EXC: Imminent Zonal Electricity Pricing Decision Taken Away From Ed Miliband

EXC: Imminent Zonal Electricity Pricing Decision Taken Away From Ed Miliband

Guido hears a decision on zonal pricing for electricity is due imminently. It has been long-awaited… Zonal pricing – otherwise known as locational pricing – has been the subject of a massive lobbying war between electricity suppliers. It would see the cost of electricity come from regional supply and demand so prices would vary where energy is generated and consumed.[…] Read the rest

EU task force to examine electricity price divergence

The task force established by a decision of the European Union Council of Energy Ministers to examine the systematic divergences in electricity prices between central, northern and southeast Europe will be activated, Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou said on Wednesday, addressing the Economist conference in Athens.