“I
hope
you
are
not
proposing
giving
the
EU
competency
over
energy
policy?”
he
asked.
“No,”
was
my
response,
“this
is
a
huge
opportunity
for
Britain
to
build
a
new
offshore
energy
network
and
trade
its
electricity
in
an
open
EU
market.”
“Ah,
we
like
that,”
he
replied.
Creating
a
single
market
in
electricity
remains
the
one
great
unfulfilled
part
of
the
European
commitment
to
free
trade
and
competition.
I
can
sell
any
number
of
devices
that
run
on
electricity
anywhere
in
the
EU;
as
an
employee
of
a
European
energy
company,…