 Integrating Stakeholders into the Governance of Data Exchange from Smart MeteringMarius Buchmann Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 2016, vol. 17, issue 2, 102-122 Abstract: The electricity supply chain is changing due to the integration of renewable energies. Two developments are in the focus of this paper: First, the emergence of third parties and second, the requirement for information management (i.e. the management of data exchange from smart metering) as a new step in the supply chain. Information management needs to secure the neutral and non-discriminatory integration of third parties into smart grids. This can be accomplished by a collaborative governance approach. Based on veto player theory we identify two key issues for the voting process within a collaborative governance approach for information management. First, we show that a voting process based on “individual veto players†will result in governance lock-in situations, where governance innovation will be impeded. Second, we discuss that “collective veto players†can secure governance innovation for information management, but that the non-discriminatory integration for third parties might be at stake, if less than a qualified majority is required to vote on a veto. Keywords: Smart Grid; Information Management; Data Handling; Voting; Veto Player Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:crnind:v:17:y:2016:i:2:p:102-122 DOI: 10.1177/178359171601700201 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Competition and Regulation in Network Industries |
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