The European and Spanish gas and electricity markets are characterised by major policy challenges due to the complex and strategic nature of these markets. Public policy issues that are at stake in these markets include the challenge of introducing effective competition and regulation to ensure...

This article surveys, from an economic perspective, the recent application of merger control in the European energy sector. It considers ten significant transactions in the energy sector: the eight largest energy transactions assessed by the European Commission since 2004, as well as two major...

This report provides an overview of the main competition and regulatory issues in the Spanish gas and electricity markets, setting them in the broader context of the liberalisation of the European energy market. Public policy in energy markets needs to reconcile a number of different objectives,...