OECD REPORT
May 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE ORGANISATION of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has called on developed countries to consider splitting their utilities into separate functional units, maybe allowing one group to concentrate on networks and others on operations.Its governing Council has issued a recommendation to member governments, on Structural Separation of Regulated Industries. It says they should "consider separating the monopoly and the competitive parts of regulated industries, especially during the process of privatisation or liberalisation."Its ...
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