Energy Networks and the Law: Innovative Solutions in Changing Markets

Dr. Martha M. Roggenkamp is professor of Energy Law at the University of Groningen, Director of the Groningen Centre of Energy Law, and board member of the Groningen Energy and Sustainability Programme. She has published widely on energy law issues since the early 1990s. She defended her PhD at the University of Leiden on the regulation of Oil and Gas Pipelines - Het Juridisch Kader van Pijpleidingen in de Olie- en Gasindustrie (PhD, Intersentia 1999). Martha is the editor in chief of the series Energy & Law published by Intersentia (Antwerp), a member of the editorial board of the Dutch Journal of Energy Law and of the editorial committee of the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, the International Energy Law Review and the Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review. She also holds the chair of the Dutch Association of Energy Lawyers. She teaches energy law at the University of Groningen and is the coordinator of the North Sea Energy Law Program.; Dr. Lila

Energy supply depends on the means of transport to the consumer. Cables and pipelines are necessary to transport oil, gas, and electricity. Their construction and use depend on developments in technology, policies, and laws. This book analyzes the challenges confronting governments, regulators, and network operators in managing energy networks.

Part I: Cross-border Energy Infrastructure and Supply Security; 1 Catherine Redgwell: Contractual and Treaty Arrangements supporting Trans-boundary Networks; 2 Lila Barrera-Hernandez: The Role of Regional Agreements in Energy Interconnection in South America; 3 Alastair Lucas: Federalist Function in the Development of Modern Energy Infrastructure; 4 Jose Juan Gonzalez: Law and Regulation governing Energy Networks in Mexico and Central America; 5 Mohamed Bekheshi: The Chad-Cameroon Pipeline; 6 Martha Roggenkamp: Protecting Infrastructure in order to Guarantee Supply Security: Critical Infrastructure in the EU; Part II: New Energy Sources and New Ways of Network Management; 7 Olivia Woolley and Peter Schaumberg: The Development of Electricity Grids Offshore; 8 Nigel Bankes: Developing CO2 Infrastructure; 9 Wang Mingyuan: The Role of Energy Networks in Developing Renewable Energy Sources in China; 10 Anita Ronne: The Development of an Intelligent Energy System; 11 Lee Paddock: Demand Side Management, Technology, and Infrastructure Development in the United States; 12 Ulf Hammer: The Role of Energy Networks in Facilitating the Production and Use of Renewable Energy Sources in a Liberalized Market; Part III: Market Liberalization and Challenges for Network Investments and Planning; 13 Inigo Del Guayo: Electricity and Gas Infrastructure Planning in the European Union; 14 Gunther Kuhne: Regulating the Extension of Electricity Networks - a Germany Perspective; 15 Aileen McHarg: Balancing Network Regulation and Grid Investments in the UK; 16 Tjarda van de Vijver: Exemptions to the Rules on Third Party Access in the EU as a Tool to Guarantee Network Investments; 17 Yanko Marcius de Alencar Xavier: The Regulation of Third Party Access in Brazil as an Instrument to Develop Pipelines in the Natural Gas Sector; 18 Lee Godden and Anne Kallies: Transmission Network Development: New Challenges for Australia; 19 Barry Barton: Law and Regulation for the Energy Networks in New Zealand; 20 Sergey Seliverstov and Ivan V. Gudkov: Land Use and the Development of Electricity and Gas Networks in Russia