“…Numerous analyses on CEE energy policy exist (Balmaceda, 2002;Binhack & Tichý, 2012;Szulecki, Fischer, Gullberg, & Sartor, 2016;Vlček & Černoch, 2013), some of which have even addressed organised interests (Carmin, 2010;Tosun & Schulze, 2015). According to Andersen, Goldthau and Sitter (2017), the main explanation for energy policy choices within these countries is neither the post-communist legacy nor geographical particularities.…”