Spanish Socialists Vow to Stop Power Lobby From Writing Its Own Competition Rules

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Spain's Socialists will limit big power companies' influence over electricity market regulation to create room for more competition if they take office after December's general election, the parry's economic adviser said. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who has a slim lead over the Socialists in recent polls, has given the power industry lobby too much leeway to shape the rules of the game to shut out potential competition, Jordi Sevilla said in an Oct. 20 interview at the party's Madrid headquarters. A recent decree setting levies for families and companies that generate their own power from solar panels "seemed like it was dictated" by the lobby, he said.