EU unveils plan to dismantle big energy firms
Thursday, September 27, 2007
A new battle has begun over the next round of energy liberalisation. Commission proposals to complete the EU's internal market for gas and electricity are leaving France and Germany in a quandary, with EDF and E.ON facing either the dismantling of their transmission assets or tight regulatory restrictions.The Commission's third energy liberalisation package was eagerly awaited in Brussels but its contents were also already widely known in advance due to earlier debates at EU summits and ...