The discussions center on whether utilities should relinquish control of their wires to third parties RTOs that would not discriminate against power generators or to allow the utilities to maintain control of their assets but to enforcestrictlythe laws that guarantee any qualifying entity equal access to the grid.
The cushion could be plumper still in some places: Europe is split over how strictly to enforce these rules, and whether to allow countries such as Britain and Sweden to add yet another wedge of equity on top.