LOBBYISTS SET TO TANGLE OVER EU ENERGY REGULATOR PROPOSALS
February 1st, 2008
BY ALAN OSBORN
A LOT of confusion has arisen over the European Commission's proposals for an Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in the EU, published last September as part of a drive to create a common energy policy for the 27 EU member states. Is this agency plan an "unbalanced" idea that gives too much responsibility to the transmission system operators (TSOs) as the regulators and many in the electricity industry believe? Is it a formula for a top-heavy bureaucratic organisation that will gobble up money and deliver very little ...
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