Since the late 90s,, European industries of electricity and gas have been subject to a process of concentration at both horizontal and vertical levels. At first glance, this consolidation is quite natural since, on the one hand, the application of European directives to open to competition has...

The debate over a common European energy policy, its necessity and its establishment has been going on for a number of decades. The discussions have been recently brought back into the spotlight by the evolution of energy market fundamentals and the taking into account of environmental...

This paper aims to compare how two countries are facing the challenges of energy security of supply. Mexico, a member of NAFTA and a neighbour of the United States, has oil resources and is thinking how to answer to the increasing energy demand. France, one of the 27 member states of the...

Since the mid 70's, new forms of organizations have emerged in networks industries. The main purpose for changes is to find out a model wich enables the best efficiency in industries wich are not fully ruled by competition. This paper deals with the organization of electricity and natural gas...

Worldwide, for the last two decades, energy network industries have undergone major changes in terms of organization and competitiveness. After restructuring reforms in the transportation, telecom and natural gas sectors, deregulatory initiatives have been taken in the electric power industry to...

L'ouverture à la concurrence des marchés européens de l'électricité et du gaz - dont la deuxième étape commence le Ier juillet - intéresse surtout les grosses et moyennes entreprises, pour lesquelles l'achat d'énergie devient une source potentielle de réduction des coûts. En ce qui...

Network industries in Europe are subject to an underlying trend towards deregulation. This deregulation, which is accompanied by the gradual opening up of markets and increased competition, creates new opportunities but also new problems in terms of coordination. At the same time, the energy...

The pre-liberalized sector provided electricity consumers with a supply at regulated prices. With the liberalization movement, consumers are now faced with a new price risk. The purpose of this paper is to review, firstly the price policy conducted in France since the fifties, and secondly to...