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Research project
Background:
Electricity markets
Energy policy of the EU
Development patterns of electricity markets
Market models
Wholesale electricity markets
Retail electricity markets
Scanning for the future
Forming the vision
Description of the vision
Conclusions
Vision for European Electricity Markets in 2030 –
research project
- Carried out between April 2010 and April 2011 at
Lappeenranta University of Technology
- Commissioned by the Finnish Energy Industries
(ET), the Finnish Electricity Research Pool, Suomen ElFi
Oy, the Finnish Forest Industries Federation, the
Federation of Finnish Technology Industries and Nord
Pool Spot AS
- The objective of the research project was to establish a
vision of the future electricity market model in Europe
- Efficient, responds to the climate challenge and
guarantees the security supply of electricity in
sustainable and economic way
- In this research project
- In the literary research, the international electricity
market models were studied
- Different interest group meetings, workshops and
surveys were organized to establish the prospects
of electricity markets
Electricity markets Generation
and consumers
Volume
– Another alternative is the pay-as-bid principle
– Each generator is paid according to its bid price
– Price of all consumption is the weighted average of generation bids
– Increases uncertainty, because generators are not able to predict the bids of other
generators or how the merit order is determined
– Generators add a certain risk margins to their bids and start to guess the highest bid
European Union’s energy policy
− The common internal markets for all kinds of commodities have for
long been the target of European Union; also for electricity
− ”The second legislative energy package” 2003 set, for example, the
guidelines for the gradual liberalisation of electricity markets
− ”The third legislative energy package” specified, for example, the
instructions to creating common European internal electricity markets
− Regional electricity markets common European electricity
market
− The bottleneck incomes should primarily be used to
guarantee the actual availability of the shared capacity or be
allocated to network investments (or lower transmission
network tariffs)
− The corner stone’s of the EU’s energy policy are:
− security of supply, competitiveness and sustainability
− 20-20-20 target affect the electricity generaion and use in future
− 20 % decrease of greenhouse emissions
Source: EU 2011
− 20 % increase of energy efficiency
− 20 % increase of the use of renewables by year 2020
Electricity generation and use
Sources: Finnish Energy Industries 2010, IEA World Energy Outlook 2009, Eurelectric Power Choices 2009
Development patterns of electricity markets
Flow-based network
calculation
Complexity of Splitting the market into NODAL PRICING
market structure smaller price areas
Network
congestion
challenge HYBRID MODEL
Network
investment
plans
Network ZONAL PRICING
investment
challenge
Market
integration
accelerates
Generation
challenge
Regional
market Are network investment plans
National carried out in practice?
markets
Closed
market
Time
ZONAL PRICING
Development patterns
Development patterns of electricity markets since the deregulation of markets
1. National competitive electricity markets (zonal pricing)
2. To promote competition, expand market area to regional
3. Regional markets face the generation challenge when demand-supply situation tightens
4. Expand of market area to increase the number of players and enable the sharing of resources
across a larger geographic area
5. If the transmission capacity is not sufficient between the integrated market areas, the benefits of
the larger market area are not realized
6. To increase transmission network capacity, the network investment plans are done
7. The critical inversion point is, if the transmission network plan are carried out?
8. If the investments are done, the zonal pricing model can be still used
9. If transmission congestion gets worse and new investments are not made, the market area need
to be split smaller price areas
- Smaller price areas are sometimes enough to handle the network congestion problem
- If the internal congestion is common, re-dispatching is required and opportunities of gaming
may emerge
10. One solution is to optimize dispatching within the area based on supply offers and demand bids at
each node of the network. Using the nodal calculation to derive optimal dispatching order, but not
to set prices at the nodes characterizes as some kind of hybrid model.
11. The next step is the nodal pricing, in which the use of the electricity system is optimized by
calculating the locational marginal prices at each node of the network. The nodal prices take into
account the costs of electric energy, transmission congestion and losses
Market models
− Electricity market model covers the operation principles of the electricity wholesale
market
− Two basic models: zonal and nodal pricing
− Zonal pricing model: electricity price is calculated for price areas and
transmission capacities are taken into account separately
− Nodal pricing model: electricity price is calculated for each node of the
grid, based on the load flow calculation. The price of the node contains
energy, losses and congestion cost
Single or few
Risk management: Price for each Risk management:
changes in the price node of the network congestion
area price(s) of electricity between the nodes
network
− In this connection, the following zonal and nodal markets are introduced
− Zonal pricing:
− The Nordic countries
− Central West Europe
− Nodal pricing:
− The US: PJM and Texas
− Australia
− New Zealand
− Russia
The Nordic countries and CWE
− In this connection, the Nordic countries refers Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
− Central West Europe refers France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany (CWE
area)
− EU legislation guides the development of the regional markets and common market
model
− Both regions uses the zonal pricing model;
In the Nordic countries market splitting mechanism (one power exchange; one
system price and when cross-border transmissions capacity is congested splitting
to price areas)
In the CWE area market coupling mechanism (couple exchanges; first calculating
area prices and if transmission capacity allows unifying the price areas)
− Betweeen the Nordic countries and CWE area there are market based trading
− Primary forms of generation in the Nordic countries: hydro, nuclear, coal, gas and wind
Electricity consumption is about 400 TWh in year and average system price 53 €/MWh
(2010)
− Primary forms of generation in the CWE area: coal, nuclear, renewables and oil
− Electricity consumption is about 1267 TWh in year and average spot price 50-70 €/MWh
PJM RTO
− PJM area in the US covers the states of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Maryland and partly e.g. Delaware, Ohio, Virginia
and Illinois
− Electricity consumption in whole PJM area is about 710 TWh
in year and average spot price 40 €/MWh (2009)
− Primary forms of generation are coal and gas
− The market operator is RTO (Regional Transmission System
Operator), which takes care of transmission networks and
electricity price calculation
− Market model is nodal pricing so electricity price is calculated
for over 7000 nodes of the grid both day-ahead and real-time
markets
− Market surveillance is tight; the generators’ bids are surveilled
almost in real time and various price and offer caps have been
set Source: FERC Electric Power Markets 2011
− The hedging of price difference between nodes is done with
FTR (Financial Transmission Right) products
− Market participants have to participate to the obligatory
capacity markets, which guarantee the sufficient generation
investments
Texas Ercot
− The electricity markets of Texas Ercot covers almost a whole state of Texas
in the US
− Electricity consumption is about 312 TWh in year and average spot price
about 30 €/MWh (2009)
− Primary forms of generation are coal and gas
− Markets are undergoing a significance change from a zonal to a nodal
market
− 4000 nodes
− Higher price caps than in PJM; separated capacity markets do not exist
Australia
− East Australian electricity markets (NEM) covers
New South Wales, Tasmania, South
Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Australian
Capital Territory
− States have common wholesale electricity markets
E.g. privatization questions are decided in each
state separately
− Electricity consumption is about 210 TWh in year
and average spot price is 35-50 €/MWh (2010)
− Primary forms of generation are coal, gas and hydro
− Nodal pricing, but there are only 5 nodes, so the
calculation algorithm is much more simple than in
PJM
− Mandatory pool, only generators participate
The market operator estimates the
consumption
− No separate real-time markets, but generators are
allowed to change once their bids before delivery
(”in good faith” )
− Hedging both bilateral financial contracts and in
exchange with financial products
Lähde: AER 2009
New Zealand
− Primary forms of generation are hydro, gas, coal, geothermal and wind
− Electricity consumption is 37 TWh in year and average spot price 35 €/MWh (2008)
− Similar nodal pricing mechanism like in PJM area, 250 nodes
− Obligatory pool, only generators participate
Market operator estimates consumption
− Only few future products for hedging
− No FTR products for hedging price difference between nodes
Vertical integration between generators and retailers is allowed and used as a
hedge
Russia
− Restructuring markets in 1990’s and 2003 when vertical integrated monopolies were
separated to different companies
− Electricity consumption 1023 TWh in year and primary forms of generation are thermal, hydro
and nuclear
− Market model is nodal pricing and there are almost 8000 nodes;
System operator chooses the generators for next day based on production
notifications, demand forecasts and grid conditions
ATS (Administrator of Trade System) receive the generation plans and offers from
demand side, and calculates the prices and amounts of electricity
− Hedging products are forwards and futures (bilateral and exchange)
− FTR products may be added later on
− Capacity markets are founded to cover the generators’ fixed costs and to encourage new
capacity investments. The generators make capacity bids and buyers are obligated to
purchase capacity corresponding to their the peak consumption from markets
− State has long capacity agreements with new nuclear and hydro power plants
− New thermal power plants have their own capacity agreement mechanism
Retail markets
− Retail markets of electricity are national markets also in those regions where the
wholesale trade of electricity crosses the national borders
− In the Nordic countries, there are plans to create common retail markets too
− Target to reduce regulator and technical barriers so that retailers can be active in
several countries
− The contractual arrangements between DSOs, suppliers and customers,
defining the billing regime, specification of future common Nordic business
processes and creating a harmonised Nordic balance settlement
− The framework for the common Nordic retail market should be in place in
2015. However, for example creating the necessary data systems may take
longer
− In Victoria state in Australia, there are one of the most active electricity retail markets
in the world (customers’ retailers switching rate)
− Reasons for active markets, e.g. saving possibilities, extra bonus (like free
magazine subscription) or dissatisfaction with their previous supplier
Retail markets – price elastic demand
− Delphi survey
− In the Delphi method, the objectives are to forecast the future development, to
determine the desirable development trends and to find out how the future
development can be influenced
− Respondents of the survey presented European electricity market professionals
− The Delphi survey was conducted in two rounds,
− The main result of the first round was the outlook of the essential elements
influencing competition and future development of the European electricity
market
− The goal of the second round was to find possibilities to influence certain
factors that play a role in establishing a competitive environment in the
electricity markets
− Response rate on the 1st round was 51.7 % and on the 2nd round 86.7 %
Delphi survey
6. Do you think that there will be a common power exchange 7. Do you think that separate capacity markets are needed in
for physical dayahead electricity trading in Europe in 2030? Europe to guarantee adequate revenues to the electricity
100 % generators?
90 % 100 %
80 % 90 %
70 % 80 %
60 % 70 %
50 % 60 %
40 % 50 %
40 %
30 %
30 %
20 %
20 %
10 % 10 %
0% 0%
Yes No Yes No
− Results of the question, if TSO’s have necessary incentives to build new crossborder lines
1. Do you agree with the claim that the transmission
companies have no necessary incentives to build new
crossborder lines because they would then lose their
congestion revenues?
100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
40 %
30 %
20 %
10 %
0%
Yes No
Free competition – regulated competition
− The goals of the electricity market deregulation are generic: to reduce the
government involvement in the electricity supply sector, to introduce competition in
electricity generation and selling, and to increase the demand side participation
− In the free competition school of thought, the main principle is that the electricity
markets are like other commodity markets; common electricity price for whole
market
− In the regulated competition school of thought ,electricity price is calculated for
each node of the grid small market areas need of market surveillance to
mitigate the market power abuse
− The specific requirements for free competition to work are the existence of sufficient
amount of transmission capacity and the elasticity of demand with respect to price
− The demand side is expected to signal its willingness to pay for electricity in the
day-ahead markets, thus playing an essential role in the price formation
− Under regulated competition, the demand side participation can be rather weak; the
demand may be taken as forecasted
− Regulated competition is often the only solution if the transmission networks do
not enable free competition
− Regulation itself is also not without problems since it easily hinders the dynamic
development of the markets
Forming the vision
− The Vision for European Electricity Market in 2030 is constructed following the logics of
free competition school of thought
− Workable competition as a key to efficient operation of the electricity markets that
would benefit both the supply side and the demand side
− Obtaining sufficient transmission capacity and activating the demand side are
extremely challenging goals in future electricity markets
− Giving up these goals would contradict with the initial objectives of the electricity
market deregulation and the heavy-handed regulation
− Vision enables achieving the EU’s goal of internal market in electricity
− Vision also honors the objective that there are
− No structural entry barriers for renewable generation
− Supporting the energy-efficient
− Low-carbon future of the electricity supply sector
− Vision views electricity networks as enablers
− Transmission constraints do not hamper the operation of the markets
− Distribution networks play a key role in ensuring that there are no technical or
structural barriers that would hinder the cross-border operation of the electricity
retailers
Vision for European Electricity Markets in 2030 Alternative scenario
- Large price areas and no structural bottlenecks in the -Heavily congested transmission networks and the existence of inter-
transmission networks within the price areas and intra-regional bottlenecks in the transmission networks
Uniform marginal pricing Locational marginal pricing
-Demand side plays a key role in limiting the price setting -Continuous monitoring of locational market power. Pivotal suppliers’
power of the generators offers to the market are limited through regulation
-Antitrust policy efficiently applied in assessing mergers and Demand side participation in price formation is not obligatory
acquisitions to prevent market concentration
-No price caps in the day-head market of electricity Regulation of the suppliers’ offers reduce price spikes
-Price spikes are possible Revenue adequacy is not guaranteed through the market of
-Hedging against the price volatility of electric energy electric energy
-Trading of financial instruments (e.g. futures, forwards, Capacity markets provide the ‘missing money’ to the
options, CfDs, FTRs) at exchange and bilaterally generators
-‘Energy only’ market provides adequate revenues to
generators -Hedging against locational price differences with financial
transmission rights (FTRs)
-No separate capacity markets needed
-FTR auctions organized by the Independent System Operator (ISO)
-No structural entry barriers for market-based investments and
operation of renewable generation -Feasibility tests to ensure that FTRs do not exceed physical
transmission capacities
-No technical or structural barriers to the cross-border
operation of the retailers
-Locational price signals may constitute an entry barrier to renewable
generation (but RES support mechanisms may enable entering and
staying in the market)
− Transmission networks
− Implementation of TYNDP, taking into account the needs of the European
electricity markets
− Incentives for TSOs to reduce bottlenecks and invest in new intra- and inter-
regional transmission capacity
− Easier permitting procedures for new transmission investments
− Renewables
− Sufficient transmission networks allow the entry of renewable energy generation
− RES support mechanisms do not disturb the markets
− Power exchange
− Single price coupling
− EU-wide shared order book and capacity management module in intraday
trading
− Demand side participation
− Smart grid possibilities
− Storing of electricity
− Trust in market
Conclusions
− Vision for European electricity markets in 2030 is done in April 2010 - April
2011 at Lappeenranta University of Technology
− During the research project different scenarios about future electricity
markets have been created and several surveys for Finnish and European
electricity market experts have been done
− The final result is the vision which enables free competition, EU’s targets
about common European electricity markets, entry of renewable generation,
energy efficiency and reduction of CO2 emissions in electricity generation
− In the vision, the transmission networks are seen as enablers
− Essential for implementation of the vision are the sufficient transmission
networks and active demand side
− Giving up these goals would contradict with the initial objectives of the
electricity market deregulation and the heavy-handed regulation
− It may hamper the dynamic development of the electricity markets
Appendix 1 Presentation of scenarios
Open and public price formation
4.
1.
• There are plenty of bottlenecks in the European transmission networks
• There is a strong transmission network in the whole of Europe
• A European ISO is responsible for the operation of the transmission
• An European ISO is responsible for the operation of the transmission
networks
network
• Nodal pricing is applied, the ISO is responsible for price calculation The
nodal price reflects the cost of the use of the power system (energy +
• The transmission network operation is monitored by an EU regulator
losses + congestion fee)
• A marketplace fee is charged for the use of transmission networks
• Hedging against price differences is carried out through financial
• The price of electric energy is formed in a European power exchange
products (Financial Transmission Rights, FTRs)
• The electricity market provides sufficient incentives for new
investments, and no separate capacity market is needed
• Offers made by generators are monitored at the plant level (production
costs, running plans)
• There is plenty of distributed generation in the market, and the
market has to be able to adapt to the variation related to DG
• Incentives for investments are basically generated in the capacity
•Demand elasticity plays a significant role in the market
market
• Wholesale prices are balanced for the retail markets
• There are common retail markets in Europe
• Retail markets operate at a national level
• The customers are equipped with smart meters
• The consumers are equipped with smart meters
• Pricing of electricity is hourly based
• Balanced reference price is used as the reference in demand elasticity
3.
2.
• In the area of Europe, the electricity markets are split into self-sufficient,
• There is a strong transmission network covering the whole of Europe
separate networks with both generation and consumption of electricity
• The EU regulator supervises the network entry
• In the separate networks, the price of electricity varies, being a local
• Trade in electric energy is bilateral and the prices are market based
competitive factor
• Electric energy can be purchased anywhere in Europe
• The crisis in transmission networks and the development of power
• Transit fees are charged for the use of transmission networks
storages and small-scale generation has led to the emergence of separate
• There are large European energy companies and numerous local
networks
market participants
• Behind the crisis, there are large damages caused by major storms and
• Distributed generation is mainly traded at a local level
terror attacks
• Retail markets are national markets
• There are transmission connections between separate networks only as
• The consumers have smart meters
back-up connections
• Pricing of electricity for consumers is power based
• Electricity trade is bilateral
• Consumers are compensated for participating in the power balance
• Large-scale industries have generation of their own in the vicinity of
management
consumption
• Retail markets are regional markets
• There is demand flexibility within each region, as well as small-scale
generation and storage potential
100 %
80 %
60 %
40 %
20 %
0%
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