Utility executives will have been carefully analysing the unveiling on Wednesday (September 10) of a new European Commission team to take office from November 1. As well as new personnel, a key initial move with potentially important implications for European Union (EU) energy policy was the uniting of the current energy and climate portfolios. Assuming the new commissioners are all confirmed by the European Parliament, these policies will be handled for the next five years by a Spanish conservative Miguel Arias Cañete, a former agriculture minister with links to Spain’s oil industry.
European Commission seeks harmony on energy and climate change
