EU MINISTERS INSIST UPON COST ASSESSMENTS FOR BRUSSELS’ ENERGY PLANS
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers meeting in two councils this past week have pledged to subject the European Commission's recent green energy and climate change proposals to a rigorous cost effectiveness assessment.
Communiqués issues by both the Council of Ministers for energy and competition, stressed that the proposals must stand up as economically viable to secure member states' support. The competition council said it would "play an active role in assessing the...package and will...ensure emission reductions are achieved in a ...
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