LOCATIONAL SIGNALS
April 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) electricity federation Eurelectric has called for greater harmonisation of EU power tariff and network access charges, should governments wish to introduce 'locational signals'', varying such fees to encourage power operators to build capacity in areas close to consumers and avoid potential transmission bottlenecks.The issue is likely to become more pressing as the EU increasingly liberalises and unbundles its electricity sector, because a pure market system does not overtly encourage operators to site production close to ...
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