Comments on: Is Germany now bad for traditional utilities? https://energytransition.org/2014/12/is-germany-now-bad-for-traditional-utilities/ The Global Energiewende Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Hans https://energytransition.org/2014/12/is-germany-now-bad-for-traditional-utilities/#comment-4287 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:20:39 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=7062#comment-4287 @Jarmo: The traditional power market was one of vertically integrated monopolies. Government regulations broke these vertically integrated companies up, finally allowing for competition.

]]> By: Jarmo https://energytransition.org/2014/12/is-germany-now-bad-for-traditional-utilities/#comment-4286 Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:37:36 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=7062#comment-4286 Another way to look at this is the end of traditional energy market in Germany. Power generation is increasingly regulated by government. As renewables grow, the regulated percentage will increase. Capacity payments for traditional energy companies are another form of regulation. One thing is clear: no private company wants to be in the business of losing money and power generation by traditional means in Germany is not going to be profitable.

EU reaction to this development will be interesting as they still want to promote market system for electricity generation and cut regulation.

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