Determination of Xgen in Germany
Have German gas and electricity networks become more productive? At what level should the Xgen be set for the fourth regulatory period?
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Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)
Project period2022 –
Related expertiseRegulation, Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Energy, Data Science
TeamUrs Trinkner, Matteo Mattmann, Lilia Habibulina, Andreas Stritt
ContactProject description
Together with WIK Consult, Swiss Economics supports the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in determining the general sectoral productivity factor (Xgen) of the fourth regulatory period. Swiss Economics contributes to the Malmquist analyses, which estimate the frontier shift between different regulatory periods.
The Xgen is used to determine the individual revenue caps of the German network operators for the fourth regulatory period.
Methods
- Data validation
- Malmquist index calculations
- Various robustness and sensitivity checks
- Stakeholder process
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