Competition in Germany's minute reserve power market: An econometric analysis
Justus Haucap,
Ulrich Heimeshoff () and
Dragan Jovanovic
No 75, DICE Discussion Papers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Abstract:
The German reserve power market was subject to important regulatory changes in recent years. A new market design was created by synchronization and interconnection of the four control areas. In this paper, we analyze whether or not the reforms led to lower prices for minute reserve power (MRP). In contrast to existing papers, we use a unique panel dataset to account for unobserved heterogeneity between the four German regional markets. Moreover, we control for endogeneity by using weather data as instruments for electricity spot market prices. We find that the reforms were jointly successful in decreasing MRP prices leading to substantial cost savings for the transmission system operators.
Keywords: Competition; Frequency Control; Minute Reserve Power; Regulation; Productive Efficiency; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 C36 L59 L94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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