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Author Frey, Christopher (Writer on energy regulation), author.

Title World trade law and the emergence of international electricity markets / Christopher Frey
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 280 pages)
Series EYIEL monographs - studies in European and international economic law, 2524-6666 ; volume 25
European yearbook of international economic law. EYIEL monographs ; v. 25. 2524-6666
Contents Part I. The technical and regulatory foundations of electricity trade and the emergence of international electricity markets. General introduction -- Technical and regulatory foundations of electricity trade -- The advent of international electricity trade -- Part II. World trade law and the regulation of electricity trade. WTO law and the regulation of electricity trade -- The energy charter treaty and the regulation of electricity trade -- Electricity in other preferential trade agreements -- Part III. Barriers to electricity trade and the role of world trade law. A typology of international trade issues in the electricity sector -- Market structure as an impediment to international trade in electricity : vertical integration, monopolies and state ownership -- Quantitative import and export restrictions -- Transit of electricity -- Part IV. Towards a coherent regulatory framework for international electricity trade. The road ahead for multilateral electricity trade regulation -- General conclusions
Summary "The expansion of cross-border power transmission infrastructures and the regional integration of electricity markets are accelerating on several continents. The internationalization of trade in electric energy is embedded in an even greater transformation: the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies and the race to net zero emissions. Against this backdrop, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the regulatory framework that governs the established and newly emerging electricity trading relations. Taking the technical and economic foundations as a starting point and thoroughly examining current developments on four continents, the book provides a global perspective on the state of the art in electricity market integration. in doing so, it focuses on the most relevant issues including transit of electricity, quantitative restrictions, market foreclosure and anti-competitive practices employed by the actors on electricity markets. In turn, the book carefully analyzes the regulatory framework provided by the WTO Agreements, the Energy Charter Treaty and other relevant preferential trade agreements. In its closing section, it moves beyond the applicable legal architecture to make concrete proposals on the future design of global trade rules specifically tailored to the electricity sector, which could provide a more reliable and transparent framework for the multilateral regulation of electricity trade"-- Provided by the publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2022)
Subject International interconnected electric utility systems -- Law and legislation.
Electric power systems -- Law and legislation.
Foreign trade regulation.
Electric power systems -- Law and legislation
Foreign trade regulation
International interconnected electric utility systems -- Law and legislation
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783031047565
3031047567