Report on the Activities of Elcom 2014
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Report on the activities of ElCom 2014 Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Federal Electricity Commission ElCom Confédération suisse Confederazione Svizzera Confederaziun svizra Published by Swiss Federal Electricity Commission ElCom Effingerstrasse 39, CH-3003 Bern Phone +41 58 462 58 33 · Fax +41 58 462 02 22 [email protected] · www.elcom.admin.ch Illustrations Repower (pages 1, 14) Alpiq (pages 6, 22) Iwb (page 34) ElCom / Markus Mühlheim (pages 40, 44) Edition D: 400, F: 200, I: 50, E: 100 Available in German, French, Italian and English · 6 / 2015 2 Contents 1 Foreword by the President .......................................................................................4 2 Supply security ........................................................................................................6 2.1 Interview with Renato Tami on the topic of supply security in Switzerland ..................6 2.2 Quality of supply ................................................................................................... 10 2.3 Capacity markets .................................................................................................. 12 2.4 System services ..................................................................................................... 12 3 Networks .............................................................................................................. 14 3.1 Facts and figures relating to Switzerland’s electricity networks ................................. 14 3.2 Grid expansion and planning ................................................................................. 18 3.3 Investments in the distribution network .................................................................. 18 3.4 Increases in network capacity, connection to the grid .............................................. 19 3.5 National grid operator ........................................................................................... 21 4 The Swiss electricity market ...................................................................................22 4.1 Market situation ....................................................................................................22 4.2 Transmission network tariffs .................................................................................. 24 4.3 Distribution network tariffs .................................................................................... 24 4.4 Examination of tariffs ............................................................................................ 27 4.5 Billing of network use remuneration between two distribution network operators ....29 4.6 Judicial practice with respect to tariffs ....................................................................29 4.7 Sunshine Regulation ..............................................................................................20 4.8 Measurement costs ............................................................................................... 31 4.9 Change of supplier, network access ........................................................................ 31 4.10 Feed-in remuneration at cost ................................................................................. 32 4.11 Competitive tenders ..............................................................................................33 5 International activities ...........................................................................................34 5.1 Congestion management .......................................................................................34 5.2 Border power plants ..............................................................................................35 5.3 Merchant line .......................................................................................................36 5.4 Market transparency ..............................................................................................36 5.5 Auction proceeds .................................................................................................. 37 5.6 International bodies ..............................................................................................38 5.7 Network codes ......................................................................................................39 6 About ElCom ........................................................................................................40 6.1 Duties ..................................................................................................................40 6.2 Organisation and personnel ...................................................................................42 6.2.1 The Electricity Commission ....................................................................................43 6.2.2 Technical Secretariat ..............................................................................................44 6.3 Finance .................................................................................................................45 6.4 Events ..................................................................................................................45 6.4.1 2014 ElCom Forum ................................................................................................45 6.4.2 Information events for network operators ...............................................................45 7 Appendix ..............................................................................................................46 7.1 Facts and figures for 2014 .....................................................................................46 7.2 Appeal statistics ....................................................................................................46 7.3 Meetings ..............................................................................................................46 7.4 Publications ..........................................................................................................46 7.5 Glossary ...............................................................................................................54 7.6 List of abbreviations, tables and diagrams ...............................................................56 3 Iqui1 Foreword dolum consequas by the President reicaborum repel etuscienim in energy strategy will move, the proceedings at the trans- and how the energy land- mission network level were scape will be transformed. brought to a conclusion. At We are witnessing the de- the distribution network lev- struction of old business els, the annual cost account models. But whether this de- audits have proved to be an struction is creative in nature, effective means of informally as postulated in Josef Schum- encouraging network opera- peter’s creative destruction tors to structure their tariffs theory, remains to be seen. in accordance with the rel- Carlo Schmid-Sutter The industry structures will in evant legal provisions. Pro- President of ElCom any case change – in fact, this gress continues to be made in process is already in progress. preparing the Sunshine Reg- ulation. What is the role of the reg- The Swiss electricity industry ulator in this process? ElCom In the year under review, with is experiencing a period of is not a structure regulator, the publication of its first re- transition and uncertainty. It i.e. it does not regulate either port on electricity supply se- is facing far-reaching chang- the preservation or the trans- curity in Switzerland, ElCom es, some of which have tak- formation of structure: in this created the basis for unin- en place unexpectedly and general energy sector mêlée terrupted monitoring of the suddenly, and in many cases it does not play an active role, electricity supply in our coun- it has not yet been possible i.e. it does not act as either a try. The aim is to update this to gain an overview of the brake or a driving force. The report every two years. consequences. The partial lib- regulator merely has to per- eralisation of the market ad- form its legally specified man- Market supervision is sched- vocated at the political level date, even in these turbulent uled to become operational has transformed stable sub- times: securing network ac- in 2015, and in the year under scriber relations into volatile cess, monitoring regulated review ElCom made the nec- customer relations that are tariffs, keeping a close eye essary preparations in terms subject to competition; new on supply security, support- of organisation, personnel technologies are opening up ing cross-border electricity and information technology. access to services for new, exchange and, in the future, previously non-sector players, supervising the market. In view of the importance e.g. in the areas of metering of supply security, special and pooling, which will give In the year under review, no attention has to be paid to rise to distribution conflicts; problems arose relating to se- cross-border electricity ex- and inherent and external curing access to the network. change. The Swiss electricity influences are distorting the Impediments to network ac- grid is highly intermeshed with market, making investments cess are now rare: associated neighbouring countries via a in production facilities appear disputes concern complex is- large number of cross-border unviable and creating uncer- sues in which the right to net- transmission lines, and thus tainty. No one is able to say work access is not evident. technically forms an integral with