The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU Sphere

The regulation of the energy sector in the EU adresses different challenges in pursuance of ensuring the functioning of the energy system. One of the most pressing current energy issues in the EU is household access to energy services, which is acknowledged as social justice concern. Provided that a...

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Main Author: Paškevičius Julius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-06-01
Series:Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2020-0007
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spelling doaj-14e0dc4f604241afb5e0ad10d36581bd2021-09-05T21:00:29ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of Law & Politics2029-04542020-06-0113116319010.2478/bjlp-2020-0007bjlp-2020-0007The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU SpherePaškevičius Julius0Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Law (Lithuania)The regulation of the energy sector in the EU adresses different challenges in pursuance of ensuring the functioning of the energy system. One of the most pressing current energy issues in the EU is household access to energy services, which is acknowledged as social justice concern. Provided that access to universal service in the EU is recognised as a right of households, the article aims to introduce the advanced concept of energy justice desiged for the investigation of households’ ability to access sufficient energy service in the EU. The article is organized in three parts. The first part specifies the roots of energy justice. The second part assesses whether the constituent elements of energy justice comply with EU fuonding values. Lastly, the more comprehensive concept of energy justice is presented with underlying rationale.https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2020-0007energy justiceeu valuesenergy serviceenergy law
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The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU Sphere
Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
energy justice
eu values
energy service
energy law
author_facet Paškevičius Julius
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title The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU Sphere
title_short The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU Sphere
title_full The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU Sphere
title_fullStr The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU Sphere
title_full_unstemmed The Conceptualization of Energy Justice: The EU Sphere
title_sort conceptualization of energy justice: the eu sphere
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series Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
issn 2029-0454
publishDate 2020-06-01
description The regulation of the energy sector in the EU adresses different challenges in pursuance of ensuring the functioning of the energy system. One of the most pressing current energy issues in the EU is household access to energy services, which is acknowledged as social justice concern. Provided that access to universal service in the EU is recognised as a right of households, the article aims to introduce the advanced concept of energy justice desiged for the investigation of households’ ability to access sufficient energy service in the EU. The article is organized in three parts. The first part specifies the roots of energy justice. The second part assesses whether the constituent elements of energy justice comply with EU fuonding values. Lastly, the more comprehensive concept of energy justice is presented with underlying rationale.
topic energy justice
eu values
energy service
energy law
url https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2020-0007
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