Energy

Energy markets are fundamentally changing alongside technological progress. We support you in developing the regulatory framework in electricity, gas and district heating markets and help to optimally cope with evolving regulations.  

Market design. Development of a viable market design, assessment of the need of unbundling/separation, implementing Entry/Exit models, market and sector coupling.

Incentive regulation. Design and implementation of incentive regulations of monopolistic infrastructures, including determination of individual efficiencies, sectorial productivity, and appropriate cost of capital (WACC).

Pricing and Strategy. Optimal pricing of energy and network tariffs, measuring consumer preferences and willingness to pay, strategy development in evolving and increasingly competitive energy markets.

Competition issues. Integrated support in competition and merger cases, such as market definition, assessment of economic effects, «as efficient competitor» test, contrafactual scenarios.

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Publications

Should the methodology for determining the WACC of Swiss electricity distribution and transmission system operators be amended in the light of historically low interest rates?

Report on behalf of Autorité de régulation des transports

Report on behalf of Autorité de régulation des transports

Study on the significance of climate change for infrastructures in Switzerland commissioned by the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK)

Die Volkswirtschaft, 6/2019, S. 4-7.

Report for the Commission for Aviation Regulation

Umweltschutz der Wirtschaft, issue 4/18-19, p. 33-34

Expert report on behalf of the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKÖ)

Report for Bundesamt für Energie (BFE) and Verband der Schweizerischen Gasindustrie (VSG)

Study for Bundesamt für Energie (BFE)

Study for CEER (Council of European Energy Regulators)

Expert report for the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKÖ)

Study for Dachverband Schweizer Verteilnetzbetreiber (DSV)