the CNC finally approves the purchase of Unión Fenosa by Gas Natural. What remains to know is how deep the CNC is going to get into mandating Gas Natural to make disinvestments, but we shouldn’t expect that the CNC requires large ones. The CNC cannot hurt the building of a stronger Spanish energy company, especially strong in the gas market. 2) ACS is going to have to wait a little bit more to get the money that it needs to fight for the control of Iberdrola… an interesting battle to come with an unpredictable outcome.
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More news on the Spanish Photo Voltaic (PV) solar market
February 4, 2009
Analysis by: Miguel Bunuel, Executive President,Incredible growth in Spanish solar energy market spells good and bad news for PV industry | www.solarplaza.com
1) Again, it’s clear that the new feed-in tariff still makes investing in PV solar in Spain a profitable business. 2) The sector is going to be paralyzed a little bit longer, until promoters know that their facilities have been approved.
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February 3, 2009
Analysis by: Miguel Bunuel, Executive President,Red contra el viento | www.enervia.com
1) The need for a thicker power grid that keeps us safe from power blackouts is obvious in many countries, including Spain. REE’s investment plans of thickening the grid in Spain, and interconnecting France and Spain through other points, should be completed as projected before the current financial crisis. 2) Social rejection to the construction of new power lines from some people (die-hard ecologists and others) is against sustainable development. 3) The growth of renewable energy production is also good news for REE’s investment plans, since it requires that those plans are completed as projected.
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The cooling of the Spanish PV solar market will lead to sustainable growth of the PV industry
February 3, 2009
Analysis by: Miguel Bunuel, Executive President,Incredible growth in Spanish solar energy market spells good and bad news for PV industry | www.solarplaza.com
1) The reduction in the feed-in tariff still makes investing in PV solar in Spain a profitable business; the demand for new facilities is much higher than the new allowed quotas. 2) Previous growth in the Spanish PV industry was unsustainable. It's good news that the market is cooled down to a sustainable path. 3) The new regulation will foster cost-reducing R+D, and we’ll get faster to the point where government support is no longer needed.
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Law Firm (general practice/large)
- Professional or Industry Association*
- Lobbying Firm
- Academic Institution*
- Think Tank
- Policy or Political Consulting Firm
- Advocacy Group or Issue Focused
- Wind Turbine Manufacturer
- Academic / Think Tank Institution (ei)
- Law Firm (Boutique / Specialized)
- Wind Farm Developer (ei)
- Consulting Firm (ei)
- Industry Association (ei)
- Economic Consulting Firm
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Partner
- Professor
- Attorney
- Principal
- Consultant
- Lobbyist
- Manager
- Director
- Researcher
- Operations Executive
- Economist