The Seven Brothers

Nota. Hemos querido reproducir un articulo del año 2003, de la revista ENERGY POLICY. Titulado The Seven Brothers.
Esta reproducción es a propósito de la ola de fusiones y adquisiciones que hoy campean en la Unión Eurpea, y la afirmación mil veces repetidas que al final quedarán unas seis empresas operando en los mercados eléctricos y gasistas europeos. Kenneth Ramírez Domínguez.

Esta es solo la introduccion. El documento completo se puede descargar desde nuestro apartado DOWNLOADS.




THE SEVEN BROTHERS


by STEVE THOMAS

In 1975, Anthony Sampson wrote a book, ‘The Seven Sisters’, which documented how seven huge oil companies had come to dominate the world oil market (Sampson, 1975). Before long, a follow-up book might recount the rise of ‘The Seven Brothers’, seven major corporations, all based in mainland Europe, that will dominate world markets for network-delivered services, mainly electricity, but also perhaps gas and water.

Ironically, the trigger that is allowing this new ‘club’ to emerge is the European Union Directives on electricity of 1996 (and the similar Gas Directive of 1998), measures designed to break up monopolies and create competitive markets.Spanish company, Repsol.

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source: ENERGY POLICY documento completo (.pdf)

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