The model of power sector reform that emerged during the 1990s placed considerable emphasis on the creation of an independent regulatory agency, with a strong orientation toward technically-driven tariff-setting procedures. Despite widespread uptake of regulation, implementation has proved to be...

The economic implications of the latest upsurge of the oil prices for the whole world-and for the developing countries in particular-are such as to make a strategy of common responsibility of industrialized and developing countries more urgent than ever. Rainer Offergeld, Federal Minister for...

Energy policies play a pivotal part in helping countries achieve their sustainable development goals. Further, energy is one of the critical raw materials in companies’ production processes. Therefore, ensuring a steady energy supply is essential to increasing production; otherwise, countries...

Im Juni 2003 wurden die zweiten EU-Binnenmarktrichtlinien Strom und Erdgas verabschiedet. Darin verpflichten sich die EU-Mitgliedstaaten zur Einrichtung einer Regulierungsbehörde. Laut Prof. Dr. Jan Busche, Universität Düsseldorf, »... kommt (dieser) nur ergänzende Funktion zu. Notwendig...

Given Australia's lack of energy security strategy, it is not surprising that the country is void of institutional knowledge and know-how of Russian foreign energy strategy. The 'lucky country' as it were, relies entirely on sea-lines of communication to the north to supply fuel and to export...