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| December 21, 2011 | |
| CRNI Special Issue "Ownership Unbundling in Network Industries" recently published | |
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Click here to get to the CRNI website. | |
| March 02, 2009 | |
| UNECOM Paper "Deep-ISOs and Network Investment" recently published | |
| Balmert, D. and Brunekreeft, G. (2010), Deep-ISOs and Network Investment, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Vol. 11, No.1. Click here to get to the CRNI website. | |
| November 27, 2009 | |
| UNECOM Workshop in Brussels - Presentations available | |
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The presentations for our internal UNECOM Workshop in Brussels about "Distribution Networks and Smart Grids – Does Unbundling Matter?" are now available. Download under: results / presentations | |
| September 04, 2009 | |
| New Discussion Paper: DP 2009-07 | |
| Balmert, D. and Brunekreeft, G. (2009), Unbundling, deep ISOs and Network Investment. Download under: results / discussion papers | |
| August 7, 2009 | |
| New publication: "Fallstudien zur Netzökonomie" | |
| We are happy to announce an interesting book of Knieps and Weiß (2009) covering most recent aspects of network economis. It is a follow-up of the successful predecessor "Netzökonomie - Grundlagen, Strategien, Wettbewerbspolitik" published in 2007. A contribution of the UNECOM researchers Gert Brunekreeft and Roland Meyer is already available as UNECOM discussion paper DP 2009-06. We recommend this publication to all who are interested in network industries and regulation. For an overview of the topics covered in the book, see the tables of contents (provided here as pdf). | |
| June 10, 2009 | |
| UNECOM Workshop Presentations | |
| Having successfully finished our UNECOM Workshop in Vienna, the presentations slides are ready for download in our results category. | |
| March 11, 2009 | |
| UNECOM Workshop in Vienna on May 29, 2009 | |
| We are happy to announce our next UNECOM workshop taking place on May 29 in Vienna. More details on this workshop can be found under events and in the program (pdf). | |
| March 11, 2009 | |
| New Discussion Paper: DP 2009-06 | |
| This paper gives an overview of the current state of the unbundling discussion in Europe and is now available for download at results / discussion papers. Note: this paper is only available in German language. | |
| August 15, 2008 | |
| New Discussion Paper: DP 2008-05 | |
| In our most recent discussion paper, Gert Brunekreeft presents a social cost benefit analysis of the expected effects of ownership unbundling for the German TSOs. The paper is now available for download as DP 2008-05 at results / discussion papers. | |
| March 10, 2008 | |
| Discussion on E.ON's Plans to Sell its Networks | |
| As it seems, the debate on ownership unbundling has been pushed further by the recent announcement of E.ON that it plans to sell its networks. This is obviously a fundamental turnaround in E.ON's previous policy against unbundling and leaves much room for speculation about the reasons for that decision; see for instance Reuters from February 28: "German Utility E.ON Shocks with Plan to Sell Grid" While one incentive is clearly to avoid the two antitrust cases initiated by the European Commission, Reuters further argues that the new regulatory environment in Germany has rendered electricity networks much less lucrative as before. Furthermore, as more and more signs point to ownership unbundling as the most probable option for the future, it may be a good idea to be the first seller in the market, before divestitures become obligatory, and market prices are expected to fall. In any case, the discussion seems to keep on moving! | |
| March 04, 2008 | |
| New Results available | |
| The annual conference of the Institute for Energy and Mining Law, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, offered some insightful presentations about the way to an internal European energy market, with an emphasis on unbundling. For an overview of UNECOM relvant presentations: see results / presentations. | |
| January 30, 2008 | |
| UNECOM Discussion Paper Series being started! | |
| UNECOM has now started its Discussion Papers Series. The idea is to establish a common platform for research papers related to the UNECOM issues. Breaking the ground for the series, we are happy to already provide two interesting papers on the legal as well as economic aspects of unbundling. The first one is by our team members from Bochum, Johann-Christian Pielow and Eckart Ehlers, and deals with "The Constitutional Challenge of Ownership Unbundling – a European and German Perspective". Our second paper, by Michiel de Nooij and Barbara Baarsma from SEO offers "An Ex Ante Welfare Analysis of the Unbundling of the Distribution and Supply Companies in the Dutch Electricity Sector" Both discussion papers are now available for download in our results category. | |
| November 16, 2007 | |
| Conference: "Energy in Changing Environments" | |
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Hosts: Jacobs University Bremen and Bremer Energie Institut Date and venue: December 13-15, 2007 at Jacobs University Bremen For details see events. Most of the Presentations can be downloaded on the conference website | |
| September 17, 2007 | |
| Workshop: "Entbündelung in Netzindustrien:
Chancen und Risiken" 40. Freiburger Verkehrsseminar | |
| This workshop discusses the unbundling issue with respect to network industries in general. It is part of the Verkehrsseminar which is coordinated annually by the institute for transportation and spatial economics of the University of Freiburg. Host: Gesellschaft für Verkehrswissenschaft und Regionalpolitik, Universität Freibug im Breisgau Date and venue: September 27/28, 2007 at Novotel Freiburg, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 2, D-79098 Freiburg Details on programme and participation can be found on the institute's website. Some presentation slides can be downloaded here: results. | |
| September 17, 2007 | |
| Recent Study: "Independent System Operators - Ein Überblick" | |
| In line with the topic of UNECOM, the Bremer Energie Institut recently published a study on the functioning and possible scopes of ISOs. Its mainly focuses on the relationship between ISO and network owners, its impact on investment, and a possible application to the German electricity market. The study was funded by EnBW. For a copy of the study (in German language only), please send a request to chr.mueller@enbw.com. | |
| August 14, 2007 | |
| External Workshop: "Ownership Unbundling - Hoffnungen und Risiken" | |
| It is our pleasure to announce a forthcoming workshop which addresses the legal and economic issues of ownership unbundling. Host: Forschungsgruppe Recht und Ökonomie der Netzregulierung, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Date and venue: September 17, 2007 at the Representation of North-Rhine/Westphalia, Avenue Michel-Ange 8, 1000 Brussels Details on programme and participation can be found in our events category. | |
| April 30, 2007 | |
| UNECOM Workshop successfully finished! | |
| Finally, our first UNECOM Workshop in Brussels has ended. According to the bulk of positive feedback we received, it can be clearly regarded as a big success. We would like to thank all the participants, our speakers as well as the audience, for their contribution and support to get "the Scene set". We hope to see you again next time! For those who were not able to attend, the presentation notes are ready for download in our results category. | |
| March 19, 2007 | |
| UNECOM Brussels Workshop April 27, 2007 | |
| First of all, it is our pleasure to officially present the UNECOM project via our website www.unecom.de. The site is still under construction, but will be further developed and updated as regularly as possible. Most importantly at the moment, in the category "events" you will find information on the UNECOM workshop "Ownership Unbundling: Setting the Scene" taking place in Brussels on April 27, 2007. |
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