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Author Boute, Anatole

Title Russian Electricity and Energy Investment Law
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (803 pages)
Series Law in Eastern Europe
Law in Eastern Europe.
Contents Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Cases; List of Legislation; Abbreviations; About the Author; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Modernization Challenge; 1 Physical State and Structure of the Russian Electricity Sector; 2 Prospects for Development of the Electricity Sector until 2020 and 2030; 3 Conclusions; Chapter 2 The Russian Electricity Market Reforms; 1 The Soviet Organization of the Electricity Sector (1918-1991); 2 The Post-Soviet Transition (1992-2001): First Steps toward Reform; 3 The 2003-2011 Privatization and Liberalization Reform
4 ConclusionsChapter 3 The Regulatory Authorities; 1 The Theory of Regulatory Independence and Credible Commitment; 2 Constitutional Division of Powers for Electricity Regulation in Russia; 3 The Government of the Russian Federation; 4 Ministry of Energy; 5 The Regulator of the Wholesale Market: The Market Council; 6 The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service; 7 The Federal Service for Tariffs; 8 Regional Tariff Authorities; 9 Municipal Authorities; 10 The Normative Nature of Regulatory Decisions; 11 Conclusions; Chapter 4 Principles of Russian Electricity Law
1 Freedom of Interaction among Market Parties2 Free-Market Price Formation; 3 The Affordability of Electricity Supply; 4 The Economically Well-Founded Nature of Prices; 5 The Balance of the Economic Interests of Suppliers and Consumers; 6 Phasing Out Cross-Subsidies; 7 The Stability of Investment Conditions; 8 Non-Discrimination; 9 Unbundling; 10 Transparency; 11 Conclusions; Chapter 5 The Wholesale Electricity and Capacity Market; 1 Impact of Public Interference with Prices on Electricity Investments: The Theory; 2 The Structure of the Russian Wholesale Market
3 The Transition and Model Wholesale Markets4 The Electricity and Capacity "Commodities"; 5 Wholesale Market and Nodal Zones; 6 Wholesale Market Participants; 7 Price-Formation Mechanisms in the Wholesale Electricity Market; 8 The Capacity Market; 9 The Risk of Political Interference with Free-Market Prices; 10 Interference with Prices and the Principles of Russian Electricity Law; 11 Conclusions; Chapter 6 The Retail Markets; 1 Retail Market Participants; 2 Free-Market Price Formation in Retail Markets; 3 Regulated Tariffs for Domestic Consumers
4 The Contractual Architecture Governing the Retail Markets5 Metering; 6 Non-Price Zones, Isolated Regions and Remote Areas; 7 Conclusions; Chapter 7 The Electricity Network Infrastructure; 1 The Federal Grid Company (Transmission); 2 The Territorial Network Companies (Distribution); 3 Access to the Network; 4 Connection to the Network; 5 Connection and Access to Private Network Infrastructure; 6 Compensation for Network Losses; 7 Transmission and Distribution Tariffs; 8 Connection Tariffs; 9 Conclusions; Chapter 8 Combined Heat and Power and District Heating
Summary This book analyzes the regulatory framework that Russia has developed to attract private capital and technology in the modernization of the electricity infrastructure. Comparing Russian and EU electricity law, the book identifies regulatory risks and examines investors' protection under Russian and international investment law
Notes 1 Heat Tariff Regulation in Russia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-754) and index
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Subject Electric utilities -- Law and legislation -- Russia (Federation)
Investments -- Law and legislation -- Russia (Federation)
Investments, Foreign -- Russia (Federation)
LAW -- Military.
Electric utilities -- Law and legislation
Investments, Foreign
Investments -- Law and legislation
Russian Federation.
Electricity.
Energy policy.
Foreign direct investment.
Russia (Federation)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004203281
9789004203273
9004203273
9789004203280