Conflict-of-laws regulation of the international transit of electric energy
https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.3.101-111
Abstract
This article examines the conflict-of-laws regulation applying to the cross-border transit of electric energy. The analysis revealed that such transit is a technically complex and legally nuanced process. It can be accomplished by actually moving and (or) replacing electric energy. The selected option affects the type of contracts concluded and the conflict-of-laws rules applied to them. The conflict-of-laws regulation governing the electric energy transit among different countries includes: 1) general conflict-oflaws rule recognizing the parties’ autonomy to choose the applicable law; 2) subsidiary conflict-of-laws rule allowing courts to determine the applicable law based on the type of the contract and the party with principal performance obligations; and 3) corrective clause permitting courts to apply the law of the party most closely connected to the actual execution of the contract.
About the Author
I. A. Asafina
Lebedev Russian State University of Justice
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Inna A. Asafina, Applicant for Cand. Sci. (Law) Degree
Moscow
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Asafina I.A. Conflict-of-laws regulation of the international transit of electric energy. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki. 2025;167(3):101-111. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.3.101-111
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