A Functional Legal Design for Reliable Electricity Supply

A Functional Legal Design for Reliable Electricity Supply
Author: Hamilcar Pieter Anton Knops
Publisher:
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Because of the unusual technical and economic characteristics of electricity markets, their performance is very sensitive to the formulation of the legal framework. Still, a structured approach to formulating the legal framework has not yet been developed. This book meets this demand.

Research Handbook on International Energy Law

Research Handbook on International Energy Law
Author: Kim Talus
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 698
Release: 2014-04-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1781002207

International energy law is an elusive but important concept. There is no body of law called Šinternational energy law�, nor is there any universally accepted definition for it, yet many specialised areas of international law have a direct relationship

Liberalization of Electricity Markets and the Public Service Obligation in the Energy Community

Liberalization of Electricity Markets and the Public Service Obligation in the Energy Community
Author: Rozeta Karova
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 904114191X

This book presents the first in-depth analysis of the export of the EU electricity acquis, through the imposition of an EU-type regional electricity market (REM) in SEE within the enlargement process. Among other germane issues, the author discusses the following: the suitability of the European model of electricity markets’ liberalization for economies in transition; the use of the Public Services Obligations (PSO) to address the impact of electricity markets liberalization; the use of regulated prices and measures for granting priority rights for cross-border capacity allocation as PSOs; the Court of Justice judgement in Federutility on the sustainability of states’ protection of their different types of customers, including the large businesses; the Energy Community as a step towards a Pan-European Energy Community; the effect of simultaneous national electricity markets liberalization and cross-border regional integration of national electricity markets; and, the interplay between liberalization policy and reforms and the regulatory tools available to address their impact on provision of public services. The author’s proposed rethinking of the public services obligation offers new views on using this tool more effectively and proposes possibilities for its practical implementation through measures such as energy efficiency, allocation of interconnectors’ capacity, transparency, addressing the affordability issue and the protection of vulnerable customers. The book is remarkable for its clear analysis of the policy lessons arising from the export of the idea of liberalized energy markets, and will be welcomed by practitioners, officials, academics and others in energy law and policy for its informative and forward-looking overview of the national and cross-border reforms in the Energy Community framework.

Micro and Local Power Markets

Micro and Local Power Markets
Author: Andreas Sumper
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2019-07-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119434505

Introduces readers to micro and local power markets and their use for local initiatives, grid integration, and future applications This book provides the basis for understanding micro power markets, emphasizing its application for local initiatives, the grid integration of renewable-based generation, and facilitating the decarbonization of the future electrical networks. It gives readers a comprehensive overview of the market operation, and highlights the basis of the design of local and micro markets. Micro and Local Power Markets starts by covering the economics and basic principle of power markets, including the fundamentals of the power trading (for both wholesale and local markets). Following a definition of both micro and local (technical and economic aspects) power markets, the book then looks at the organization of such markets. It describes the design of those power markets, isolated from the wholesale markets, and examines the methodologies of the interaction between these power markets and wholesale markets. The book also presents cognitive business models for micro and local power markets, as well as the regulatory issues concerning them. Introduces the basic principle of power markets Defines micro and local power markets Outlines the design of micro and local power markets, including the principles, as well as the trading schemes, flexibility, and services Discusses methodologies of the interaction between micro and local power markets and wholesale markets Presents business models for micro and local power markets Summarizes regulatory issues around micro and local power markets Micro and Local Power Markets is an ideal book for upper undergraduate students in engineering, as well as for early researchers in the energy sector. It is also recommended for any scientist and engineer being introduced to the field of power systems and their organization.

The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels

The Rule of Law at the National and International Levels
Author: Machiko Kanetake
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782256156

This book aims to enhance understanding of the interactions between the international and national rule of law. It demonstrates that the international rule of law is not merely about ensuring national compliance with international law. International law and institutions (eg, international human rights treaty-monitoring bodies and human rights courts) respond to national contestations and show deference to the national rule of law. While this might come at the expense of the certainty of international law, it suggests that the international rule of law can allow for flexibility, national diversity and pluralism. The essays in this volume are set against the background of increasing conflict between international and national legal norms. Moreover the book shows that international law and institutions do not always command blind national obedience to international law, but incorporate a process of adjustment and deference to national law and policies that are protected by the rule of law at the national level.

Russian Electricity and Energy Investment Law

Russian Electricity and Energy Investment Law
Author: Anatole Boute
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 803
Release: 2015-08-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004203281

Electricity supply plays a strategic role for Russia’s economic development and for social peace. As a main consumer of natural gas, electricity is also of central importance for the efficient management of Russia’s energy resource basis. Today, however, the electricity sector is in an obsolete condition. Investments are needed in the modernization of the infrastructure. This book analyzes the liberalization and privatization program that Russia is implementing to attract private investments in this modernization process. Taking a comparative approach, this analysis critically assesses Russian electricity law in the light of the European liberalization experience. Given the strategic importance of electricity, investors face significant risks of government intervention. This book identifies these regulatory risks and examines investment protection mechanisms under Russia’s national and international investment obligations.

Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda

Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda
Author: Ibo van de Poel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2010-03-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9048128048

Whereas science, technology, and medicine have all called forth dedicated philosophical investigations, a fourth major contributor to the technoscientific world in which we all live - that is, engineering - has been accorded almost none of the philosophical attention it deserves. This volume thus offers a first characterisation of this important new field, by some of the primary philosophers and ethicists interested in engineering and leading engineers interested in philosophical reflections. The volume deals with such questions as: What is engineering? In what respect does engineering differ from science? What ethical problems does engineering raise? By what ethical principles are engineers guided? How do engineers themselves conceive of their profession? What do they see as the main philosophical challenges confronting them in the 21st century? The authors respond to these and other questions from philosophical and engineering view points and so illustrate how together they can meet the challenges and realize the opportunities present in the necessary encounters between philosophy and engineering - encounters that are ever more important in an increasingly engineered world and its problematic futures.

New Perspectives on Investment in Infrastructures

New Perspectives on Investment in Infrastructures
Author: G. J. M. Arts
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2008
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9053566082

The essays in this bundle analyse the effects on long-term investment in different infrastructures and from different perspectives and disciplines.

Energy Security along the New Silk Road

Energy Security along the New Silk Road
Author: Anatole Boute
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108498973

The impact of the new 'Great Game' on Central Asia's energy reforms illustrates the interconnection between law, geopolitics and institutions.