Table of Contents
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.
Tim Maxian Rusche, European Commission
Tim Maxian Rusche is a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission. Previously, he worked in the European Commission's directorate general for energy and transport, first as case handler assessing the compatibility of state aid with the internal market and then as coordinator for relations with the European Parliament and the Council. He has published extensively on European environmental law and European competition law.