The effect of flow-based market coupling on cross-border exchange volumes and price convergence in Central Western European electricity markets
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- Marten Ovaere (UGent) , Michiel Kenis, Kenneth Van den Bergh, Kenneth Bruninx and Erik Delarue
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- Since 2015 available cross-border transmission capacity is determined using flow-based market coupling (FBMC) in the day-ahead electricity markets of Central Western Europe. This paper empirically estimates the effect of introducing FBMC on day-ahead electricity price convergence and cross-border exchange volumes. In the month following the introduction of FBMC, hourly cross-border exchange volumes increased by 1,700 MWh/h, while prices between countries converged by 10.4 euro /MWh. Since then, observed cross-border exchange volumes decreased to 400 MWh/h below their levels before the introduction of FBMC by the end of 2017. However, when controlling for changing market conditions in the years following the introduction of FBMC, we find that FBMC still has a persistent positive effect of around 1,150 MWh/h on hourly cross -border exchange volumes and of 2 euro /MWh on price convergence. Finally, we provide suggestive evidence that decreased commercial transmission capacity on critical branches might have contributed to the decline of the benefits over time. This paper is useful for policymakers, regulators, TSOs, and other stakeholders in light of the extension of FBMC to other regions as it is the target methodology for coupling market zones in the European single electricity market.
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- General Energy, Economics and Econometrics, Flow-based market coupling, Regression discontinuity, Electricity, transmission, Electricity prices, Congestion management, Power systems, AIR
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HDK94GQAAECZ0HBNHW98B9JH
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- Ovaere, Marten, et al. “The Effect of Flow-Based Market Coupling on Cross-Border Exchange Volumes and Price Convergence in Central Western European Electricity Markets.” ENERGY ECONOMICS, vol. 118, 2023, doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106519.
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- Ovaere, M., Kenis, M., Van den Bergh, K., Bruninx, K., & Delarue, E. (2023). The effect of flow-based market coupling on cross-border exchange volumes and price convergence in Central Western European electricity markets. ENERGY ECONOMICS, 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106519
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- Ovaere, Marten, Michiel Kenis, Kenneth Van den Bergh, Kenneth Bruninx, and Erik Delarue. 2023. “The Effect of Flow-Based Market Coupling on Cross-Border Exchange Volumes and Price Convergence in Central Western European Electricity Markets.” ENERGY ECONOMICS 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106519.
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- Ovaere, Marten, Michiel Kenis, Kenneth Van den Bergh, Kenneth Bruninx, and Erik Delarue. 2023. “The Effect of Flow-Based Market Coupling on Cross-Border Exchange Volumes and Price Convergence in Central Western European Electricity Markets.” ENERGY ECONOMICS 118. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106519.
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- 1.Ovaere M, Kenis M, Van den Bergh K, Bruninx K, Delarue E. The effect of flow-based market coupling on cross-border exchange volumes and price convergence in Central Western European electricity markets. ENERGY ECONOMICS. 2023;118.
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- [1]M. Ovaere, M. Kenis, K. Van den Bergh, K. Bruninx, and E. Delarue, “The effect of flow-based market coupling on cross-border exchange volumes and price convergence in Central Western European electricity markets,” ENERGY ECONOMICS, vol. 118, 2023.
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