The National Commission of Energy in Spain has condemned the operation of electricity sales on seven occasions. Using technical restrictions to resolve the supply problem is conducive to delineating oligarchical zones, handing easy profits to electric companies.
So the National Competition Commission (Comision Nacional de la Competencia in Spanish) is asking the government to do everything necessary to bar these distortionist practices. The commission has not succeeded at crediting the existence of that position of power, so they have not imposed any sanctions.
The Minister of Industry ought to pay attention to Berenguer's organization. For their part, companies argue that there needs to be a settlement for the deficit, tariff and carbon that they are forced to burn.
