Benchmarking and cost driver analysis of German gas pipelines (EFG4)

What are the relevant cost drivers of gas pipelines? How efficient are the German gas transmission operators in the photo year 2020?

Client

Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA)

Project period

2020 – 2023

Related expertise

Regulation, Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Energy, Data Science

Team

Urs Trinkner, Matteo Mattmann, Andreas Haller, Luca Apreda, Per Agrell, Lukas Löhr, Peter Vossiek

Contact

Urs Trinkner

Project Description

Swiss Economics supports the Federal Network Agency in conducting the efficiency comparison of gas transmission system operators for the fourth regulatory period. The project includes defining the data to be collected, validating its plausibility, determining comparison parameters, conducting a comprehensive cost driver analysis, and developing and validating the efficiency comparison model. This model serves as the basis for legally sound determination of the individual efficiency of German gas transmission system operators.

Methods

Reference Network Analysis (RNA)
Newcomb-Benford Analysis
OLS Average Cost Analysis
Outlier and Dominance Analysis
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Permutation
Stakeholder Process

Publications

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