The Allocative Efficiency of the Dutch Gas-Balancing Market. Issue 1 (March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Dinther, Arthur; Mulder, Machiel
• Is Part Of: Competition and regulation in network industries. Volume 14:Issue 1(2013)
• Page Start: 47
• Page End: 72
• Publication Date: 2013-03
• Subjects: allocative efficiency -- gas-balancing regime -- market design; Public utilities -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Telecommunication -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; 343.099405
• DOI: 10.1177/178359171301400103
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1783-5917

Abstract

The recently introduced market-based gas-balancing regime in the Netherlands is meant to improve the efficiency of gas balancing in order to enhance the development of the Dutch wholesale market for gas. This paper shows that the efficiency of the new balancing regime could be improved further by making the market simpler with less restrictive rules. By removing the reserve market, the incentive component as well as the obligation on all players to offer assistance gas, the balancing regime would still enable the TSO to realise network stability but with less allocative inefficiencies.