Title :

Local public companies, local authority shareholders and electricity: rarely one, never two, always three

Author(s) :

Vanneaux, Marie-Anne [Auteur]
Dreyfus, Magali [Auteur]
Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026
Suwa, Aki [Auteur]

Book title :

Local Energy Governance. Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable and Decentralised Energy in France and Japan

Pages :

chapitre 6 - 15 p.

Publisher :

Routledge \/ Taylor & Francis

Publication date :

2022-03-31

ISBN :

9780367458911

Keyword(s) :

Local public enterprises
Public administration \u2013 governance \u2013 implementation \u2013 public policies \u2013 environment \u2013 organizational routine dynamics
Energy policy and economics
Alternative and renewable energy

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Droit

English abstract : [en]

In France, local public enterprises (LPEs) are the operational instruments of local authorities. LPEs have several legal forms: semi-public companies, local public companies, and single-purpose semi-public companies. These ...
Show more >In France, local public enterprises (LPEs) are the operational instruments of local authorities. LPEs have several legal forms: semi-public companies, local public companies, and single-purpose semi-public companies. These companies carry out activities of public and economic interest, including electricity production and distribution. The main benefit for local authorities to use these limited companies is that it allows an institutional partnership with the private sector. The role of LPEs in the field of electricity is long-standing in France, but it is constantly evolving, particularly in line with legislation strengthening the involvement of local authorities in sustainable development, production, and control of renewable energy. The goals of this chapter, which is essentially a legal study, are as follows: to draw up a panorama of LPEs operating in the local electricity sector, to specify their missions and to highlight their current particularities. To do so, the contribution is based on an original methodology based both on an almost exhaustive census of these companies and on a study of their shareholding. This analysis thus highlights that local authorities' autonomy in the choice of their intervention tools has increased over time. This freedom can now for the first time be exercised through a minority public shareholding. Local shareholding in the electricity sector is therefore now multifaceted in France and opens new prospects for local authorities and energy governance.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

• Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Submission date :

2024-09-17T10:44:42Z