BDI’s policy recommendations for a future electricity market design

Alongside the associated uncertainty about the future legal framework, the currently growing share of volatile renewable energies means above all that system costs increase and that, as a result, market participants plan and act on shorter timescales. In addition and despite progress on the European integration of energy markets, a trend towards perceptibly national energy policies can once more be observed. Hence, the focus in discussions on how to make the Energiewende a success must be above all on the question of how the electricity market of the future should be structured so as to limit the costs of developing renewable energies for consumers, enable their market integration and safeguard security of supply.

BDI is intensively involved in this debate. With these recommendations for policy action, we set out positions on issues linked to the further development of electricity market design. In this context, the yardstick and model for BDI is a sustainable energy policy based on the market economy and at the same time geared to the European dimension, a policy which must be aligned on systemic thinking and holistic solutions.