MEPS CALL FOR UNITED EU ENERGY REGULATOR AGENCY, WITH REAL POWER
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CREATION of a powerful European Union (EU) energy infrastructure agency - with authority over both electricity and gas networks - has been proposed by the European Parliament's industry committee.
Its amendments, if successful, would change European Commission proposals to create two separate agencies: the European Network of Transmission System Operators for electricity (ENTSOE) and gas (ENTSOG). MEPs want these to effectively become arms of an advisory Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, covering gas and electricity, which ...
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