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The European Commission has been attempting to inject more competition into European energy markets, but what is needed for competition to take off and what benefit can it bring? What can go wrong with market opening?

Platts 2nd Annual Competition in European Energy Markets conference will act as an impartial reality check bringing together national and regional regulators; electricity, gas, and renewables industry players; leading academics and analysts to debate the way forward in portfolio maximization and risk management in an ever complex regulatory environment.

* Competition law enforcement in member states
* What is the true impact of the Regional Initiatives Framework?
* Unbundling — how far should it go? What power does the Commission have to order unbundling?
* To what extent will making national regulators more independent result in them resisting an opposing push by companies for greater concentration?
* How can smaller players protect themselves? What is the role of renewable energy in a competitive market?