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Rol van vraagsturing bij leveringszekerheid in een geliberaliseerde elektriciteitsmarkt
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ECN
Policy Studies
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1-10-2003
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ECN-C--03-056
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ECN publication
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18
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Abstract:
The liberalisation of the electricity market has so far resulted ina decrease in (inefficient) overcapacity of electricity production facilities.
This can, however, lead to power shortage, as was the case in many European
countries during the summer of 2003. Improvement of the investment climate
in the energy sector is one option to cope with this problem, but the
potential for demand response should also not be neglected.
The report analyses the possibilities of short-term demand response
in liberalised electricity markets. Based on several examples from abroad,
the possibilities of introducing demand response mechanisms in the Netherlands
are discussed. Improving demand response may lead to less volatile and
extremely high price peaks and at the same time increase the economic
efficiency of the power supply. However, effectively introducing demand
response on the electricity market requires the existing contracts between
suppliers and (large) consumers with fixed electricity prices to be
changed to real-time pricing. This offers consumers the possibility
to react to price increases during times of shortages and to shift demanding
processes to periods outside peak demand.
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