Antimonopoly Control in the Electric Power Industry (Problems of Legal Regulation of the Subject)

Abstract

The article reviews the main legal constructions and doctrinal approaches related to the regulation of the subject of antitrust control in the electric power industry. Special attention is paid to the issues of enshrined legal aspects of antitrust control in this domain, as well as to a number of key concepts for competition law in general. Moreover, the objects of antitrust control in the field of electricity’ current state of legal regulation is revealed in the article, as well as the importance of implementing state policy aimed at ensuring the defense of competition by an uninterrupted and effective antitrust control over electric energy and capacity markets functioning.