Regula ng Access to Nuclear Power Genera on: The French Case

Regula'ngAccesstoNuclearPower
Genera'on:TheFrenchCase

François Lévêque

Mines ParisTech

(francois.leveque@mines-paristech.fr)

SICEM 7
th
Conference
Electricity Deregulation – Retrospect and Prospect
Seoul, June 16, 2011

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Introduc'on

The1
st
ofJuly,suppliersinFrancewillenjoyanaccessrighttoEDF’s
nuclearfleettosourcetheirpowerwithatariffsetbythe
government(40€/MWhin2011;42€/MWh,in2012).
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Thisrecentlyintroducedregulatedaccesstonuclearpowerissupposedtolast
un'l2025
Outlineofmytalk
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Contextandmo'va'onsforaregulatedaccesstonuclearpowerinFrance
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Themainfeaturesoftheinstrument(i.e.,howtheaccessissupposedtowork?)
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Norma'veeconomicassessment:istheregulatedaccesstoEDF’snuclearpower
economicallysound?
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Posi'veexanteassessment:willtheobjec'vesoftheregulatedaccess
achieved?
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Conclusion

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Context

TheEUframework
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EUpolicy:Internalmarket+securityofsupply+sustainability(i.e.,climatechange)
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EUenergylaw(3packagesofDirec'vesandRegula'onstoliberalizetheenergy
markethavebeensetsince1998)+EUcompe''onlaw(mergercontroland
an'trust)
FDE–
 
Stateowned(83,7%equity)
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Aver'callyintegratedoperatordomina'ngpowergenera'on(91%oftotal
genera'on)andsupply(94%ofcustomersand87%ofconsump'on)
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Owningandopera'ng58reactors(83%oftotalelectricityproducedinFrance)
Market
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10yearsafertheopeningoftheFrenchmarket,93%ofconsumers(66%of
consump'on)s'llpurchasetheirpoweratregulatedretailtariffs(setbythe
government,servedbyEDF,includingenergyandnetworks)

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Marketsegmentsandregulatedretailtariffs

RegulatedTariffMarketsegments

ulBeYellow
Green
TaRTAM

Residen'alandprofessionals
SMEs/SMIsconsumers
Largeconsumers
MostlySMEs/SMIsandlargeconsumers

TaRTAM=transi'onalregulatedtariffformarketadjustment.Itwassetin2006toenable
companiesthathadwithdrawnfromhistoricyellowandgreentariffstoobtaincheaperpoweron
thefreemarkettobenefitagainfromtariffprotec'on.Itrepresentsabout74TWhofannual
consump'on

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Comparisonoftrendsinsupplyandwholesaleprices,
excludingtransmission

(Current euros; source: Impact study, 2010)

Pgrriceee nc oatrrriffesponding to A8

Estimated price for base-load
customer having switched from
regulated tariff

Monthly average of the
wholesale market for 1 year
forward contracts

TaRTAM = transitional regulated tariff
for market adjustment

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Averageregulatedtariffs

(€
2010
/MWh,taxesexcluded)

(Source:Obervatoiredesmarchésdel’électricitéetdugaz,premiertrimestre2011,CRE)

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Thenewelectricityactinanutshell

AdoptedinDecember2010asthelawonthe«New
Organiza'onofMarketsinElectricity»(Hereafer,NOME)
NOMEeliminatesTaRTAM(July2011),greenandyellow
tariffs(December2015)butitkeepsbluetariffs(un'l2025)
andintroducesa«Regulatedaccesstohistoricnuclear
power»(
AccèsRéguléàl’ElectricitéNucléaireHistorique
,
ARENHinFrench)
Moreover,theNOMEActreformsthelocalelectricitytax
andplanstointroduceacapacityobliga'onschemebefore
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Thelegalandpolicyprocess

April2009–IssuanceofthereportofthecommissionchairedbyPaul
Champsaurtheformertelecomsregulator.Thecommissionproposesto
introducearegulatedaccesstobaseload
April2010Drafbillproposedbygovernmentwhichdetailstheregulated
accesstobaseload
November2010–Aferlengthydebatesandmanyamendmentsatthe
SenateandAssemblytheNOMElawispassed
December2010Nomina'onofnewcommissionersoftheenergy
regulatoryauthority
March2010SecondChampsaurreportonthepriceoftheregulatedaccess
(confiden'al)
April2010Issuanceofdecreesandorderscomplemen'ngtheNOMEAct
May2010–Decreeserngthetariffat40€/MWh(JulyDecember2011)and
42€/MWh(aferDecember2011)
July2010Nomeentersintoforce

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Theregulatedaccesstonuclear
power(ARENH)
Aquan'tyregula'on
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Themaximumvolumecannotexceed100TWh
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Theadministeredvolumeisallocatedtoeachsupplierupto85%oftheconsump'on
offinalconsumersitsuppliesinFrance
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Theenergyregulatorycommissionisinchargeofcontrollingthequan'tydemanded
exantebyeachsupplierandconsumedexpostbytheircustomers

Apriceregula'on
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Costplusregula'on(fullcosts:returnoncapital,opera'ngexpenses,maintenance,
investmentsforextendingtheperiodofopera'ngauthorisa'on,dismantlementand
wastedisposal)
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Thepriceissetbythegovernmentun'l2013,thenbytheenergyregulatory
commission
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Toensurethesourcingcannotbenefitconsumersabroad(e.g.,inGermany)aprice
supplementisimposedtosuppliersforanyquan'tyexanteasributedthatappears
expostinexcessvisàvistheactualconsump'onoftheirclientslocatedinFrance
(i.e.,disincen'vetouseARENHforexports)

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20112015

Theini'alARENHpricehastobealignedwiththelevelofthe
energycomponentoftheTaRTAMretailtariffs
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SoonaverageTaRTAMconsumerswillnotseetheirbillinfla'ng
whentheTarTAMwillbedropped
In2015,theenergycomponentoftheretailtariffshastobe
alignedwiththethenARENHpricetoensurethat
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onaverageindustrialconsumerswillnotseeachangeinprice
oftheirenergypurchasewhentheyellowandgreentariffswill
bedropped
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theenergypaidbyresiden'alcustomerssubscribingbluetariffs
willreflectthefullcostsofnuclearpowergeneration

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