Martin Godfried (1969) is an energy market competition expert with more than ten years experience in regulation, antitrust and mergers at national and international level. He is working at Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (Ljubljana). Prior to that, Mr. Godfried worked in the Energy and Environment unit of EU Commission’s DG Competition (since 2005). He was one of the main contributors to the European Commission’s Energy Sector Inquiry and he applied competition law in the energy sector aiming to increase competition in EU energy markets. For instance, he was jointly responsible for a case that led to the divestment of E.ON’s network and a case that led to the implementation of bidding zones in the network of Swedish TSO, Svenska Kraftnät. Previously Mr. Godfried worked at the Dutch energy regulator, the Netherlands Competition authority and he started his career at the OECD in Paris.
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"Swedish Interconnector case /Improving electricity cross-border trade"* I. Introduction The size of the transmission network is a key determinant of competition in wholesale electricity markets. The larger this network, the more suppliers inject their electricity and hence compete for (...)
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The Vattenfall / Nuon Energy case — Upholding competition on electricity retail markets in Germany* I. Introduction The Vattenfall/Nuon case concerned the merger between two energy utilities with activities in both electricity and gas markets. However, the only significant overlaps between (...)
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"The E.ON electricity cases: an antitrust decision with structural remedies"* I. Introduction On 26 November 2008 the Commission adopted a commitment decision addressed to E.ON AG for suspected infringements of EU competition law involving the German electricity markets. For the first time (...)
