INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICITY JOINT VENTURE APPROVED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
August 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the creation of an international electricity distribution joint venture called European Market Coupling Company (EMCC). This will be run by three transmission system operators - Energinet.dk of Denmark, E.ON Netz GmbH of Germany and Vattenfall Europe Transmission GmbH of Germany - and two energy exchanges - Nord Pool Spot AS of Norway and the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) of Germany.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the creation of an international electricity distribution joint venture called European Market Coupling Company (EMCC). This will be run by three transmission system operators - Energinet.dk of Denmark, E.ON Netz GmbH of Germany and Vattenfall Europe Transmission GmbH of Germany - and two energy exchanges - Nord Pool Spot AS of Norway and the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) of Germany.
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