Regulating and Supervising of Wholesale Energy Markets. What's in it for the Consumers?

38 Pages Posted: 8 May 2014

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Saskia Lavrijssen

Tilburg University - TILEC

Irina Bordei

University of Amsterdam

Date Written: May 1, 2014

Abstract

This paper draws on the case law of the European Court of Justice to examine the current (im)possibilities of dealing with the supervision and regulation of the competition in the wholesale energy markets within the three different European regulatory frameworks, namely the Third Energy Package, REMIT and EU competition law. It contains a critical analysis of the potential of this complex interplay of rules- in itself a burden for the national energy authorities- to contribute to the key objective of the Third Energy Package’s directives and regulations: the protection of energy consumers when concluding energy supply contracts.

Keywords: energy market, consumers’ interests, competition law, regulation, remit, role NRAs

JEL Classification: K21, K22, K23

Suggested Citation

Lavrijssen, Saskia and Bordei, Irina, Regulating and Supervising of Wholesale Energy Markets. What's in it for the Consumers? (May 1, 2014). TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2014-020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2433884 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2433884

Saskia Lavrijssen (Contact Author)

Tilburg University - TILEC ( email )

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Tilburg, DC Noord-Brabant 5000 LE
Netherlands

Irina Bordei

University of Amsterdam ( email )

Spui 21
Amsterdam, 1018 WB
Netherlands

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