Eu Renewable Electricity Law and Policy - From National Targets to a Common Market

This book examines the current state of economic regulation of renewable electricity and explores the possibilities for future harmonized EU regulation.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. 28 National Support Schemes in Regulatory Competition: 1. Regulation of renewable electricity in the internal electricity market: (still) a preserve of Member States; 2. The regulatory options from an economic point of view: superiority of prices over quantities under real-world conditions; 3. The times they are a-changin'? The evolution of support schemes in Member States over time; Part II. Regulatory Competition and Union Law Protecting the Internal Market: 4. Union law on state aid: down for the count, but not knocked out by PreussenElektra; 5. Union law on free movement of goods: the protection of the environment justifies (nearly) everything, except for 'buy European' clauses for equipment; 6. Prohibition of internal customs duties and discriminatory taxation: the sometimes forgotten straightjacket; Part III. Toward a Common Market for Renewable Electricity?: 7. 2013 to 2015 - years of upheaval?; 8. Regulatory options for the creation of a common market; 9. Regulatory cross fertilization across the Atlantic.

About the author

Tim Maxian Rusche is a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission. Previously, he worked in the European Commission's directorate general for energy and transport, first as case handler assessing the compatibility of state aid with the internal market and then as coordinator for relations with the European Parliament and the Council. He has published extensively on European environmental law and European competition law.

Summary

This book analyzes the economic efficiency of different regulatory designs and provides a detailed overview of all decisions the European Commission has adopted on support schemes for renewable energy. The author expertly examines the political obstacles and sets out three different pathways to achieve harmonized EU regulation for the future.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Maxian Rusche
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107533240
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53324-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European; Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy; Cambridge Studies in European
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Environmental, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, LAW / Natural Resources, International Law, The environment, Politics & government, Environmental Economics, Science / Environmental Science, Politics and government, EU (European Union), International institutions, Environment law, Environmental Monitoring, EU & European institutions, Energy & natural resources law, Energy and natural resources law