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Harmonizing electricity TSO regulation: the case of North-West EU / Jean-Michel Glachant, European University Institute, EU Energy Policy blog, 16/02/2014http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2014/02/16/harmonizing-electricity-tso-regulation-the-case-of-north-west-eu/The study of five EU regulatory regimes for electricity TSOs (Belgium, Germany, Great-Britain, France and the Netherlands) suggests that their designs encompass strong tensions and trade-offs and that they are significantly heterogeneous. However, this heterogeneity should no longer be valid, as the European Union is pushing more than ever to prompt for wider integration and increasing interactions between power networks and power systems. In any regional EU market, the economic properties of national regulatory regimes must consequently be realigned and harmonized as to deliver more EU common good...