Progress in economic reform of the electricity industries of Central and Eastern Europe has been very slow. For the purpose of this paper , we define economic reform of the electricity industry as follows; the main consumer groups pay the full economic costs of the production and distribution of...

The purpose of this paper is the following: firstly, to chart how much economic reform of CEE electricity industries has taken place to date; secondly, to discuss why progress has been so limited; and, thirdly, to consider the prospects over the next few years. In charting the economic progress to...

Aiming to reduce the politicization and direct administration of electricity generation, transmission and distribution, the central planners launched three major episodes of institutional changes in the reform era culminating in the creation of an independent ministry-level agency - the State...