Power Markets Shaped by Antitrust

"The article is structured as follows. In Section B we introduce the reader to the existing methods of congestion management. This is followed by a brief description of the main facts of the SvK case. Then, in Section C, we take a closer look at the antitrust investigation itself, particularly at the choice of the legal basis and the procedure. We explain how the Commission employs competition rules to promote market integration and what impact may it have on the outcome of the case. We turn to the other tools in Section D, where we discuss the Nordic debate on market splitting, and in Section E we cover the EU sector-specific regulation of congestion management. Section F draws certain conclusions."