Industrial electricity users in Europe are paying up to 30&percent; less for their supplies this year than last…

Date: 25/03/1999

...thanks to liberalisation of the market, the European Commission said this week. “Industrial consumers have negotiated new contracts for 1999, paying 5,10, 20, or even 30&percent; less than they did in 1998,” said Pablo Benavides, the institution's director-general for energy policy.