Five questions on the ‘state of the art’

Vanda Cascão, Projects – Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources practice partner, contributes to the “Energy Law in Portugal: five questions on the state of the art” published by the Science Institute for Statutory Policies, and by the Public Law Investigation Centre, coordinated by Lisbon’s University Law Faculty.

Vanda Cascão answers to these five questions: Do you consider the current Portuguese regulatory framework to be an incentive to investment in the energy sector?, How would you describe the Portuguese legal framework concerning the promotion of energy efficiency?, Renewable energy: direct aid to investment, incentives for placing energy on the network (“feed-in tariffs”) or the free market only conditioned by the impact of the carbon tax?, Green taxation reform should serve to relieve taxation imposed on other sectors or to increase the overall level of tax revenue?, How do the Portuguese rules on carbon taxation compare with the goals set by the European Union and with the legal framework of the other Member States?, in this publication that gathers specialists on Energy Law from different law firms.