The European Commission is arguing for further changes to the internal market for electricity and gas. There are important elements in its package such as strengthening the powers of national regulators and ensuring more European cooperation between them through the European regulatory Agency. EPSU argues for democratic control. Its proposals lack measures to protect citizens and especially low-income (or fuel poor) ones. Together with other organisations EPSU pushes for more protection of (...)

March 2007, ECOTEC The impact of the opening of electricity and gas markets on employment in the EU-27, and of key EU directives in the field of energy
Summary report
Table of Contents
Introduction
The limitations of the within-sector approach
Job losses and the impact on energy sector workers
Liberalisation in the wider restructuring process
Electricity sector
Gas sector
Identifying the groups most affected by restructuring
The locus of the new jobs
Effective but responsible (...)