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Contact Email: s.r.dow@dundee.ac.uk
Stephen Dow, LLB (Hons), LLM, DipLP, is Lecturer in Energy Law. A qualified solicitor, following a period in private practice he took a Masters degree at the Centre, working on post-privatisation regulation of energy industries, before being appointed to the Centre in 1994.
In addition to working on legal aspects of stranded investment in the energy sector, his research interests include oil and gas law. He is the Co-Director of the Centre's successful United Kingdom Oil and Gas Law seminar. He has an interest in financing of energy projects, and teaches the Centre's course on Transnational Natural Resource and Energy Finance, particularly as projects are built in transition and developing economies. He is co-director of the Centre's Energy Finance seminar.
Stephen Dow is responsible for three other courses offered by the Centre, Downstream Energy Law and Policy; United Kingdom Oil and Gas Law; and European Community Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy, a course supported by the Jean Monnet Project of the European Commission. He is the ERASMUS programme coordinator for the Centre.
Research
His current research interests are in liberalisation and privatisation of electricity and gas industries. He has served as a consultant to the Parliament of Ukraine as the forthcoming electricity reform law was developed, advising as the draft law was refined into line with the practical reforms towards a liberalised electricity market. He is writing on the regulatory and legal needs for electricity sector reform in transition economies.
Stephen Dow is also involved in research into proposed reforms of the electricity market in China, and has recently been awarded funding from the Nuffield Foundation. He also continues to study developments in the UK energy markets, particularly in the run-up to the introduction of full competition in electricity and gas supply in 1998, and continues to serve as Current Survey Editor of the Utilities Law Review.
Teaching
Downstream Energy Law and Policy (On-Campus)
The primary objective of the course is to provide an introduction and background to the way in which legislation and regulation can be used to implement policy decisions in the downstream energy industries. The emphasis is on understanding the way in which policy decisions to restructure the (electricity and gas) industries lead to changes in both legislation and the approach of regulators. The skill is to identify what makes particular approaches successful in particular legal environments. This course is not aimed only at lawyers, but also at those influencing the policy debate who must have an understanding of the implementation of policy changes.
Downstream Energy Law and Policy (Distance Learning)
The primary objective of the course is to provide an introduction and background to the way in which legislation and regulation can be used to implement policy decisions in the downstream energy industries. The emphasis is on understanding the way in which policy decisions to restructure the (electricity and gas) industries lead to changes in both legislation and the approach of regulators. The skill is to identify what makes particular approaches successful in particular legal environments. This course is not aimed only at lawyers, but also at those influencing the policy debate who must have an understanding of the implementation of policy changes.
International Project Finance (On-Campus)
The objective of the course is to provide an understanding of the issues surrounding project finance. The objective is to demonstrate how the concept can be used to fund investment in energy (and infrastructure) projects. The course also looks at how governments might encourage the use of project financing in cases where domestic funding is not sufficient to meet demand.
United Kingdom Oil and Gas Law (On-Campus)
The objective of the course is to provide an understanding of the way in which the United Kingdom hydrocarbon industry is controlled by means of legislation, regulation and contracting practice. The course follows the barrel from initial discovery (ownership a question of international law); through licensing; production and eventual abandonment. The course will not enable those without a legal background to practice oil and gas law, but it will enable them to understand the legal environment in which the companies operate.
