Italian Electricity Regulation Strives to Protect Small Final Customers
Article from: OGEL 3 (2008), in Electricity Law and Regulation
Introduction
One year after the liberalization of the retail electricity market in 2007, the Italian electricity regulation has imposed on operators substantial obligations and burdens - i.e. commercial and quality standards, contractual transparency, communication to the public and invoicing - for the protection of small final customers. The legal framework, to be enforced by the electricity regulator and by the antitrust authority, is still not stable and may be subject to further amendments and updates also because of the European dimension aiming at equal conditions for operators within the ...