Reshaping European gas and electricity industries : regulation, markets and business strategies /

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 Europ...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Finon, Dominique; Midttun, Atle, 1952
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; San Diego, CA ; Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Elsevier global energy policy and economics series
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080445502
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 deregulati
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxvii, 408) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Index Number: HD9685
CLC: F450.66
Contents: Introduction; Regulation in liberalized energy sectors: theories and concepts; Electricity regulation in Europe; Politics and regulation of gas in Europe; Energy regulation: convergence through multi-level technocracy; Electricity and gas markets in Europe: Competition and integration; -- European electricity markets: Variety and Integration; European gas markets: Nascent competition and integration in a diversity of models; Competition and Market Integration in Europe: Between multidomestic and oligopolistic configurations; Strategic Configuration: Options and Perspectives; Configuration an