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: 422
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.

The Liberalization of Electricity and Natural Gas in the European Union

The Liberalization of Electricity and Natural Gas in the European Union
Author: Damien Geradin
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2001-07-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9041115609

In this important book, notable European experts in the energy field provide valuable perspectives on the principal issues raised by the liberalisation of the electricity and natural gas markets in the EU. Lawyers, business people, regulators, and policymakers who deal with matters and issues in the energy, natural resources, and environmental fields will find the details and insights presented here of great value.

The Electricity Market in Germany Regarding the EU Directives to Market Liberalisation

The Electricity Market in Germany Regarding the EU Directives to Market Liberalisation
Author: Valentin Balint Pikler
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2010-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3640654366

Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1, Oxford Brookes University, language: English, abstract: The main understanding of this work will suggest that the electricity market liberalisation need a new impulse from the biggest market players and from the regulators. The liberalisation process is defaulting; the practice and implementation should more precedes as the electricity market in the EU. The base; the Directives are settled by the Commission. The implementation by the big four companies on the market is be a long time coming. There is a wide range of different national experiences of liberalisation electricity markets in terms of the degree of the concentration of generation, the stringency of unbundling public ownership and regulatory institutions. The thesis is combining the "Third Party Access" and the "Single Buyer Model" with its empirical evidence and their implementation for Germany. However, the results of this report will reach a number of significant conclusions at the end of the thesis and will make several policy recommendations. (Blaxter,2006). It draws a distinction between observations that are relevant to the design a well functioned electricity markets. The German electricity sector has undergone considerable changes throughout the past few years (RWE, 2007). Main developments were related to liberalisation of electricity markets (generation and sell of power) and transport of electricity (grid operations), the evolving European CO2 emissions trading scheme and the promotion of renewable electricity generation.

Electricity Market Reform

Electricity Market Reform
Author: Fereidoon Sioshansi
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 687
Release: 2006-04-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080462715

Since the late 1980s, policy makers and regulators in a number of countries have liberalized, restructured or "deregulated their electric power sector, typically by introducing competition at the generation and retail level. These experiments have resulted in vastly different outcomes - some highly encouraging, others utterly disastrous. However, many countries continue along the same path for a variety of reasons. Electricity Market Reform examines the most important competitive electricity markets around the world and provides definitive answers as to why some markets have performed admirably, while others have utterly failed, often with dire financial and cost consequences. The lessons contained within are direct relevance to regulators, policy makers, the investment community, industry, academics and graduate students of electricity markets worldwide. - Covers electicity market liberalization and deregulation on a worldwide scale - Features expert contributions from key people within the electricity sector

Towards Liberalisation of the European Electricity Markets

Towards Liberalisation of the European Electricity Markets
Author: Elvira Pfrang
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1999
Genre: Electric utilities
ISBN:

On 19 December 1996, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Directive concerning common rules for an internal market in electricity. The key questions which arise from this development are the following: How far are the competition and internal market rules of the EC-Treaty applicable to the electricity sector? What are the contents of the directive and its consequences? How must Member States respond to enforce the objectives of the directive and what are the results of this new situation for both electricity supply and consumer undertakings?

Introducing Free Markets and Competition to the Electricity Sector in Europe

Introducing Free Markets and Competition to the Electricity Sector in Europe
Author: Mel Marquis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Changes in EC electricity law are happening with amazing speed, and those changes are greater still when compared with the time required to understand them. This book is designed to provide both coverage and depth in relation to Europe's newly liberalised electricity sector and to the network of rules that govern it.In an exhaustive analysis, this book explains the current law, while taking account of imminent changes and anticipating further developments. Thorough case studies relating to the electricity sectors in France and in England & Wales are also provided for a more concrete understanding. The centrepiece chapter is devoted to reflections concerning the impact which the EC Treaty rules on competition and the free movement of goods will have on the functioning of an internal electricity market.For legal and economic practitioners as well as researchers, lawmakers, investors, and business leaders whose work requires a true understanding of the changes in the electricity industry in Europe, this book will serve as an essential reference work in the coming years. Mel Marquis obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Seattle at the University of Washington, and after serving as an officer of the US Army, attended Seton Hall Law School in Newark, N.J. He was awarded his J.D. magna cum laude in 1998, graduated a semester early, and was admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars. In the Spring of 1998, Mr. Marquis worked as a stagiaire for Judge Rafael García-Valdecasas at the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. His experience in Luxembourg prompted him to begin giving guest lectures to American law students interested in community law. After working as an attorney in the United States, Mr. Marquis spent a year as a William J. Fulbright legal research scholar at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His research, focused particularly on EC competition law and the regulated industries, culminated in his book Introducing Free Markets and Competition to the Electricity Sector in Europe. Mr Marquis currently works in Brussels as an associate for Van Bael & Bellis. At the moment he is concentrating his personal research on intellectual property issues within the antitrust context, as well as emerging issues such as the impact of antitrust on the media, telecommunications, and the internet. He will be lecturing on EC competition law this Summer as a guest at the University of Parma.

The Power to Choose

The Power to Choose
Author: International Energy Agency
Publisher: International Energy Agency
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

On cover and title page: Energy market reform.

The Transformation of Economic Law

The Transformation of Economic Law
Author: Lucila de Almeida
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509932607

This book is written in honour of Hans-W. Micklitz for his jubilee 70th birthday and the closure of his twelve-year term as the Chair for Economic Law at the European University Institute (EUI). Hans-W. Micklitz has gained international recognition for dedicating his extensive and fruitful career to diverse areas of law: European Economic Law, European Private Law, National and European Consumer Law, Legal Theory, theories of Private Law and Social Justice. This book is a product of the collaborative endeavors of its contributors, who all have a special connection with Hans W. Micklitz as his doctoral supervisees or research assistants. The collection of twenty chapters is to be read as the influence of Hans's dialogues in the early stage of the academic career of thirty-one young legal scholars. The volume is divided into three sections devoted to subjects that have received Hans's attention while at the EUI: EU Consumer Law (part I); European Private Law and Access Justice (part II); the CJEU between the individual citizen and the Member States (part III).

The Proliferation of Privileged Partnerships between the European Union and its Neighbours

The Proliferation of Privileged Partnerships between the European Union and its Neighbours
Author: Sieglinde Gstöhl
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2019-06-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429788908

This edited volume provides a timely analysis of the European Union’s ‘privileged’ partnerships with neighbouring countries, identifying key points of comparison. It analyses which policy areas are covered and why, the reasons why a specific institutional arrangement has been chosen, the major advantages and shortcomings for both sides and how effectively the privileged partnerships have worked in practice. Drawing on a number of case studies, the book highlights critical junctures and path dependence in the EU’s external relations and examines what general lessons can be drawn regarding privileged partnerships, in particular with a view to the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in EU affairs, European politics, diplomacy studies, and more broadly to international relations and law.