Caroline Varley & John Paffenbarger

Table 1: Status of electricity market reform in OECD countries with nuclear power plants (mid 1998)

Country	Current status/ policy orientation^a	Year	Comments

Belgium	EU Directive	1999
Canada	Provincial-level competition	2000	In Ontario, to be first competitive province out of three provinces with nuclear power plants
Czech Republic	Privatisation	1997
Finland	Competitive market	1997	Member of NordPool market
France	EU Directive	1999	Emphasis on "public service"
Germany	EU Directive^b	1998	Negotiated network access model
Hungary	IPP programme	1994	60% privatised since 1995
Japan	IPP programme	1996
Korea	IPP programme	1993	Privatisation programme starting 1998
Mexico	IPP programme	1997
Netherlands	Competitive market	1999	Network access model, pool possible
Spain	Competitive market	1997
Sweden	Competitive market	1996	Member of NordPool market
Switzerland	Under discussion	NA	Network access model
United Kingdom	Competitive market	1990	Privatised nuclear plants in 1996
United States	State-level competition	1998	Federal law under development

^a "EU Directive" indicates that country has not yet fully defined the legal framework for implementing the EU Electricity Directive, which requires the introduction of some competition in generation, network access, and end-user choice. Independent power producer (IPP) programme defined as procurement of new generating capacity by long-term purchase agreements. This is not a competitive form of electricity market. ^b German law transposing EU Directive currently under legal challenge.			Source: IEA.

Electricity Market Competition and Nuclear Power: Caroline Varley & John Paffenbarger

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