Competition, Contracts and Electricity Markets

Contents: Introduction Jean-Michel Glachant and Dominique Finon PART I: LONG TERM CONTRACTS, INVESTMENT AND LONG TERM EFFICIENCY 1. Energy Security and Long Term Arrangements Jacqueline Boucher and Yves Smeers 2. Long Term Contracts and Technology Choices in Electricity Markets Fabien Roques 3. Investment and Competition in Decentralized Electricity Markets: How to Overcome Market Failure by Market Imperfections? Dominique Finon 4. Comparison of Long Term Contracts and Vertical Integration in Decentralized Electricity Markets Richard Meade and Seini O'Connor 5. Vertical Relations and Energy Networks: Selected Issues Gert Brunekreeft PART II: LONG TERM CONTRACTS AND IMPERFECT COMPETITION 6. Imperfect Competition and Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets, Some Lessons from Theoretical Models Guy Meunier 7. Long-term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Long-term Contracting and Risk Management from the Point of View of a Large Consumer Petter Longva 8. Competition and Long-term Contracts in the Dutch Electricity Market Machiel Mulder PART III: COMPETITION POLICY AND LONG TERM CONTRACTS 9. Long-term Contracts and Competition Policy in European Energy Markets Adrien de Hauteclocque and Jean-Michel Glachant 10. Long Term Contracts and State Aid - A New Application of the EU State Aid Regime or a Special Case? Leigh Hancher 11. The Essential Facilities Doctrine in European Competition Policy: The Case of the Energy Sector Adrien de Hauteclocque, Frederic Marty and Julien Pillot PART IV: CONCLUSION 12. Efficiency, Competition and Long Term Contracts in Electricity Markets: Summary and Conclusions of the Workshop Organized by the Gis LARSEN and the Loyola de Palacio Program of the European University Institute, Florence 15-16 January 2009 Adrien de Hauteclocque