India has declared its intent to intensify its climate action by communicating its updated Nationally Determined Contribution and raising its target for non-fossil fuel generation capacity to 50% of the total electricity generation capacity by 2030. Since the State-owned electricity distribution...

Confronted with sustained high electricity prices, some Member States demand a deep reform of electricity markets in the EU. Conversely, other Member States ask to strictly respect the current market framework. In this comment, we review what these governments have publicly stated, and we...

Technical features of the electricity industry, together with the ideological climate that prevailed after World War II, led to nationalisation. Over time, it became clear that the arguments for nationalisation were unconvincing. Firstly, changes in technology led to the ability to produce...

Understanding the regulatory backdrop of the electricity sector in the U.S., and how it has shifted from one that institutionalized the natural monopoly characteristics of a fully integrated utility to one that facilitates competition through open access transmission and generation dispatch...

The Opinion of Advocate General (‘AG’) Rantos in Servizio Elettrico Nazionale goes to the core of Article 102 TFEU. What is an abuse? What type of conduct is abusive? When does abusive conduct take place? What are the goals pursued by the prohibition of abuse of dominance, and who should be...