The Liberalisation Of The EU Electricity Market: To Unbundle Or Not To Unbundle Ownership? July, 2007. On the 10th January 2007, the Commission unveiled its communication “An Energy Policy for Europe” – COM (2007) 1 final, in which it set out a range of measures necessary to foster the further development of electricity markets.  With the (upcoming) vote in the European Parliament of the Vidal-Quadras report on the prospect for the internal market and electricity market scheduled on the 12th of July and the Commission Directive focusing on the issue of ownership unbundling foreseen for September 2007, the Interel and BCCB seminar aimed at hosting an open and objective debate on the issue, bringing on the table other possible alternatives to ownership unbundling such as the model of TSOs (Transmission System Operators) working together within a regional market operator, and trying to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of the different market liberalization options.

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