On Wednesday 20 December, the General Court of the EU dismissed the appeals brought by 11 German municipal authorities against the Commission’s green light for the acquisition of Innogy’s energy distribution and retail activities and certain production assets by Essen-based E.ON (cases T-53/21, T-55/21, T-56/21, T-58/21, T-59/21, T-60/21, T-61/21, T-62/21, T-63/21, T-64/21 and T-65/21).
In March 2018, electricity supplier E.ON had announced the acquisition of sole control of the...