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Functional Legal Design for Reliable Electricity Supply How Technology Affects Law
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A Functional Legal Design for Reliable Electricity Supply How Technology Affects Law

Knops, Hamilcar
ISBN-10: 9050957803
ISBN-13: 9789050957809

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Hamilcar Knops holds a degree in both physics and law. He is researcher at the Delft University of Technology and Leiden University in the Netherlands. He has specialised in issues of law and technology in the energy sector. His many publications include contributions to public policy reports, books about energy law and market design, as well as articles in specialised legal and interdisciplinary journals
Preface
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Electricity supply: from monopoly to complexity
Introduction
A paradigm shift for network industries
What does it mean for electricity?
Main research question
Relevance
Reading guide
Research framework
Research goal
Research question
A design problem: the meta model
The meta model as applied to this research question
Research method
System description
Introduction: the electricity system
The technical subsystem
The physical layer
The operational layer
The economic subsystem
Three types of services
The commodity market
Technical services ('connection')
Other services ('commercial')
The subsystems integrated
Links from the technical to the economic subsystem
Links from the economic to the technical subsystem
Transmission tariffs: 'copper plate' or not?
Legal organisation
Introduction
Hohfeld's fundamental legal conceptions
Policy instruments
Legal organisation: the issues
Allocation of responsibility
Permissions: who is allowed to perform which tasks?
Rules: how to perform responsibilities and permissions?
Government control
Design variables
Public policy goals
Introduction
Triple A: the main primary goals
Availability: secure supply for all
Affordability: the quest for economic efficiency
Acceptability: socially responsible electricity supply
Secondary goals
The main goals in our design problem
Legal constraints
Introduction: restriction to the EU
Development of a European electricity framework
Free movement of goods
Free movement of services and capital and the right of establishment
Competition law: rules for undertakings
State aid
Public service obligations
Directives: main structure of the industry
Conclusion: legal constraints in our design problem
Design method
A 'method' to integrate the model and selection stages
Outline of the method
Step I: Analysis of the function
Step II: Analysis of each function within its context
Step III: Design decisions for the legal organisation
The core of the FULDA-method
Who should decide about the organisation of a function?
A. Should someone be made explicitly responsible for this function?
B. Who should be made responsible? or: Who should be allowed to perform this function?
C. How should the function be further organised?
D. What control possibilities for government should be implemented?
An inventory of critical technical functions
Introduction
Building a functional model
The functions
Categorising the functions
Selecting the functions for the case studies
Electricity generation
Introduction
Analysis of generation as a function (Step I)
The function of generation in its context (Step II)
Designing the organisation of generation (Step III)
Conclusion: generation in a market environment
Maintenance of the energy balance
Introduction
The analysis of the function (Step I)
The function within its context (Step II)
Design of the function's organisation (Step III)
Compensation of energy losses
Conclusion and analysis
Generation adequacy
Introduction
Securing sufficient investment in generation capacity (Step I)
Generation adequacy in its context (Step II)
Designing a framework to secure generation adequacy (Step III)
Should someone be made explicitly responsible?
Who should be made explicitly responsible?
Controlling the function through capacity mechanisms
Analysis: how to secure generation adequacy
Network operations
Introduction
Voltage control and reactive power management
Analysis of voltage control (Step I)
Voltage control in its context (Step II)
The organisation of voltage control (Step III)
Conclusion
N -
1. security
The analysis of N-1 security as a function (Step I)
The context of N-1 security (Step II)
Design of the rules for 'N-1 security' (Step III)
Conclusion
Other network operations functions
Flow management
Network-faults clearing and short-circuit currents
Black-start capacity
Congestion management
Introduction
Criteria for congestion management methods
Calculation of the amount of available capacity
Congestion management methods
Corrective methods: Redispatching and countertrading
Allocation methods
General overview
Explicit auctioning
Implicit auctioning
Market splitting and market coupling
Evaluation of congestion management methods
Designing congestion management
Conclusion
Transport adequacy
Introduction
Analysis of transport adequacy (Step I)
Transport adequacy in its context (Step II)
The organisation of transport adequacy (Step III)
Quality regulation
The need for risk governance
The quality objective
The policy instruments
Can the time lag problem be overcome?
Conclusion
Conclusion
Merchant investment in interconnectors?
Interconnection investment
Why merchant interconnectors?
Standard regulation of transmission
Economics of merchant interconnectors
The special regime of the Regulation
The Estlink decisions
Analysis and conclusion: a Trojan horse?
Validation of the method
Introduction
The theory behind validation of the method
Validation of the FULDA-method
The FULDA-method as a decision support tool
The impact of the context on the method: comparison EU-US
Strategy for a thorough validation
Conclusion
The need for restructuring the legal organisation
Design criteria
Design approach and FULDA-method
Our design for reliable electricity supply
Assessment: does the design meet the criteria?
Reflection
Introduction
Responsibility for the design
Responsibility for organising a function
The role of technology
Comparison with practice
The need for coordination
Further research
Case study: the maintenance of the energy balance
Introduction
European rules for the function
Maintenance of the energy balance in the UCTE system
Selecting the countries for the case studies
The Netherlands
Belgium
France
England and Wales
Germany
Bibliography
List of EC Legislation
Summary
Samenvatting
Curriculum vitae

List price: $133.00
Edition: 2008
Publisher: Intersentia Uitgevers N.V.
Binding: Trade Paper
Pages: 580
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.05 lbs.
Language: English

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