Deregulation
Mexican energy regulator looks ahead to greater integration with US
Mexico's energy reform may lead to closer ties with adjacent US states
Tacking liquidity risk in illiquid power markets
The strong power market growth evident in western Europe is spreading eastwards but with emerging market opportunities come additional risk. Katie Holliday talks to market experts about how best to approach the issue of mitigating liquidity risk
Sparking innovation
In the second of two articles tracing the beginnings of energy derivatives trading, Roderick Bruce looks at the development of the natural gas and electricity markets in the US and Europe
The cost of deregulation
US electricity deregulation does not necessarily make prices more competitive, as is shown in this study of New England power prices by Logical Information Machines
Rethinking European power
European energy firms are seeking to reposition their products and strategies in advance of European Union market deregulation. FAME Energy reports
Seam shifts in central Europe
Gordon Feller looks at the changing coal economies of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovenia and the effect of electricity sector moves in the region
Climbing the competition Pole
The Polish government hopes to boost competition in the electricity market through a controversial securitisation plan that it will use to buy out long-term contracts between generators and the transmission grid operator. Maria Kielmas reports