VOL. XLV

No 48

2-December-2002

SUPPLY/DEMAND

EU Energy Ministers Agree Gas, Electricity Market Liberalization Deadline

EU energy ministers on 25 November agreed on legislation that will allow all gas and electricity users to choose their supplier by July 2007. The deadline is two years later than one originally proposed by the EUs executive, the European Commission, but breaks the deadlock created by Frances objections to full energy liberalization for residential customers (MEES, 11 March). We...