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 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 deregulation.\* Competition: A direct look at business and marketing strategies in response to the influx of competition from across the globe.\* Environment: Provides powerful [insights] into the way environmentally-based legislation has now become a key driver of the energy industry in Europe Content: Preface , Page vii , Atle Midttum Acknowledgements , Page ix Contributors , Pages xi-xiii Introduction , Pages 1-10 , Dominique Finon, Atle Midttun Chapter 1 - Regulation in Liberalised Energy Sectors: Introduction and Concepts , Pages 13-27 , C. Genoud, M. Arentsen, M. Finger Chapter 2 - Electricity Regulation in Europe , Pages 29-67 , C. Genoud, M. Finger Chapter 3 - Politics and Regulation of Gas in Europe , Pages 69-109 , Maarten J. Arentsen Chapter 4 - Energy Regulation: Convergence Through Multilevel Technocracy , Pages 111-128 , Christophe Genoud, Matthias Finger, Maarten Arentsen Chapter 5 - Electricity and Gas Markets in Europe: Competition and Integration Analytical Framework , Pages 131-138 , Jean-Michel Glachant, Dominique Finon Chapter 6 - European Electricity Markets: Variety and Integration , Pages 139-181 , Jean-Michel Glachant Chapter 7 - European Gas Markets: Nascent Competition and Integration in a Diversity of Models , Pages 183-235 , Dominique Finon Chapter 8 - Competition and market integration in Europe: Towards a Multienergy and Multidomestic Oligopoly , Pages 237-255 , Dominique Finon, Jean-Michel Glachant Chapter 9 - Strategic Configuration: Options and Perspectives , Pages 259-272 , Atle Midttun Chapter 10 - Configuration and Performance of Large European Energy Companies: A Statistical Analysis , Pages 273-296 , Atle Midttun, Terje Omland Chapter 11 - Strategic Configuration: A Casuistic Approach , Pages 297-353 , Dominique Finon, Atle Midttun, Terje Omland, Lutz Mez, Augusto Ruperez-Micola, Rosaria di Nucci, Isabel Soares, Steve Thomas Chapter 12 - Reshaping European Energy Industry: Patterns and Challenges , Pages 357-387 , Dominique Finon, Atle Midttun Index , Pages 389-398 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 deregulation.

* Competition: A direct look at business and marketing strategies in response to the influx of competition from across the globe.

* Environment: Provides powerful [insights] into the way environmentally-based legislation has now become a key driver of the energy industry in Europe Liberalisation of the energy industries in Europe and the introduction of new and more homogenous regulatory frameworks have for the last decade been part of the vision of an integrated internal market economy in Europe. Provides a unique insight into the current challenges facing the European energy industry, including deregulation, competition, and the environment