Regulation of network tariff s is generally meant to pursue several public interests, in particular that network users should pay not more than the efficient costs while network operators should be able to finance investments. Between these objectives trade-off s exist depending on the actual...

This paper applies insights from the economic literature to evaluate costs and benefits of the policy decision recently taken by the Dutch government to introduce ownership separation between energy distribution on the one hand, and production and retail on the other. The major benefit of this...

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...

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...

Regulation of network tariff s is generally meant to pursue several public interests, in particular that network users should pay not more than the efficient costs while network operators should be able to finance investments. Between these objectives trade-off s exist depending on the actual...