Fairness Considerations in Liberalised Retail Energy Markets
Research by Dr Despoina Mantzari has explored issues of fairness in the EU and UK energy retail markets, where the topic has been underexplored and under-theorised. This research has three angles: Firstly, a theoretical one, which explores the institutional and substantive dimensions of the regulation/competition interaction in the European Union. Secondly, a novel conceptual framework exploring the interaction between competition law, economic regulation and consumer protection in the context of the EU retail energy markets. Thirdly, a policy-oriented one exploring the UK’s approach to retail price regulation, which has been published in the leading generalist journal Modern Law Review.
Notable events include
- The Energy Price Cap: Towards a ‘Fairer Market’ for the UK Consumers? organised by the UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society (5 February 2019), available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/2019/feb/ucl-cles-hosts-timely-event-uk-energy-price-cap
- EUI Online Course on Regulatory Delivery (11 July 2019), available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/2019/jul/dr-deni-mantzari-participates-eui-online-course-regulatory-delivery
Notable publications include
- D Mantzari, The Quest for Reasonable Retail Energy Prices in Europe: Positive and Normative Dimensions. (2017) 36 Yearbook of European Law 599-627
- M Ioannidou and D Mantzari (2019), The UK Domestic Gas Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act: Re-regulating the Retail Energy Market. (2019) 82 (3) Modern Law Review 488-507