воскресенье, 4 марта 2012 г.

Energy deregulation compromise in jeopardy

A spat over foreign investments, notably by Russia's Gazprom, threatens to wreck the EU's plan to adopt by year's end a landmark climate change bill that would end gas and electricity monopolies and stoke more energy efficiency and renewable energy use.

Ahead of an EU energy ministers meeting Friday, officials said a June deregulation deal forcing utilities to sell their power grids and gas pipelines _ or, alternatively, put them under independent supervision _ has come unraveled.

Germany opposes a "Gazprom clause" in the energy bill that would force non-EU companies buying into EU transmission networks to open their networks to EU investors.

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