Ofgem finds no evidence of market abuse

Britain’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) says it has found no evidence of market abuse following its probe into the high gas prices between September 2003 and October 2003, when wholesale spot prices rose by 80%.

The energy regulator says it has closed five lines of inquiry which could have explained the higher gas process. These are higher demand, alleged manipulation, price movement linked to other commodity markets, decrease in market liquidity and market sentiment.

Ofgem is, however, still investigating two further issues: why gas deliveries from the UK gas fields were lower than expected and why shippers did not increase imports from continental Europe in response to the high British prices.

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