Absence of electricity agreement penalises Switzerland and EU

Swiss Energy Minister Doris Leuthard will meet the EU's new Energy Commissioner, Miguel Arias Cañete, at the end of January to draw up a new road map towards an electricity agreement. Speaking on 12 January at a conference for the Swiss electricity industry, the minister made it clear that, without an institutional agreement between Switzerland and the EU, a positive outcome for electricity will be difficult. The stalemate is the consequence of the negative Swiss vote on 9 February 2014…