Competition Policy and an Internal Energy Market
This study identifies selected important competition-related issues in the internal energy market. It discusses the role of competition law with respect to the following issues: State aid, congestion management, capacity remuneration mechanisms, balancing markets, effective competition between suppliers, integration of new players in the market, and energy poverty. To tackle these present and possible upcoming issues, the study provides indications regarding the current and future need for applying instruments of competition law as well as other types of instruments. The study was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the ECON Committee.
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Robert Haffner, Olga Batura, Karolina Ryszka, Kimberley van den Bergen, Ecorys Netherlands
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- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- competition
- competition law
- cross-border dimension
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- electrical and nuclear industries
- electrical energy
- ENERGY
- energy grid
- energy market
- energy policy
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- EU competition policy
- EU Emissions Trading Scheme
- EU energy policy
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- liberalisation of the market
- regions and regional policy
- single market
- State aid
- TRADE
- trade policy