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Conceptual Modeling in Support of Economic and Regulatory Viability Assessment - A Reality Check on the Example of Developing an Energy Community

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Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing (EDOC 2023)

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Abstract

This paper offers an assessment of the extent to which conceptual modeling can be used for a conjoint assessment of regulatory and economic viability of new projects in the electricity sector, with a particular focus on developing energy communities. To this end, we establish a set of challenges resulting out of a confrontation of, on the one hand, the observed relevance of conjointly assessing the regulatory and economic viability for electricity sector projects, and on the other hand, the fact that no dedicated efforts exist which explicitly target such a conjoint assessment. Then, using a realistic scenario we show how two selected conceptual modeling languages can be used for a conjoint assessment: Legal GRL, for regulatory viability, and e \(^{3}\) value, for economic viability. Finally, we discuss lessons learned from our experience, among others, a need for a taxonomy for energy sector specific regulation and the use of value network patterns.

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Notes

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    https://www.rescoop.eu/transposition-tracker-support-schemes. The transposition tracker, initiated by a federation of European energy collectives, reviews the extent to which EU member states have transposed EU-level directives on energy communities into national regulation.

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    https://github.com/JUCMNAV.

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    https://www.thevalueengineers.nl/e3value-tools/.

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    https://www.rescoop.eu/policy/belgium-brussels.

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    Sybren de Kinderen & Rik Eshuis

  2. University of Luxembourg, 2 Avenue de l’Université, 4365, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

    Qin Ma

  3. University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätstrasse 9, 45141, Essen, Germany

    Monika Kaczmarek-Heß

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de Kinderen, S., Ma, Q., Kaczmarek-Heß, M., Eshuis, R. (2024). Conceptual Modeling in Support of Economic and Regulatory Viability Assessment - A Reality Check on the Example of Developing an Energy Community. In: Proper, H.A., Pufahl, L., Karastoyanova, D., van Sinderen, M., Moreira, J. (eds) Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing. EDOC 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14367. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46587-1_12

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