Publication

This report explores the impact of regulatory policies at the EU level for the creation of an internal energy market with free and fair competition. It argues that EU is far from achieving a completely free and fair market, partly due to asymmetric implementation by member-states of internal energy market policies and partly due to lack of reconciliation of policy instruments at the EU level. It further notes that EU energy policy inconsistencies reflect underlying interests of EU member-states more than conditions at the EU center, which therefore limits the coordination and enforcement capacity of the European Commission.