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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9685

19 June 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/energy
Parliament gives support in first reading to ownership unbundling of operators' activities in electricity sector

Strasbourg, 18/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - Despite the compromise at the Energy Council on 6 June (EUROPE 9677-78), the European Parliament gave its support in a first reading (Wednesday 18 June) in Strasbourg, to a single option to effectively unbundle electricity operators' production and supply activities from activities linked to transport and network (ownership unbundling). The EP is therefore supporting the dismantling of vertically integrated companies in the electricity market, such as...

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