A year and a half ago, Springer, one of the world's most prestigious academic publishers, published The Crossroads of Competition Law and Energy Regulation, a monograph by Dr. Laura Rimšaitė, a researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LCSS). In this book, the author explores how to strike a balance between fostering competitive energy markets and ensuring effective regulation. She also examines the challenges of reconciling market competition with regulatory objectives such as reliability, fairness, and sustainability.
This year, the monograph received important international recognition by being featured in Boletín de Novedades Bibliográficas, the Spanish National Commission on Markets and Competition's (CNMC) specialized bibliography of recommended publications prepared for the institution's experts, researchers, and analysts.
The CNMC is one of the European Union's leading national authorities responsible for competition enforcement and the oversight of regulated sectors, including energy. It supervises one of Europe's largest energy markets and plays an active role in addressing issues related to competition, the energy transition, market liberalization, and energy security.
The CNMC's bibliographic bulletin is not a general overview of newly published books. Rather, it is a carefully curated selection of recent international scholarly publications considered relevant to the daily work of the institution's experts. The inclusion of Dr. Rimšaitė's monograph therefore demonstrates that the issues it addresses at the intersection of competition law and energy regulation are of practical relevance not only to the academic community but also to institutions involved in shaping and implementing energy and competition policy across Europe.
The CNMC's bibliographic bulletins typically feature publications issued by leading international academic publishers and authored by established scholars from Western Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America. The inclusion of a monograph by a Lithuanian scholar may therefore be regarded as a significant indicator of international visibility and recognition, highlighting the book's potential impact on both professional practice and regulatory policymaking.
Rimšaitė, L. (2024). The Crossroads of Competition Law and Energy Regulation. Springer Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-73238-6
The book can be accessed here – https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-73238-6
CNMC's bibliographic bulletin is accessed here – https://www.cnmc.es/sites/default/files/editor_contenidos/Promocion/Biblioteca/202507_Boletin_de_Novedades_Bibliograficas_N24_WEB.pdf