andygavin (December 3rd, 2008 @ 10:42 am)

"The only way to get lower prices is to encourage competition" Nonsense, what about regulation? Simply opening a market does not necessarily drive down prices. Providers move as a group, like with recent prices. Market prices are also effected by speculative investment too. Markets don't prevent price fixing and need to be regulated. It is unclear to me whether good regulation of few operators is preferable.

Thetranslatorguy (October 23rd, 2008 @ 8:38 pm)

The answer to what elctricity is is that there is NO answer, since NOBODY knows what electricity even is EXACTLY... not scientist, engineers, electricians,etc......

haardkaar (September 8th, 2008 @ 7:18 pm)

This isn't something EU should care about. It's up to citizens in each country to decide. EU is not democratic by forcing this on us to comply to this. This viedo clip is nothing more than propaganda. The reality is completely different. We got the right to choose who's going to rip us off. We didn't get the right to choose a reliable and cheap electricity market.

atotzisbezet (September 7th, 2008 @ 6:30 pm)

i'm dutch and can tell you that it aint getting cheaper... its the other way around... its so fucking expensive nowadays people cant pay their gas bills anymore.

AliasUndercover (August 30th, 2008 @ 7:20 am)

Oh yes, let the market set the price like it did in California. I'm sure $10,000 a kilowatt hour isn't too expensive for you guys.

cultintal (August 5th, 2008 @ 4:03 pm)

I don't think a liberalised market would make energy cheaper in the long run. As EU countries have enough stability to hold prices at a fixed rate: for them loosing money on energy should not be a problem, in opposition to a company which actual purpose is to make money. With this kind of market, a simple crisis can make the prices climb pretty high. These may be my socialist feeling awakening, but I believe the state is here to give lasting cheap commodities. A company is here to make money.

AG0525 (July 30th, 2008 @ 3:41 pm)

At the end, all this liberasation means that goverments will force energy distributors to allow one more distributor ... so you electrisity bill could look like: Nuclear fac/windmill + main high voltage distributor + smaller distributor + another distributor + local distributor + street distributor + your neighbour. Wow ... no wonder the electristy prices wil skyrocket, even having in mind that production cost will not be so high. The video shows only one side and doesnt go deeper enough.

AG0525 (July 30th, 2008 @ 3:39 pm)

Well i am from Lithuania, considered dumb, so explain me how energy "liberasation" works. As video showed, we have: produsers, distributors and ... and consumers. So, i dont get it. At the end, we have distributors, wich decides the price for end user. And how can we have MORE distributors ("competition") if there is ONLY ONE cabel and GAS PIPE going to your house. ONE! There is only ONE high voltage cable grid. ONE!

wutru (July 1st, 2008 @ 3:24 am)

lol @ socialism

workstationnumlock (May 5th, 2008 @ 9:40 am)

Two observations: 1) I haven't seen one positive comment about the liberalisation. I think most people posting are Continental Europeans, but still... 2) The video talks about "Britain, where there has been liberalisation for several years now". Yes, that would be since Thatcher privatised the industry in *1989*, *before the European Union even existed*.

rmir2 (February 16th, 2008 @ 6:59 pm)

Where is NORDSTREAM in this presentation? The real purpose is to make us dependent of russian energy supplies - just like drug addicts. It is good old Stalinist policy in a new packet. But we DONT WANT IT

ctel2009 (November 12th, 2007 @ 3:03 am)

Yes if people abide by a fair set of rules. Like a good sporting game people can win. That is why I am involved in an Energy company. You can click on my name and see the sites. If you now anyone in NYC or Texas it is in thier intrest to get the right information. Will we be in Europe? We will see. Events in USA will mimic the markets in the EU.