25/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a statement published on Friday 25 July 2008, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs welcomed the decision by Vattenfall Europe AG, a German subsidiary of the Swedish company of the same name, to sell its high tension electricity grid in Germany, noting: "I am convinced that selling the transmission network will benefit both consumers and electricity companies with more competition and freedom of choice.' Against a charged political backdrop, the decision by...