Cost Analysis and Pricing Strategy for District Heating in Central Valais
At what level should the district heating tariff in Central Valais be set?
OIKEN SA
Project period2022 – 2023
Related expertiseRegulation, Strategy and Pricing, Energy, Audit Support and Compliance, Data Science
TeamUrs Trinkner, Matthias Finger, Tobias Binz, Romain de Luze, Leah Meyer
ContactProject Description
In a first step, Swiss Economics conducts an analysis of the heat purchase price at the waste treatment plant of Central Valais (UTOVs) on behalf of the company OIKEN, which is responsible for the construction and operation of several district heating projects in Central Valais.
In a second step, Swiss Economics analyzes the current costs and the costs related to the planned developments of OIKEN's CAD networks. The ultimate goal is to determine a coherent pricing strategy for all of OIKEN's thermal networks.
Methods
- Analyses of the market
- Analyses of the cost
- Pricing
- Regulatory and Institutional Economics
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