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Energy-price shocks see EU ‘attentive’ to abusive corporate conduct

By Lewis Crofts ( March 12, 2026, 12:18 GMT | Insight) -- The risk that an energy-price spike may see companies exploit customers requires the attention of antitrust enforcers, but regulators are better prepared after past conflicts, Teresa Ribera said. The EU's competition commissioner said agencies were "attentive" to corporate behavior that might harm households. She also said she was considering adding an "emergency" chapter to a subsidy framework for clean energy to deal with the market turbulence. The risk that an energy-price spike may see companies exploit customers requires the attention of antitrust enforcers, but regulators are well equipped and better prepared after past conflicts, Teresa Ribera said....

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