Challenges in Power Sector Regulation

Abstract

Regulation has to respond to economic trends, unremitting environmental concerns, changing political priorities and long-term objectives rising from climate change or energy security issues, but also to unexpected short-term events like the Fukushima accident, or technology breakthroughs such as shale gas extraction becoming competitive or the dramatic reduction in solar photovoltaic electricity generation costs. © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2013.