Die Gasversorgung sieht sich mit zwei widerstreitenden Zielen konfrontiert: auf der einen Seite die Liberalisierung und wettbewerbskonforme Ausgestaltung bislang monopolistisch organisierter Märkte, die zu deutlich sinkenden Bereitstellungskosten und Energiepreisen führen soll; auf der anderen...

In the article, I focus on the goal of creating a single competitive European natural gas market. After a brief discourse on the debate between theoretical and practical economists on the best mode to liberalise the energy sector, I lay out the vision of the European Union for gas market...

The European Union has introduced directives that aim to liberalize and integrate electricity and gas markets in Western Europe. While progress has been made, particularly in electricity markets, there have been setbacks: for example, because of concerns about national interests and security of...

Like other network industries, the European gas supply industry has been liberalised, along the lines of what has been done in the United Kingdom and the United States, by opening up to competition the upstream and downstream segments of essential transmission infrastructure. The aim of this...