Legal Feasibility of Schengen-Like Agreements in European Energy Policy: The Cases of Nuclear Cooperation and Gas Security of Supply

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“…In that regard, the Energy Union has minimized exemptions for groups of Member States, as for example was proposed in the discussion of capacity mechanisms for countries with a lower GDP (Simon, 2018b), or the possibility of gas purchasing arrangements among groups of states (cf. Ahner, Glachant, & de Hauteclocque, 2010). In sum, in just one decade after the Lisbon Treaty, the long-held view that EEP is "less 'European' than most other policies" (Buchan & Keay, 2015, p. 2), might no longer hold.…”

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Energy Policy and European Union Politics

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Energy policy has been considered as a “special case of Europeanization,” due to its tardy and patchy development as a domain of EU activity as well as its important but highly contested external dimension. Divergent energy pathways across Member States and the sensitivity of this policy domain have militated against a unified European Energy Policy. And yet, since the mid-2000s cooperation in this policy area has picked up speed, leading to the adoption of the Energy Union, presented by the European Commission as the most ambitious energy initiative since the European Coal and Steel Community. This dynamism has attracted growing scholarly attention, seeking to determine whether, why and how European Energy Policy has consolidated against all odds during a particularly critical moment for European integration. The underlying question that emerges in this context is whether the Energy Union represents a step forward towards a more homogenous and joined-up energy policy or, rather a strategy to manage heterogeneity through greater flexibility and differentiated integration. Given the multilevel and multisectoral characteristics of energy policy, answering these questions requires a three-fold analysis of (1) the degree of centralization of European Energy Policy (vertical integration), (2) the coherence between energy sub-sectors (cross-sectoral integration), and (3) the territorial extension of the energy acquis beyond the EU Member States (horizontal integration). Taken together, the Energy Union has catalyzed integration on the three dimensions. First, EU institutions are formally involved in almost every aspect of energy policy, including sensitive areas such as ensuring energy supplies. Second, the Energy Union, with its new governance regulation, brings under one policy framework energy sub-sectors that had developed in silos. And finally, energy policy is the only sector that has generated a multilateral process dedicated to the integration of non-members into the EU energy market. However, this integrationist dynamic has also been accompanied by an increase in internal and external differentiation. Although structural forms of differentiation based on sectoral opt-outs and enhanced cooperation have been averted, European Energy Policy is an example of so-called “micro-differentiation,” characterized by flexible implementation, soft governance and tailor-made exemptions and derogations.

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“…Since Weitzman's seminal 1974 study 14 it is common wisdom in economics that the relative slopes of marginal costs and marginal benefi ts are crucial when deciding between a price (feed-in tariff) and a quantity (quota) instrument. 15 14 M.L. We i t z m a n : Prices vs.…”

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“…However, market-based CRMs do already exist and, to avoid States fl exibility to take account of national circumstances, and even allows them to depart from competitive processes when the outcome might not be optimal". 15 A detailed assessment of the 2014 Guidelines is beyond the scope of this article. The following merely discusses salient issues related to the criteria to establish compatibility with the Guidelines, the concept of competitive bidding, the need to ensure generation adequacy, and the rationale for exemptions from surcharges.…”

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“…But the neutrality of the market design may be questioned when evaluating total delivered generation costs including implicit subsidies provided 15 European Commission: Energy and Environmental State aid Guidelines -Frequently asked questions, MEMO/14/276, 9 April 2014. 16 In their theorem of second best, R.G.…”

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. When it comes to energy policy, EU countries go their own way with little regard for other member states. What strategies exist in the EU Commission to coordinate and integrate energy markets? Are these strategies consistent with national plans currently in action? Is it too late to establish a unifi ed energy policy? What can be achieved in a unifi ed energy policy given the considerable differences in resource endowment and political preferences in energy strategies? Can the effectiveness of EU energy policy objectives be enhanced through policy coordination at the regional scale? This Forum seeks to provide answers to these questions. DOI: 10.1007/s10272-014-0507-x Sebastian Strunz, Erik Gawel and Paul Lehmann Terms of use: Documents in On the Alleged Need to Strictly Europeanise the German EnergiewendeGermany has embarked on an ambitious project to transform its energy system by 2050 -the so-called Energiewende. Some critics contend that the Energiewende imposes unnecessary and avoidable welfare losses due to a lack of integration within the EU. However, these critiques largely miss the point because the asserted lack of integration cannot be pinned on the Energiewende, and the welfare consequences of EU-wide integration are less clear than the critiques imply.Germany aims to completely redesign its energy system within the next few decades. In particular, nuclear power shall be phased out by 2022 and the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in overall electricity supply shall be increased to at least 80 per cent by 2050. While many international observers regard this ambitious set of energy transition targets with a mix of applauding respect and slight scepticism, 1 some domestic critics judge the transformation project very harshly. Specifi cally, they criticise the Energiewende for being a national and unilateral approach that fails to reap the potential benefi ts of an EU-wide approach.2 It has even been suggested that Germany, by rolling out Energiewende policies, acts as a kind of wrongway driver heading in the opposite direction to a presumed 1 See, for example, D. B u c h a n : The Energiewende: Germany's Gamble, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, SP 26, 2012. 2 For example, acatech: Die Energiewende fi nanzierbar gestalten: Effi ziente Ordnungspolitik für das Energiesystem der Zukunft, acatech Position, Heidelberg 2012; J. We i m a n n : Atomausstieg und Energiewende: Wie sinnvoll ist der deutsche Alleingang?, in: Energiewirtschaf...

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Legal Feasibility of Schengen-Like Agreements in European Energy Policy: The Cases of Nuclear Cooperation and Gas Security of Supply

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