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Call for Papers: OGEL Special Issue on the "Sector Integration and EU Energy Law"

27 February 2024

Update 2025: the call for papers is closed, but the topic(s) remain of interest. Proposals to info@ogel.org.

OGEL Energy Law Journal (OGEL, ISSN 1875-418X, www.ogel.org) invites submissions for a Special issue focusing on 'Sector Integration and EU Energy Law'. The editor for this issue is Dr. Kanerva Sunila (Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd).

Clean energy transition requires efficient interoperability of different parts of the energy system. In particular, electrification and power-to-X solutions have been considered important in achieving energy and climate targets. Sector integration has been promoted in energy politics for several years, but how does energy law cope with the concept? Different energy carriers are often regulated by different legislation, and there is evidently a risk that the legislation maintains sectoral silos.

During the past year, the EU legislators have adopted several pieces of legislation under the Fit for 55 package, and electricity and hydrogen market packages are on their way. How is sector integration addressed in the new EU energy legislation? Does the legislation create barriers or facilitate new solutions linking different energy carriers, or energy users and producers in a new way? Is electricity sector legislation fit for purpose, if electrification takes off and electricity sector's role further increases? Are different targets regarding e.g. the use of renewable or low carbon energy paving the way for sector integration?

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• electrification and power-to-X solutions
• gas sector
• heating and cooling
• transport and fuels
• energy communities
• flexibility
• energy and data
• mechanisms to ensure linkage between different sectors
• etc.

Submit a brief outline of the paper at your earliest convenience to the Guest Editor:

Please CC info@ogel.org when making your submission.

Articles accepted for publication before this deadline will also go through OGEL's advance publication process, allowing your work to reach its target audience as soon as the paper completes the peer review and editing process.

The minimum word count of articles should be 5000 words (excluding footnotes, endnotes, appendices, tables, summary, etc.). Articles should include summaries (150-200 words). The preferred referencing style is the Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). See OSCOLA Quick Reference Guide. The layout of the articles should conform to OGEL's submission guidelines available at: www.ogel.org/contribute.asp (more information available upon request).

Feel free to forward this call for papers to colleagues who may be interested in contributing to the special issue.

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