Liberalization and evolution of free competition in the energy market in Brazil, the US and the European Union: a comparative study for the demonstration of factors prejudicial to the establishment of competitiveness in the energy market

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LIBERALIZATION AND EVOLUTION OF FREE COMPETITION IN THE ENERGY MARKET IN BRAZIL, THE US AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF FACTORS PREJUDICIAL TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS IN THE ENERGY MARKET Abstract: This paper aims to analyse the legal paradigm of free competition in the energy market development, especially in relation to distribution services to final consumers (retail services), in Brazil, European Union and United States of America. In this work, seek out to understand the level of similarities and differences between the energetic regulation models adopted in these three legal backgrounds, in order to expose the strikes and mistakes of the create a competitive energy market in retail level. In this case, it was necessary recognize how the energy services inserted on each legal framework and in the roles of the state, and identify the positive and negative circumstances of experiences of implementation of a typical competition energy market. Keywords: Regulation. Electricity. Economic-Administrative Law. Comparative Law. Free competition. LIBERALIZACAO E EVOLUCAO DA LIVRE CONCORRENCIA NO MERCADO DE ENERGIA NO BRASIL, ESTADOS UNIDOS E UNIAO EUROPEIA: UM ESTUDO COMPARATIVO PARA A DEMONSTRACAO DE FATORES PREJUDICIAIS AO ESTABELECIMENTO DA COMPETITIVIDADE NO MERCADO DE ENERGIA Resumo: O presente trabalho busca analisar o panorama juridico da livre concorrencia no desenvolvimento do mercado de energia, especialmente em relacao a distribuicao ao consumidor final, no Brasil, na Uniao Europeia e nos Estados Unidos da America. No caso, busca-se compreender os graus de similitudes e diferencas entre os modelos de regulacao energica adotados nesses tres cenarios juridicos, de modo a expormos os acertos e desacertos quanto a insercao da competitividade no mercado varejista de energia. No caso, tornou-se necessario entender como o servico de energia se inseriu no ordenamento juridico de cada regiao e dentro das funcoes do Estado, bem como compreender as circunstâncias positivas e negativas de experiencias praticas de implantacao de um mercado energetico competitivo. Palavras-chaves : Regulacao. Energia Eletrica. Direito Economico-Administrativo. Direito Comparado. Livre concorrencia. Data da Submissao: 11/06/2020 Data da Aprovacao: 07/07/2020