The European Union's (EU) energy sector is changing due to major policy reforms. In this article, we examine the impact of major legislative changes which were designed to induce competition in the energy sector: the three liberalization packages. Competition was expected to benefit the industry...

Recently it has become apparent that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) cannot keep up – let alone the Commonwealth’s own regulatory body, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) – with the booming infrastructure developing in the natural gas industry. State representatives have...