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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Kate Abnett

EU's planned reforms aim to better protect power bills from market swings

FILE PHOTO: Electricity meters are pictured in the cellar of an apartment building in Hamburg January 3, 2011. REUTERS/Christian Charisius

European Union proposals to overhaul its electricity market will attempt to better protect consumer energy bills from short-term swings in fossil fuel prices, the European Commission said on Monday.

The EU is reforming its power market to attempt to avoid a repeat of last year, when cuts to Russian gas supply drove European electricity prices to record levels, hiking bills for households and forcing some industries to close.

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