GRA 8513 Energy Governance, Law, Policy & Regulations (2019/2020)
GRA 8513 Energy Governance, Law, Policy & Regulations (2019/2020)
This course is part of the Executive Master of Management in Energy in cooperation with BI Norwegian Business School and IFP School.
The objective of this course is to give an introduction to energy policy, law and regulation and the basic challenges that governments and politicians. The course also explores how companies are subject to and deal with various form of political intervention, from public ownership to regulation, and how international oil and gas markets change. It examines the challenges that geopolitical, technological and supply and demand developments present for governments and firms, how energy policy (at the international, EU and national) level is designed, and how states and international organizations use law and regulation to build and shape markets. The course discusses the policy implications of approaching energy as a public, private and strategic good; and the strengths and weaknesses of different types of energy governance and policy tools. A range of empirical cases are use to explore these themes.
Acquired knowledge:
Participants will acquire an understanding of how national and international economic and political frameworks and governance mechanisms influence the energy industry and markets, with an emphasis on the challenges to energy policy makers and energy market regulators. This includes policy tools such as direct government intervention, state ownership and arms-length regulation, including the EUs efforts to build markets and make them operate efficiently.
The course will enable the participants to understand energy markets (and the energy business and the need to regulate markets form a public policy perspective, both in terms of market failures (including the positive and negative externalities of energy production and consumption, competition policy and natural monopolies) and boarder political goals linked to economic stability, social justice and security. They will be able to understand the motives and methods for energy policy making, assess the effectiveness of policy tools, and evaluate the trade-offs and dilemmas involved.
The participants will be able to reflect on the political, technological, economic, trade and security challenges that different countries and organizations in the energy market face, and the ways governments, companies and international organizations in major regions try to deal with these challenges.
- Energy in political economy: a private, public and strategic good.
- Public governance in the energy sector: actors and policy tools (law, regulation, finance, ownership)
- Energy and international political economy: economic rent, supply and demand, interest group politics
- Energy policy and security of supply
- Oil markets: Global market, fungible product; a range of national and company strategies
- Security of supply risks in oil markets: Price risks (oil shocks, demand and supply) and public policy tools
- Global governance: IEA and the international regime, the WTO regime and international law
- Gas markets: Regional markets, bilateral deals, geopolitics, pipeline diplomacy, the long reach of EU law
- Security of Supply: Supply risk (political and security risks) and public policy tools
- Regional governance in Europe: the EU and regional regimes, EU energy and competition law
- Energy and security: security threats, resource conflicts, public and private policy tools
1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours.
Sessions include lectures, seminars and group work.
Attendance to all sessions in the course is compulsory. If you have to miss part(s) of the course you must ask in advance for leave of absence. More than 25% absence in a course will require retaking the entire course. It's the student's own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/ It's learning or other course materials.
Specific information regarding student evaluation beyond the information given in the course description will be provided in class.
The course is a part of a full Executive Master of Management in Energy (EMME) and examination in all courses must be passed in order to obtain a certificate.
Granted admission to the Executive Master of Management in Energy programme.
Students should be familiar with the readings and references for the course Energy economics and geopolitics
Exam category | Weight | Invigilation | Duration | Grouping | Comment exam |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Exam code: GRA 85131 Grading scale: Point scale Grading rules: Internal and external examiner Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course | 60 | No | 30 Day(s) | Individual | The students are evaluated through an individual 30 days course paper, counting 60% of the final grade. |
Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Class participation Exam code: GRA 85131 Grading scale: Point scale Grading rules: Internal and external examiner Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course | 40 | No | - | Individual | The students are evaluated through class participation, counting 40% of the final grade. |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 135 hours.