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France's "Game" of More and More Renewable Electricity Not Consumed and It Doesn't Even Lower Prices - Le Libre Thinker

Summary by Le Libre Penseur
The liberalization of the energy market in theory was supposed to stimulate competition and lower prices, but in practice it does not work as planned, it is even the opposite. In France, the electricity market, liberalised since the 2000s under the impetus of the EU, remains dominated by a few major players (such as EDF), and the price-setting mechanisms (based on marginal cost and exchanges such as Epex Spot) do not translate the excess renewab…
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The liberalization of the energy market in theory was supposed to stimulate competition and lower prices, but in practice it does not work as planned, it is even the opposite. In France, the electricity market, liberalised since the 2000s under the impetus of the EU, remains dominated by a few major players (such as EDF), and the price-setting mechanisms (based on marginal cost and exchanges such as Epex Spot) do not translate the excess renewab…

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Le Libre Penseur broke the news in on Sunday, August 17, 2025.
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