Reshaping European Gas and Electricity Industries

by Finon; Midttun

• ISBN13: 9780080445502
• ISBN10: 0080445500
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-30
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

A unique and thorough investigation of the shift towards Europe-wide energy regulation, markets and business strategies, and the extent to which energy systems have become more liberalised over this period. Reshaping of European Gas and Electricity Industries analyses the key issues facing the European energy industry, from a regulatory, market, and business perspective. Current challenges within the field are also reviewed, including competitive and environmental issues. * Liberalization: Delivers timely insights into the changes facing the European energy industry in the face of deregulation. * Competition: A direct look at business and marketing strategies in response to the influx of competition from across the globe. * Environment: Provides powerful [insights] into the way environmentally-based legislation has now become a key driver of the energy industry in Europe

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Contributors	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
SECTION I: Regulation	11	(118)
Regulation in Liberalised Energy Sectors: Introduction and Concepts	13	(16)
C. Genoud
M. Arentsen
M. Finger
Electricity Regulation in Europe	29	(40)
C. Genoud
M. Finger
Politics and Regulation of Gas in Europe	69	(42)
Maarten J. Arentsen
Energy Regulation: Convergence Through Multilevel Technocracy	111	(18)
Christophe Genoud
Matthias Finger
Maarten Arentsen
SECTION II: Market	129	(128)
Electricity and Gas Markets in Europe: Competition and Integration Analytical Framework	131	(8)
Jean-Michel Glachant
Dominique Finon
European Electricity Markets: Variety and Integration	139	(44)
Jean-Michel Glachant
European Gas Markets: Nascent Competition and Integration in a Diversity of Models	183	(54)
Dominique Finon
Competition and Market Integration in Europe: Towards a Multienergy and Multidomestic Oligopoly	237	(20)
Dominique Finon
Jean-Michel Glachant
SECTION III: Strategy	257	(98)
Strategic Configuration: Options and Perspectives	259	(14)
Atle Midttun
Configuration and Performance of Large European Energy Companies: A Statistical Analysis	273	(24)
Atle Midttun
Terje Omland
Strategic Configuration: A Casuistic Approach	297	(58)
Dominique Finon
Atle Midttun
Terje Omland
Lutz Mez
Augusto Ruperez-Micola
Rosaria di Nucci
Isabel Soares
Steve Thomas
SECTION IV	355	(34)
Reshaping European Energy Industry: Patterns and Challenges	357	(32)
Dominique Finon
Atle Midttun
Index	389