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Liberalisation and Internationalisation of the European Electricity Supply System

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Critical Infrastructures at Risk

Part of the book series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality ((TSRQ,volume 9))

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The electricity infrastructure is one of the most finely meshed infrastructures in existence. In Europe, nearly every home and building is connected to it because electricity is essential to the functioning of modern society. Without electricity, the standard of living would be set back by a century and it would become impossible to perform most economic activities.

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Vries, L.D., Jong, H.D., Bruijne, M.D., Glavitsch, H., Knops, H. (2006). Liberalisation and Internationalisation of the European Electricity Supply System. In: Gheorghe, A., Masera, M., Weijnen, M., Vries, D.L. (eds) Critical Infrastructures at Risk. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4364-3_3

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