March 2010

(7 January 2010) EPSU commented on the Smart Meters 2009 Status Review of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas. Please find it here:
For more information of the work of ERGEG on smart meters: http://www.energy-regulators.eu

(Brussels, 27 August 2008) The European Commission asked the European Energy Regulators and the Committee of European Security Regulators to comment on market abuse issue in the electricity and gas market. EPSU has submitted a paper with comments.
Some points:
the regulators fail to acknowledge that several of the market failures they note are inherent in liberalised markets
a regime of stricter controls on prices and preferably regulated prices is supported accompanied by serious (...)

Just a few days after the opening date of the internal market for electricity and gas, 1 july 2007, the Commission published a proposal for an Energy Consumers’ Charter. The Commission recognises that the internal market on electricity and gas does not deliver for consumers and that more protection is needed. EPSU argues that the best protection for users is to re-think the internal market for electricity and gas. Prices for domestic households should remain regulated. To read more...
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adopted by the EPSU Standing Committee on Public Utilities, 20 April 2007

see water section

’Understanding European policy on the internal market for electricity and gas - Evaluation of the Electricity and Gas Directives’
EPSU has requested Professor Steve Thomas to continue to monitor the working of the internal market for electricity and gas. This new paper contains analysis of recent papers of the European Commission, description of the headline news mergers and acquisitions, the experience of the author with French EDF and German Eon (active in the UK), the upcoming turmoil (...)

EPSU Contribution to the Progress Report on the Internal Market for Electricity and Gas
State of Play
Steps for the Future
Contributing to the Lisbon Strategy
Putting quality, reliability and security centre-stage, or how to bolster economic growth and competitiveness
Adopted by the EPSU Standing Committee on Public Utilities on 7 October 2005
EPSU welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Commission evaluation of the internal market for gas and electricity. This evaluation is (...)

The European Union Gas and Electricity Directives
by Steve Thomas, Public Services International Research Institute, University of Greenwich, September 2005
Preface The European Commission is regularly evaluating the internal market for electricity and gas. It will present a Progress Report to the European Parliament early in 2006. The Directorates of Energy and of Competition have launched a sectoral inquiry in response to claims that the market is not functioning, possibly due to (...)

Directives de l’Union européenne sur le gaz et l’électricité
par Steve Thomas, Public Services International Research Institute, University of Greenwich, Septembre 2005
Financé par la FSESP
Full report
Summary
English version and other languages - version anglaise et autres