Energy communities are developing in Europe and are at the heart of the recent EU directives on renewable energy and the internal market. Nevertheless, the diversity of their legal, organizational and even technical forms calls into question their integration into the current electricity regime. The objective of this session will be to question the forms of organization of these communities and their interaction with the sector's regulation. What are the political, legal and economic developments surrounding this emergence in the context of the energy transition?

Chairman: Thomas REVERDY,Grenoble-INP
Discussing speaker: Beatrice COINTE, CNRS-Mines Paris Tech
The power of energy communities — shifting towards a just and/or sustainable energy system, Natascha Van Bommel / Eindhoven University of Technology
Communautés ou communautarisme ? Mise en perspective des controverses liées à la mise en place de l'autoconsommation collective en France, Thibaut Fonteneau / Université Grenoble Alpes
Refaire de l'énergie : les épreuves de nouveaux entrants « citoyens » dans la production d'électricité, Arnaud ASSIE / Université Paris Est
Le plan d'actionnariat des consommateurs (PAC) -Prototype de la communauté d'énergie renouvelable, Jens LOWITZSCH / Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (version française)