The deployment of smart grids in electricity systems has given rise to much interdisciplinary research. The new technology is seen as an additional instrument available to States to achieve targets for promoting competition, increasing the safety of electricity systems and combating climate...

Smart Grid technology appears necessary to succeed in activating the demand through demand side management (DSM) programs. This would in turn improve energy efficiency and achieve environmental targets through controlled consumption. The many pilot projects led worldwide involving smart grids...

Demand side management (DSM) in electricity markets could improve energy efficiency and achieve environmental targets through controlled consumption. For the past 10 years or so DSM programmes have registered significant results. However, detailed analysis of its real impact as observed by a...

Demand side management (DSM) in electricity markets could improve energy efficiency and achieve environmental targets through controlled consumption. For the past 10 years or so DSM programmes have registered significant results. However, detailed analysis of its real impact as observed by a...

Gas release programmes, or capacities release, and market shares constraints are the two asymmetric regulations imposed on incumbents in energy markets. In this paper, we focus on gas release, its impact on welfare or consumer surplus and on the optimal level of released quantities set by...

Le processus européen de libéralisation et d'intégration des différents marchés européens en un marché unique poursuit son développement. Cependant, le contexte énergétique de l'Europe dans lequel intervient cette ouverture des marchés de l'énergie se modifie. Aussi, la question de...