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"With oil prices at record highs, energy is set to remain key in strategic decision making"

We may be approaching the ‘silly season’ for mainstream news, but for energy markets there’s an abundance of key events to keep an eye on this month. It’s widely hoped that the appointment of Matthias Kurth as Germany’s energy regulator will finally give some direction to this important country’s ineffectual deregulation programme. And not a moment too soon, many will say. Germany’s high electricity prices have already proved too much for some energy-intensive corporations. Hydro and Corus