Electricity Market Reform - An International Perspective

Hardback  688 pp  ISBN 9780080450308      £85.00

• One of the Series Topics in Global Energy Economics, Regulation and Policy
• Covers electicity market liberalization and deregulation on a worldwide scale
• Features expert contributions from key people within the electricity sector

Of interest to energy scientists, policy makers, economists, electrical engineers

Contents

Foreword, S. Littlechild
Introduction, P.L. Joskow

I. What's Wrong with the Status Quo?

• Why Restructure Electricity Markets?, F.S. Sioshansi
• Sector-specific Market Power Regulation vs. General Competition Law: Criteria for Judging Competitive vs. Regulated Markets, G. Knieps

II. Trailblazers

• Chile: Where It All Started, R. Raineri
• Electricity Liberalization in Britain and the Evolution of Market Design, D. Newbery
• The Nordic Market: Robust by Design?, E. Amundsen, N.H. von der Fehr, & L. Bergman

III. Evolving Markets

• The Electricity Industry in Australia: Problems Along the Way to a National Electricity Market, A. Moran
• Restructuring of the New Zealand Electricity Sector, 1984-2005, G. Bertram
• Energy Policy and Investment in the German Power Market, G. Brunekreeft & D. Bauknecht
• Competition in the Continental European Electricity Market: Despair of Work in Progress?, R. Haas, J.M. Glachant, N. Keseric, & Y. Perez

IV. North America, New World, New Challenges

• California Electricity Restructuring, the Crisis, and Its Aftermath, J.L. Sweeney
• Texas: The Most Robust Competitive Market in North America, P. Adib & J. Zarinkau
• Electricity Restructuring in Canada, M. Trebilcock
• The PJM Market, J. Bowring
• Independent System Operators in the United States: History, Lessons Learned, and Prospects, R. O'Neill, U. Helman, B. Hobbs, & R. Baldick
• Competitive Retail Power Markets and Default Service, T. Tschamler

V. Other Markets

• The Case of Brasil: Reform by Trial and Error?, J.L. R. Hermes de Arauja
• Understanding the Argentinian and Colombian Electricity Markets, I. Dyner, S. Arango, & E.R. Larsen
• A New Stage of Electricity Liberalization in Japan: Issues and Expectations, M. Goto, M. Yajima