INTRODUCTION

crucial for countries that do not
have their own means to develop
the infrastructure.
The EC Regulation no. 714/09,
within the "Third Energy Package,"
gives authority to the European
Network of Managers of the
network of electricity transmission
systems, (ENTSO-E). This
association consists of 41 electricity
transmission operators working
together to facilitate the
CONSUMER APPEAL
The idea of an integrated power
grid system has as a goal of
reducing costs for consumers. In
recent times, European consumers
were at the mercy of both weak
integration standards, both of the
aggressive policies from Russia
(Larsson, 2006). If more energy
production facilities across the
continent had been linked together,
the trend of the demand curve and
supply would be more linear it
possible to reduce electricity costs.
The electricity moving through the
boundaries reduces the higher
costs of inefficient power plants
and allows to use the excess
energy.
The market equilibrium encourages
the import of energy at a price
cheaper then, the choice between
more energy options will decrease
prices. As for natural gas, many
consumers currently pay the price
of bad decisions of their
governments. It cannot be
neglected the strong Russian
influence in the natural gas market,
implementation of EU energy
policies and market development
(ENTSO-E, 2015). The internal
energy market can only emerge
with the will or the imposition. The
countries less endowed will need
regulatory and financial reforms in
addition to support in building.
Therefore, in addition to the
support of companies and
governments, will require funding
and cross-border assistance.
as well as its policy to use its
authority to stop the supply in the
former Soviet states (Shaffer, 2012).
It is also stressed that these
activities by Russian entities are
unprecedented even for the
standards of conduct during the
Cold War.
The inclusion of natural gas in the
Union's energy plan will help
decrease the dependence and costs
for individual nations through the
diversification of the market and
the increase in supply, thanks to the
opening of the market to new
suppliers such as the United US.
The European Commission in its
report Energy Union says that a
similar interconnection for gas
would not make sense. In practice,
interconnection of natural gas
would be as effective as the
integration of the electricity grid.
When a country has an inadequate
supply of natural gas, a neighboring
country could intervene by
providing its own supplies.
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