Evaluation of restructuring process of the Romanian power sector as compared to the United Kingdom experience

The paper presents comparatively the restructuring and privatization processes of the power field in Romania and United Kingdom. The main aspects taken into consideration are the following: the Romanian legislation; Romanian power production; Romanian power transport and distribution; evolution of the British process of restructuring and privatization; British power production; British power transport and market; British power distribution and supply. One concludes that although the initial frame of Romanian power sector compares generally with the British one, structure and economic and market background different evolution of the two countries will make more evident the differences between Romania and United Kingdom, among these the district or zonal heating and the commercial, industrial and domestic share in energy demand. Also different are the basic energy resources. Romania disposes of important hydropower supply as compared to UK. Also, of interest are the interconnection among the energy producers in the neighbouring countries