Distinguished Scholar Award

ICER has established its Distinguished Scholar Awards with a view to contributing to an increased reflection on energy regulation policy issues. These Awards acknowledge important contributions made to enhance electricity and gas regulation around the world. In order to promote a broad consideration of the issues and to ensure the applicability of the papers to ICER’s diverse membership, ICER will select two recipients for the Distinguished Scholar Award, based on the following categories: 1) impact on developing countries; and 2) “next” practices.

The Distinguished Scholar Awards are given out every three years, in conjunction with the World Forum on Energy Regulation (WFER). The Call for Articles, which outlines the submission process, is posted approximately 18 months prior to WFER.

2023

Winner of the Impact on Developing Countries category:

Winner: Dr. Charly Gatete, Economist Expert, ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA)
Paper: Competitiveness and Sustainability of Electricity Markets in the ECOWAS Region: Evolution of Reforms, Regulations Challenge and Markets Integration

Winner of Next Practices category:

Winners: Marcio Andrey Roselli (Lead Author), André Luiz Veiga Gimenes, Miguel Edgar Morales Udaeta and Eduardo Crestana Guardia
Paper: Pricing for Distributed Energy Resources

2018 Theme: Regulating in a Time of Innovation: Empowered Consumers, Dynamic Markets and Sustainable Infrastructure

Winner of the Impact on Developing Countries category:

Winners: Juan A. B. Belt (Lead Author), Nicolas Allien, Bahman Kashi, and Jay Mackinnon, Limestone Analytics with Copenhagen Consensus Center
Paper: Cost Benefit Analysis of Power Sector Reform in Haiti

Winner of the Next Practices category

Winner: Kenneth W. Costello, Principal Researcher, Energy and Environment, National Regulatory Research Institute
Paper: The Challenges of New Electricity Customer Engagement for Utilities and State Regulators

2015 Award Theme: Creating and Managing Regional Energy Markets

Winners of the Impact on Developing Countries category:

Winners: Katelijn Van Hende, Lecturer, and Carmen Wouters, PhD candidate, both from the School of Energy Resources, University College London, Australia.
Paper: “The Role of Microgrids within Future Regional Electricity Markets”

Winners of the Next Practices category:

Winners: Carlos Battle, Associate Professor; Pablo Rodilla, Researcher; and Paolo Mastropietro, Research Assistant; from the Institute for Research and Technology, Comillas Pontifical University.
Paper: “Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms in the Context of the European Internal Energy Market”