LIBERALISATION FEATURE
March 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORN and MARK ROWETHE LIBERALISATION of electricity and gas supplies in the European Union (EU) was finally agreed in 2003 and will come into full effect this year for business customers and in 2007 for households and all others. The nuclear energy industry was not directly targeted by the package of directives and regulations but clearly any move that enhances the competitive position of one source of energy through liberalisation is bound to have an effect on all others. This has already proved true in some countries, like Britain, where a sharp fall ...
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