Strategy of Public Utilities in Deregulated Energy Markets

Strategie öffentlicher Versorgungsunternehmen in deregulierten Energiemärkten

Investigators
Massimo Filippini, Jörg Wild

Time Frame
09/1999 - 02/2000

Funding
Regierungsrat des Kantons Basel-Stadt

Abstract
The government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt is interested in possible strategies concerning the reorganization of the Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB). The IWB's activities cover the distribution of electricity, gas, water and district heating. So far, IWB is fully owned by the Canton and organized as part of the canton's administration. In anticipation of the planned deregulation of the electricity and gas sectors in Switzerland, several proposals concerning the future of the IWB were presented. The goal of the study was to develop a "presumably best strategy" for IWB and to compare and discuss the three proposed strategies with this strategy.

Contents:

1 English Summary

2 Project Description

3 Results

4 Publications

5 Presentations

1 English Summary

The government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt is interested in possible strategies concerning the reorganization of the Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB). The IWB's activities cover the distribution of electricity, gas, water and district heating. So far, IWB is fully owned by the Canton and organized as part of the canton's administration. In anticipation of the planned deregulation of the electricity and gas sectors in Switzerland, proposals concerning the future of the IWB were presented by ·

• the management if IWB, ·

• the utility commission (the political supervisory body of IWB) and ·

• a team consisting of finance and construction department employees and managers of IWB.

The goal of the study was to develop a "presumably best strategy" for IWB and to compare and discuss the three proposed strategies with this strategy. The results were presented in a confidential report to the government of the canton.

2 Project Description

3 Results

4 Publications

5 Presentations