Brussels, 03/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 3 October, the European Commission authorised the prolongation until 2015 of an Italian scheme which remunerates companies for the provision of instant interruptibility services in Italy's largest islands, Sardinia and Sicily. Instant interruptibility services are typically provided by large electricity consumers, which agree to accept cuts in their electricity supply without prior notice by the transmission system operator. The Commission found that...