Algeria to set up regional energy market with Morocco, Tunisia

30/05/2006

[File] Otmane

Nadjib Otmane, head of the Algerian Electricity and Gas Regulation Commission, said on Monday (29 May) that expanding the electricity market and setting up a regional market with Morocco and Tunisia is Algeria's next objective. He was speaking on the sidelines of "Med Workshop" in Rome. Otmane said Algeria understands the need to establish a competitive and transparent electricity market, prompting measures such as the abolition of monopoly. (Ansamed)