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...

This chapter argues that the innovative approach to governance in the context of EU external energy efficiency has merits given the current deadlock in the negotiation of an international climate change and energy architecture. However, the current implementation of this policy is unlikely to be...

This paper analyses the ECT from the perspective of the protection of Russian investments in downstream energy markets, in particular in the EU. Based on a primarily legal approach, this paper takes the Russian perspective and focuses on jurisdictional issues relating to the possibility for...

Although the Ukraine conflict and the resulting political hostility between Russia and the West have put a stop to the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue, the mutual benefits of energy cooperation and cross-border energy investments are undeniable. Taking these mutual benefits into account, energy would...

Energy efficiency is since long a cornerstone of the European internal energy policy. In recent years, it has also taken an increasing importance in the external energy relations of the EU. Given the obsolete condition of the energy system of many EU neighbouring countries, the potential for...

Given the capital-intensive and long-term nature of the energy and low-carbon infrastructure, investors repeatedly highlight regulatory stability as an essential precondition to the transfer of private capital and technology to the development and decarbonisation of energy supply. The Third...

This paper has been drafted in response to the public consultation of the EU Commission on the EU External Energy Policy. It focuses on regulatory convergence, energy efficiency and renewable energy in the context of the EU-Russian Energy Dialogue

The General Court judgment annotated here is the first decision to recognize that the principle of energy solidarity, established in Article 194(1) TFEU, is not simply a political notion but a legally enforceable principle that can be used as a ground for judicial review. The case contributes to...