The European Commission proposal on the liberalization of energy markets has been widely debated in policy, stakeholder and academic circles both for its content and the potential consequences for the structure of the EU gas and electricity markets. However, little has been said about the...

In recent years both developed and developing countries have experienced an increasing number of government initiatives dedicated to reducing the administrative costs (AC) imposed on businesses by regulation. We use a bi-linear fixed-effects model to analyze the extent to which government...

The perspective European Supergrid would consist of an integrated power system network, where electricity demands from one country could be met by generation from another country. This paper makes use of a bi-linear fixed-effects model to analyse the determinants for trading electricity across...

Impact Assessments (IAs) were introduced at the EU level under the rhetorical facade of 'better regulation'. The actual aim was to improve not only the quality but also the reputation of EU regulation before stakeholders. However, evidence brought forward by a number of evaluations pointed out...

1. Peak demand -- 2. Demand side response -- 3. People's activities and residential peak demand -- 4. Smart meters -- 5. Time of use pricing -- 6. Simulating critical peak pricing -- 7. Automated demand controllers -- 8. Market-based ancillary services -- 9. Capacity markets and demand side...