2.1 An outline of possible areas of fundamental rights impact in the energy law field.
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2.1 An outline of possible areas of fundamental rights impact in the energy law field.

No doubt, the table below contains certain omissions as to energy issues which may arise in future, but the breadth of topics collected provides ample material from which to develop analysis of the (likely) impact of EU fundamental rights law in the energy field.

Table 1: Energy-related issues (possibly) affected by EU fundamental rights law.

EU FRs


Energy Issues

Property / Possessions

Freedom to conduct a business (Freedom of Contract)

Data Protection, Privacy

Fair trial, access to justice

Others?

Merger Control

X

X

X

Long-term Contracts

X

X

X

Unbundling

X

X

X

Capacity Allocation

X

X

Congestion Management

X

X

X

TPA, Network Codes, etc

X

X

X

RES Support Schemes

X

X

X

Smart Metering (and grids?)

X

X

Procedures, investigations

(X)

X

Energy Poverty

X

X?