Energy Law - Science topic

Madeline Taylor

Coincido que es un tema multifactorial pero le doy un peso fundamental a tener una voluntad política decidida a gestionar otras formas de uso de energía renovable y contribuir al cuidado del medio ambiente. Se necesita además del concierto de naciones porque hay países que necesitan de la cooperación internacional y la creación de capacidades.

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I think it is possible to link the energy law to Maxwell act of electromagnetic wave. Electromagnetic waves move in form of quantas and with frequency.

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thank you dr. isam, dr kumar , dr akram and dr. Aprana for sharing your answers

I think the answer would depend on who are the parties and what is the dispute about. In a case between two private energy companies with diversified assets in many countries, international commercial arbitration is almost always preferable.

If we are talking about a private company on the one side and a state on the other, the only viable option may be ICSID arbitration, if the convention is applicable. There is usually no point in suing a government in their own courts and they won't submit to litigation in the courts of any other country.

Finally, if we are looking at a dispute between two private companies and the defendant or both of them have their assets only in one country, we would have to look whether that country has a tradition of respecting the NY Convention and enforcing foreign arbitral awards. If not, litigation may be safer, although countries with problems in respecting the NY Convention usually also have problems in their courts.

Check out my paper on the Global Failure of Justice Systems for more information. Also, I will soon start uploading draft chapters from my new book on International Business Transactions, including a substantial chapter on international commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration.

In Iran, some of governmental organization such as SUNA and SABA proposed some financial incentive to self-regulatory industries. For example, any high energy consuming complex that would decrease its energy consume by 4% annually, could receive financial aids, loans and certificates.

It seems that there are not enough governmental incentives to have energy saving manner in Iran. 

I think the use of storage tends to be integrated into other regulation, where it is covered at all. From the consumer side storage looks like generation so fits with the general licensing of generation. The use of storage on networks is a bit more complex, in the UK storage on networks would effectively be included in the new 'RIIO' regulation. It is too early to say whether this will lead to significant volumes of storage on the networks, whether there are sufficient incentives in this regulation and whether the economics will favour storage. The UK DNOs are experimenting with various storage set-ups through the Low Carbon Network Fund. The UK's Smart Grid Forum, which brings together industry, Government and other stakeholders discusses some of the issues relating to storage in chapter three in the linked document.

I'm not sure that too many countries have really given much consideration to things like storage (and its regulation) that will be needed in evolving electricity systems that have to deal with more intermittent generation.

Thanks for your reply. Establishment of such groups, buying together electricity and/or gas enhances their position vs. energy suppliers  (at least in the opinion of buyers). There were examples of buying energy even 20% cheaper comparing to prices previously paid by participants buying alone. Your questions are of course interesting but they do not refer to the core of the problem I asked.  

To assess sustainability, it is essential to consider all the variables (economic, social, technical, legal, even geopolitical). Know the limitations of the fossil energy system in the country of reference and assess their renewable energy capacity is essential.

If appropriate, you can consult our paper on energy poverty in Spain, in the next week

Edward, I share your point view. Let's add to elderly customers industry in the EU which you can also call a vulnerable group. That protection from EU directives I was writing about in fact should assist climate regulations. But it implies of course higher taxation. At the end of the day fishing, hunting and teleworking will create economy of the EU.  

Best regards,

Mariusz

Dear Alecia,

A good example you can find in your country. I'm thinking about capacity market and the problem of state aid with all the economic problems behind it. Like others, I would also add change in the system of regulation as a consequence of implementation of smart grids and decentraization of energy system. Huge changes are expected also in the gas market (LNG, shale gas) which becomes today more international than regional.

Best regards,

M.S.