EU Commission presents restructuring plans for electricity market

Strasbourg (energate) - The EU Commission has presented the reform of the electricity market design. With it, it wants to protect consumers from price fluctuations for fossil fuels, future price peaks and market manipulation. The reform proposal is not a radical revolution. For example, as expected, the merit order principle in short-term wholesale electricity trading will not be abolished. The design is merely to be supplemented by other instruments, in particular long-term con ...