Energy Networks and the Law Innovative Solutions in Changing Markets

by Roggenkamp, Martha M.; Barrera-Hernandez, Lila; Zillman, Donald N.; del Guayo, Inigo

• ISBN13: 9780191738647
• ISBN10: 0191738646
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2012-04-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Dr. Martha M. Roggenkamp is professor of Energy Law at the University of Groningen, Director of the Groningen Centre of Energy Law, and board member of the Groningen Energy and Sustainability Programme. She has published widely on energy law issues since the early 1990s. She defended her PhD at the University of Leiden on the regulation of Oil and Gas Pipelines - Het Juridisch Kader van Pijpleidingen in de Olie- en Gasindustrie (PhD, Intersentia 1999). Martha is the editor in chief of the series Energy & Law published by Intersentia (Antwerp), a member of the editorial board of the Dutch Journal of Energy Law and of the editorial committee of the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, the International Energy Law Review and the Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review. She also holds the chair of the Dutch Association of Energy Lawyers. She teaches energy law at the University of Groningen and is the coordinator of the North Sea Energy Law Program.

Dr. Lila Barrera-Hernandez is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and member of the Natural Resources Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Canada. She is also member of the Academic Advisor Group (AAG) of the International Bar Association, Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (IBA-SEERIL). She has published numerous books and articles on a variety of topics ranging from energy security to indigenous participation and land tenure in Latin America. She has over 12 years' experience in sustainable development practice. She has worked extensively in Latin America on environmental and energy development issues. Her experience covers a wide range of activities, including providing advice to governments on regulatory and institutional strengthening, training of government officers on different aspects of environmental law and practice, and participating in the preparation of strategic environmental assessments and sustainable development plans.

Donald Zillman has been a tenured faculty member at Arizona State University from 1974-79, the University of Utah from 1979-90, and the University of Maine School of Law from 1991 to the present, where he is currently the President of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. He holds the Edward Godfrey Professorship at the Maine law school. His teaching and scholarship have concentrated on energy, environmental, and natural resources law and the constitutional governance of the military. At the University of Utah, he received the Law School's Burlington Northern Outstanding Teacher Award. His research has produced ten books and over 50 scholarly articles including in the leading legal journals of the University of Texas, Georgetown University, George Washington University, the University of North Carolina, and Notre Dame University.

Inigo del Guayo studied law (LLM: 1982-1987) at the University of Navarre, where he also got his PhD (1987-1991). He became Professor in Administrative Law in 1997, having previously held the position of Junior and Senior Lecturer. He teaches and researches in the field of Administrative Law, Public Economic Law, and Energy Law. He has published extensively in those areas. He enjoyed a British Academy Scholarship and has conducted research in several institutions in the EU and the USA.

Table of Contents

I. Energy Networks and the Law Innovative Solutions in Changing Markets, Martha Roggenkamp, Donald Zillman, Lila Barrera-Hernandez, and Inigo Del Guayo
Part I: Cross-border Energy Infrastructure and Supply Security
II. Canadian Energy Infrastructure and the Federalist Dilemma, Alastair Lucas
III. Law and Regulation governing Energy Networks in Mexico in the Context of Regional Integration with North and Central America, Jose Juan Gonzalez
IV. South America Energy Network Integration: Mission Impossible?, Lila Barrera-Hernandez
V. The Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project: Some Thoughts about the Legal Challenges and Lessons Learned from a World Bank-Financed Large Infrastructure Project, Mohamed Bekhechi
VI. Contractual and Treaty Arrangements supporting Large European Trans-boundary Pipeline Projects: Can Adequate Human Rights and Environmental Protection be Ensured?, Catherine Redgwell
VII. Protecting Infrastructure in the EU - The Impact of External Damages on Supply Security, Martha Roggenkamp
Part II: New Energy Sources and Innovative Network Management
VIII. Smart Grids and the Intelligent Energy System of Tomorrow - an EU Perspective, Anita Ronne
IX. Demand Response and Infrastructure Development in the United States, LeRoy Paddock and Charlotte Youngblood
X. Establishing an Offshore Electricity Grid: A legal Analysis of Developments in the North Sea and in U.S. Waters, Olivia Woolley, Peter Schaumberg and Graham St. Michel
XI. The Role of Energy Networks in Facilitating the Production and Use of Renewable Energy Sources in Norway, Ulf Hammer
XII. The Role of Energy Networks in Developing Renewable Energy Sources in China, Wang Mingyuan
XIII. Economic Regulation and the Design of Carbon Infrastructure for Alberta, Nigel Bankes and Rick Nilson
Part III: Market Liberalization and Challenges for Network Investments and Planning
XIV. The Regulation of Third Party Access in Brazil as an Instrument to Develop Pipelines in the Natural Gas Sector, Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier and Anderson Souza da Silva Lanzillo
XV. Law and Regulation for the Energy Networks in New Zealand, Barry Barton
XVI. Electricity Network Development: New Challenges for Australia, Lee Godden and Anne Kallies
XVII. Evolution and Revolution in British Energy Network Regulation: From Rpi-X to Riio, Aileen McHarg
XVIII. Third Party Access Exemption Policy in The EU Gas And Electricity Sector: Finding the Right Balance between Competition and Investments, Tjarda vd Vijver
XIX. Electricity and Gas Infrastructure Planning in the European Union, Inigo Del Guayo and Christian Pielow
XX. Regulating the Extension of Electricity Networks - a Germany Perspective, Gunther Kuhne
XXI. The Development of Electricity and Gas Networks in Russia, Sergey Seliverstov and Ivan V. Gudkov
Part IV: Overview and Conclusion
XXII. The Role of Networks in Changing Energy Markets and the Need for Innovative Solutions, Martha Roggenkamp, Donald Zillman, Lila Barrera-Hernandez, and Inigo Del Guayo