Overview

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

Full Product Details

Author:   Jean-Michel Glachant ,  Dominique Finon ,  Adrien de Hauteclocque
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9781849804790

ISBN 10:   1849804796
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   31 May 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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, Frédéric 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

Reviews

'[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 Intelligence

`. . . it 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 Intelligence

'[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 Intelligence

'... it 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 Intelligence

Author Information

Edited by Jean-Michel Glachant, Holder of the Loyola de Palacio Chair on EU Energy Policy and Director, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, Italy, Dominique Finon, Directeur de Recherche CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement, CNRS and EHESS, Paris, France and Adrien de Hauteclocque, Référendaire, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg

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