The EU General Court holds that environmental harm does not make State aid incompatible with the internal market (Castelnou Energía)
* Article published on StateAidHub: http://stateaidhub.eu, republished in e-Competitions with the courtesy of the author. The original title of this article appears below the e-Competitions title. Authors are welcome to write an alternative article on this case/text, provided they have no relationships with a party or related third party. Article will need e-Competitions Board approval before publication.
Energy security and public service obligations*
On 3 December 2014, the General Court ruled on case T-57/11, Castelnou Energia v Commission. Castelnou Energia (CE) appealed against Commission decision N 178/2010 concerning public service compensation granted by Spain to generators of electricity produced from domestic coal. CE was a producer of electricity from combined cycle plants using natural gas.
In order to ensure its energy security, Spain established a system composed of three instruments. First, it imposed an obligation on certain plants to use domestic coal. Second, power plants using more expensive domestic coal received a compensation. Third, these plants were given priority access to the wholesale electricity market (i.e. they were preferred over other suppliers of
L'accès à cet article est réservé aux abonnés
Déjà abonné ? Identifiez-vous
L’accès à cet article est réservé aux abonnés.
Lire gratuitement un article
Vous pouvez lire cet article gratuitement en vous inscrivant.