C. Chatzikonstantinou, Power exchanges and the Greek wholesale electricity market, 2019

List of abbreviations

Introduction

PART ONE

Power exchanges in Europe and their fundamental

role as electricity wholesale marketplaces

A. The liberalisation of the electricity sector in Europe and the emergence of power exchanges

1. Energy as a commodity

2. The liberalisation process

a) Energy policy in the EU

b) The EU regulatory framework for the electricity market

3. The emergence of power exchanges

B. Power exchanges as marketplaces for electricity trading

1. The wholesale electricity market

a) Essential elements in the wholesale electricity market

b) Forms of electricity trading at a wholesale level

2. Power exchanges: Electricity trading platforms

a) Power pools: The precursors of power exchanges

b) Definition and functions of power exchanges

c) The price formation mechanism

d) The correlation between power exchanges and Transmission System Operators

e) The benefits from trading in a power exchange

PART ΤWO

The institutional role of power exchanges towards

an integrated wholesale electricity market

and the Greek perspective

A. Power exchanges in the context of the European integrated energy market - An institutional approach through market coupling

1. Energy market integration within the EU

2. The wholesale electricity market integration through market coupling

3. The regulatory regime under Regulation (EU) 2015/1222

a) Basic regulations on market coupling

b) The role of power exchanges in the market coupling regulatory regime and the impact of Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 on their activities

B. The Greek wholesale electricity market and its recent developments

1. The basic regulatory framework

2. Wholesale market structure and electricity trading before the enactment of Law 4425/2016

3. Law 4425/2016: the newborn wholesale electricity market

4. Law 4512/2018: the establishment of the Greek power exchange

Concluding remarks

References

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