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Barriers remain to power market liberalisation in the EU

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Despite the potential benefits of market integration, government intervention still holds back full retail and wholesale liberalisation across the EU.

Table of contents

    • Introduction
      • Table 1: Objectives and milestones of EU liberalisation
    • The development of wholesale markets
      • Chart 2: Gross churn ratios* of spot markets (2012)
      • Table 3: HHI* market concentration matrix for generation and retail in EU member states (2012)
      • Chart 4: Price convergence, day-ahead base load differentials - Iberia v. NW Europe
    • Establishing retail markets
      • Chart 5: Full market opening by year
      • Proactive markets
      • Chart 6: EU retail switching rates 2009-2011, sorted by 2011
      • Pushed markets
      • Hurdles to retail liberalisation
    • Conclusions

Tables and charts

This report includes 8 images and tables including:

  • Barriers remain to power market liberalisation in the EU: Table 1
  • Barriers remain to power market liberalisation in the EU: Image 1
  • Barriers remain to power market liberalisation in the EU: Table 2
  • Barriers remain to power market liberalisation in the EU: Image 2
  • Barriers remain to power market liberalisation in the EU: Image 3
  • Barriers remain to power market liberalisation in the EU: Image 4
  • Chart 7: Household to industry price ratios (2012)
  • Chart 8: Free market share, overall consumption (2011)