A functional legal design for reliable electricity supply
Subtitle: how technology affects law
By: Hamilcar P.A. Knops.
Series: Energy & law series -- 6
Publisher: Intersentia; Distribution for the USA and Canada [by] International Specialized Book Services
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Antwerp; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
ISBN-13: 9789050957809
Subjects: Electric utilities -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries; Energy industries -- Law and legislation; Electric utilities -- European Union countries; Electric industries -- European Union countries; Electric utilities -- Law and legislation; Electric utilities
Description: "The liberalisation 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 behaviour 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. This book meets this demand."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Delft Univ. of Technology, 2007).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-534).