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Market behaviour and the to-trade-or-not-to-trade dilemma in 'Tradable White Certificate' schemes

Författare

Summary, in English

This paper provides an empirical analysis of

market behaviour under ‘Tradable White Certificate’

(TWC) schemes. It focuses on the entire set of ‘flexibilities’

granted to obliged parties to meet a mandatory

energy-saving target cost-effectively, i.e. range eligible

measures, eligible end-use sectors, banking provision,

market engagement of non-obliged parties, and trading as

such. We found that market behaviour responds to the

unique design and context in which TWC schemes are

implemented. Contrary to expectations, limited trading is

observed so the ‘to-trade-or-not-to-trade’ dilemma is

further analysed. A real TWC market has emerged only

in Italy, where obliged parties (i.e. energy distributors)

show preference towards ‘to-trade’. In Great Britain and

France, an autarky compliance approach is identified,

with obliged parties (i.e. energy suppliers) showing preference

towards ‘not-to-trade’ driven by, among many

factors, commercial benefits of non-trading (e.g.

increased competitiveness). At the same time, results

show clearer indications of cost-effectiveness for Great

Britain than for Italy. In general, high energy-saving effectiveness

is observed, but low ambitious saving targets

and pitfalls in the regulatory framework need to be

considered to further develop TWC markets. Initial

market and institutional conditions strongly suggest that

trading might not be an immediate outcome. Ambitious

energy targets can trigger a more dynamic usage of all

flexibilities by eligible parties and thus active behaviour

in TWC markets.

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

323-347

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Energy Efficiency

Volym

1

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • Tradable white certificate schemes . Market behaviour . Commercial benefits of nontrading. Ex-post policy evaluation

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1570-646X