Utilities, Energy
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Jun. 18, 2007
Take workers' and citizens' interests into account in EU-Russia Energy Dialogue
(18 June 2007) Leaders of the Russian energy trade unions (production, transmission, distribution; state and municipal utilities) stated very clearly that opening of the electricity and gas markets will hurt
Sep. 18, 2007
Keynes on why competition in electricity and other network industries doesnot work
(18 September 2007) John Maynard Keynes identified in the 1920s cost and demand conditions under which competition doesn't emerge. This seems largely forgotten. Keynes goes further, to explain how economists
Sep. 26, 2007
Proposals for liberalising the European energy market fail to meet the real challenges
Brussels, 20/09/2007 {{ {Yesterday, the European Commission published its plans for liberalising European energy. In the name of consumer protection, it continues in the pursuit of liberalisation of the European
Oct. 04, 2007
Sceptisicm over impact of third liberalisation package by social partners
A Commission representative introduced the new package of measures to liberalise Europe's energy markets as published 19 September 2007. Important issues in this package are: ownership unbundling, cooperation of transmission
Nov. 09, 2007
Baltic Energy Representatives call Latvian EU Energy Commissioner's plans "More Unraveling than Unbundling"Government, Company, Trade Union and Energy Regulator combine in opposition to EU energy plans for unbundling
(9 November 2007, Riga) EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs', proposal for ownership unbundling remains hotly contested including in his home country of Latvia and neighboring Estonia. At a seminar in