This article analyzes organizational change in electricity distribution and retail businesses and its impact on public service issues. Organizational change has resulted from the European electricity directives, especially the EU Electricity <link rid="b17">directive 2003&sol;54&sol;EC</link>, which has imposed major...

The traditional view of electricity distribution is that it is a natural monopoly. Few authors have explored the question as to whether electricity distributors truly are natural monopolies or not, while observation of the current industrial practice tends to suggest that a "market" for...

This paper analyzes the cost structure of the French electricity distribution sector prior to the re-structuring reforms that have been initiated in 2005 and gradually implemented in the form of re-grouping certain activities across distribution units. The aim of this study is to assess the...

The present paper discusses the concept of fuel poverty taking into account the arbitrages made by households when they are facing economic constraints. Fuel poverty is still lacking a common definition throughout Europe: while the UK and France have (different) official definitions, there is...

The present paper discusses the concept of fuel poverty taking into account the arbitrages made by households when they are facing economic constraints. Fuel poverty is still lacking a common definition throughout Europe: while the UK and France have (different) official definitions, there is...

Introduction : energy poverty and its drivers in post-communist Europe : the visible, the measurable and the hidden / Ute Dubois -- Energy poverty in Hungary : trapped in politics / Anna Zsófia Bajomi, Nóra Feldmár, and Lea Kőszeghy -- Inconsistencies in policy-making as drivers of energy...