Problem-oriented state control of the energy transition in the electricity sector. The amendments to the legal basis for the expansion of renewable energies in the years 2011 to 2016 in the light of federal interest and decision-making structures

The energy transition in Germany has been an integral part of political and scientific discourse for several years. The energy transition can be described as a double transformation of the energy supply system. This dissertation focuses on the electricity transition and the legal framework that shapes it, as well as its political design in federalism. The dissertation focuses on the role of the state in the governance processes on the one hand, and on the effectiveness of the governance concepts of both individual laws and their influence on interrelationships across measures in the sense of a sustainable overall concept as a systematised cause of governance deficits on the other. In this way, the analytical problem orientation of the various policies and the question of whether measures address the cause of the problem or merely cure the symptoms become the object of analysis. In this way, political calculations, interests and the resulting conflicts are addressed as well as the contribution of the measures to solving the problem - questions of power and facts are thus viewed holistically as two sides of the same political coin. The energy transition is associated with a strong demand for state control, as it is connected with an enormous transformation task. In order to reflect this from a political science perspective, it will be shown what a modernised concept of governance can achieve in political science analysis. Methodologically, the policy design approach according to Dose is used, modified for the present research interest. In five case studies, the relevant legislative procedures for the expansion of renewable energies from 2011 to 2016 are analysed, taking into account political and federal interest and decision-making structures. Coordination problems between the federal and state governments and the role of the Conference of Minister Presidents in the policy processes are just as much the subject of analysis as the effectiveness and cost efficiency of the measures and their unintended side-effects. With this holistic view of the subject of the study, a contribution is made to the political science public policy analysis of the electricity transition in Germany.