EU Renewable Electricity Law and Policy : From National Targets to a Common Market (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I. 28 National Support Schemes in Regulatory Competition: 1. Regulation of renewable electricity in the internal electricity market: (still) a preserve of Member States; 2. The regulatory options from an economic point of view: superiority of prices over quantities under real-world conditions; 3. The times they are a-changin'? The evolution of support schemes in Member States over time; Part II. Regulatory Competition and Union Law Protecting the Internal Market: 4. Union law on state aid: down for the count, but not knocked out by PreussenElektra; 5. Union law on free movement of goods: the protection of the environment justifies (nearly) everything, except for 'buy European' clauses for equipment; 6. Prohibition of internal customs duties and discriminatory taxation: the sometimes forgotten straightjacket; Part III. Toward a Common Market for Renewable Electricity?: 7. 2013 to 2015 ? years of upheaval?; 8. Regulatory options for the creation of a common market; 9. Regulatory cross fertilization across the Atlantic.