EUROPEAN COMMISSION UNVEILS ENERGY PACKAGE
January 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORNThe long-awaited energy policy package unveiled by the European Commission on January 10th will, as the EU's competition commissioner Neelie Kroes says, "make uncomfortable reading for many energy companies." This is not surprising. For the past year it's been widely expected that, among other things, Brussels would be coming up with a plan for the enforced separation of power networks from suppliers. This prompted some fierce lobbying by the French and German governments in recent months and appears to have led to a moderation of language in the ...
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