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A Functional Legal Design for Reliable Electricity Supply: How Technology Affects Law Volume 6
Contributor(s): Knops, Hamilcar (Author)

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 ISBN: 9050957803     ISBN-13: 9789050957809
Publisher: Intersentia
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: January 2008
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Annotation: The liberalization and international integration of electricity markets have led to a dramatic increase in the complexity of the electricity sector. Rather than hierarchical control, it is the legal framework ('rules of the game') that determines the behavior of actors such as power generators, traders, and network operators. 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. A Functional Legal Design for Reliable Electricity Supply meets this demand. Many questions need to be answered in the design of a legal framework for the electricity industry and often they are interdependent. This study proposes a design method for the analysis and design of the legal organization of a technically complex sector, such as the electricity industry. The method takes into account the relevant poli

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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Science & Technology
Series: Energy & Law
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" L (2.05 lbs) 566 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Table of Contents
 
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The liberalization and international integration of electricity markets have led to a dramatic increase in the complexity of the electricity sector. Rather than hierarchical control, it is the legal framework ('rules of the game') that determines the behavior of actors such as power generators, traders, and network operators. 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. A Functional Legal Design for Reliable Electricity Supply meets this demand. Many questions need to be answered in the design of a legal framework for the electricity industry and often they are interdependent. This study proposes a design method for the analysis and design of the legal organization of a technically complex sector, such as the electricity industry. The method takes into account the relevant policy goals, legal constraints, and technical characteristics. While the method is developed for electricity markets, it can be applied to other technically complex infrastructures as well. The proposed method is applied to several critical cases, such as the security of electricity supply, operational security in large networks, congestion management, and the question of how to deal with merchant transmission investment. In addition to validating the proposed method, these case studies offer a wealth of practical information about the policy choices for restructuring the electricity industry.
 
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