Competition, Contracts and Electricity Markets
A New Perspective
Published on 31. May 2011
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-84980-479-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book fills a gap in the existing literature by dealing with several issues linked to long-term contracts and the efficiency of electricity markets. These include the impact of long-term contracts and vertical integration on effective competition, generation investment in risky markets, and the challenges for competition policy principles. On the one hand, long-term contracts may contribute to lasting generation capability by allowing for a more efficient allocation of risk. On the other hand, they can create conditions for imperfect competition and thus impair short-term efficiency. The contributors - prominent academics and policy experts with inter-disciplinary perspectives - develop fresh theoretical and practical insights on this important concern for current electricity markets.
This highly accessible book will strongly appeal to both academic and professional audiences including scholars of industrial, organizational and public sector economics, and competition and antitrust law. It will also be of value to regulatory and antitrust authorities, governmental policymakers, and consultants in electricity law and economics.
Contributors: J. Boucher, G. Brunekreeft, D. Finon, J.-M. Glachant, L. Hancher, A. de Hauteclocque, P. Longva, F. Marty, R. Meade, G. Meunier, M. Mulder, S. O'Connor, J. Pillot, F.A. Roques, Y. Smeers
This highly accessible book will strongly appeal to both academic and professional audiences including scholars of industrial, organizational and public sector economics, and competition and antitrust law. It will also be of value to regulatory and antitrust authorities, governmental policymakers, and consultants in electricity law and economics.
Contributors: J. Boucher, G. Brunekreeft, D. Finon, J.-M. Glachant, L. Hancher, A. de Hauteclocque, P. Longva, F. Marty, R. Meade, G. Meunier, M. Mulder, S. O'Connor, J. Pillot, F.A. Roques, Y. Smeers
Reviews / Votes
'[I]t is the combination of various approaches that make the book worth reading. As such, it contributes significantly to the ongoing discussion in Europe on long-term contracts, the role of markets, the ability of markets to deliver investments and so on. . . well worth reading.' -- Kim Talus, Oil, Gas and Energy Law IntelligenceMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84980-479-0 (9781849804790)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Jean-Michel Glachant, Professor, Florence School of Regulation, EUI, Florence and Advisor, Technology University POLITO, Turin, Italy, Dominique Finon, Directeur de Recherche CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Developpement, CNRS and EHESS, Paris, France and Adrien de Hauteclocque, Referendaire, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg
Content
Contents:
Introduction
Dominique Finon, Jean-Michel Glachant and Adrien de Hauteclocque
PART I: LONG-TERM CONTRACTS, INVESTMENT AND LONG-TERM EFFICIENCY
1. Energy Security and Long-term Arrangements
Jacqueline Boucher and Yves Smeers
2. Long-term Contracts and Technology Choices in Electricity Markets
Fabien A. Roques
3. Investment and Competition in Decentralized Electricity Markets: How to Overcome Market Failure by Market Imperfections?
Dominique Finon
4. Comparison of Long-term Contracts and Vertical Integration in Decentralized Electricity Markets
Richard Meade and Seini O'Connor
5. Vertical Relations and Energy Networks: Selected Issues
Gert Brunekreeft
PART II: LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND IMPERFECT COMPETITION
6. Imperfect Competition and Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Some Lessons from Theoretical Models
Guy Meunier
7. Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Long-term Contracting and Risk Management from the Point of View of a Large Consumer
Petter Longva
8. Competition and Long-term Contracts in the Dutch Electricity Market
Machiel Mulder
PART III: COMPETITION POLICY AND LONG-TERM CONTRACTS
9. Long-term Contracts and Competition Policy in European Energy Markets
Adrien de Hauteclocque and Jean-Michel Glachant
10. Long-term Contracts and State Aid: A New Application of the EU State Aid Regime or a Special Case?
Leigh Hancher
11. The Essential Facilities Doctrine in European Competition Policy: The Case of the Energy Sector
Adrien de Hauteclocque, Frederic Marty and Julien Pillot
PART IV: CONCLUSION
12. Efficiency, Competition and Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Summary and Conclusions of the Workshop Organized by the GIS LARSEN and the Loyola de Palacio Program of the European University Institute, Florence, 15-16 January 2009
Adrien de Hauteclocque
Index
Introduction
Dominique Finon, Jean-Michel Glachant and Adrien de Hauteclocque
PART I: LONG-TERM CONTRACTS, INVESTMENT AND LONG-TERM EFFICIENCY
1. Energy Security and Long-term Arrangements
Jacqueline Boucher and Yves Smeers
2. Long-term Contracts and Technology Choices in Electricity Markets
Fabien A. Roques
3. Investment and Competition in Decentralized Electricity Markets: How to Overcome Market Failure by Market Imperfections?
Dominique Finon
4. Comparison of Long-term Contracts and Vertical Integration in Decentralized Electricity Markets
Richard Meade and Seini O'Connor
5. Vertical Relations and Energy Networks: Selected Issues
Gert Brunekreeft
PART II: LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND IMPERFECT COMPETITION
6. Imperfect Competition and Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Some Lessons from Theoretical Models
Guy Meunier
7. Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Long-term Contracting and Risk Management from the Point of View of a Large Consumer
Petter Longva
8. Competition and Long-term Contracts in the Dutch Electricity Market
Machiel Mulder
PART III: COMPETITION POLICY AND LONG-TERM CONTRACTS
9. Long-term Contracts and Competition Policy in European Energy Markets
Adrien de Hauteclocque and Jean-Michel Glachant
10. Long-term Contracts and State Aid: A New Application of the EU State Aid Regime or a Special Case?
Leigh Hancher
11. The Essential Facilities Doctrine in European Competition Policy: The Case of the Energy Sector
Adrien de Hauteclocque, Frederic Marty and Julien Pillot
PART IV: CONCLUSION
12. Efficiency, Competition and Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Summary and Conclusions of the Workshop Organized by the GIS LARSEN and the Loyola de Palacio Program of the European University Institute, Florence, 15-16 January 2009
Adrien de Hauteclocque
Index