Once transitions progress beyond the start-up phase, niche technologies diffuse more widely to generate important knock-on effects in a focal sector. This entails a need for moving beyond niches to embrace a 'whole system perspective'. In the power sector, this perspective puts electricity networks in a more central position. This paper analyses how the governance of power networks is challenged by the energy transition. We integrate insights from network regulation and transition studies to propose a framework for understanding such challenges. With this framework we assess recent regulatory innovations in Norway. The paper shows how the regulatory toolbox can be amended to tackle innovation and transition. The Norwegian case shows that the regulator has taken up the energy transition challenges. It also shows the difficulties of making these new instruments effective, including the tension between a regulatory cost-efficiency focus on the one hand, and transformative change on the other.

一旦过渡阶段超过了启动阶段，利基技术就会更加广泛地传播，从而在焦点领域产生重要的连锁效应。这就需要超越壁ni，拥抱“整个系统的观点”。在电力部门，这种观点使电网处于更加中心的位置。本文分析了能源过渡对电网治理的挑战。我们将网络监管和过渡研究的见解进行整合，以提出一个理解此类挑战的框架。通过这个框架，我们评估了挪威最近的法规创新。本文展示了如何修改监管工具箱以应对创新和转型。挪威的案例表明，监管机构已经承担了能源转型的挑战。