Right, so there won’t be pricing zones but taxation zones which will make electricity cheaper in parts of Germany.
That’s only a partial solution, as it won’t solve the interconnection/redispatch issues within Germany either though. I.e. right now, when cheap Northern German wind energy can’t be transported to the Southern states, wind turbines will be turned off and gas turbines near the consumers will be started, and that (actually expensive) energy will then be sold for the price the of (much cheaper) wind energy.
Pricing zones would fix that issue because consumers wouldn’t be incentivized to consume energy that can’t be transported to them anyway. They would also further encourage more wind turbines in the south.
Relevant (German language):
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2024/20240830_Netzkosten.html
Right, so there won’t be pricing zones but taxation zones which will make electricity cheaper in parts of Germany.
That’s only a partial solution, as it won’t solve the interconnection/redispatch issues within Germany either though. I.e. right now, when cheap Northern German wind energy can’t be transported to the Southern states, wind turbines will be turned off and gas turbines near the consumers will be started, and that (actually expensive) energy will then be sold for the price the of (much cheaper) wind energy.
Pricing zones would fix that issue because consumers wouldn’t be incentivized to consume energy that can’t be transported to them anyway. They would also further encourage more wind turbines in the south.