Railway electricity pricing system (Switzerland)

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The traction electricity price system in Switzerland regulates the price that has to be paid by railway companies (EVU) when they draw electricity from the contact line .

background

The use of "supply equipment for traction current", ie the catenary, substations and the like heard after the EU - Directive 91/440 , the contents of which took over the Switzerland due to the Land Transport Agreement into national law, to be provided to the discrimination against any utility Services of the infrastructure operator . Use is specified in Annex II of Directive 2001/14 / EC (Section 2.a). In contrast, the energy supply itself, the "provision of traction current", is only listed under the additional services. These are services that do not have to be provided, but if they are provided then they must be provided to all companies (Art. 5 of the Directive). If there is only one provider, the price must also be cost-based (Art. 7 No. 8 of the Directive).

European law therefore leaves it open as to whether the infrastructure operator or another company sells the electricity that is supplied via the contact line. Swiss law expressly stipulates that the infrastructure operator must deliver the electricity (to each utility company at the same prices). This means that she is also entitled to the payment for the delivery.

So that a uniform electricity price can be guaranteed on all infrastructures, the electricity supply must also be guaranteed at uniform conditions. Due to the different frequency of 16.7 Hz on the Swiss standard-gauge railways (same as Germany, Austria, Norway and Sweden), there is already a separate high-voltage network from which all AC railways, with the exception of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), are supplied. This network is operated centrally by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). The SBB therefore have to supply traction current at the same conditions for all routes electrified with alternating current. This was determined by the Federal Council on June 22, 2001. For 2013, the delivery price per substation is 11 cents per kWh.

In contrast, the direct current railways (many narrow-gauge railways, such as the RBS ) have to buy the electricity from local electricity companies for delivery to their rectifier stations - depending on the contact wire voltage, more or less numerous. Their electricity prices are much higher than for AC railways.

Electricity price from 2013

The price for electricity purchase on the contact wire is higher than the price for delivery to the substation, as losses occur during transport and distribution. That is why the electricity price, which will apply from January 1, 2013, was set at 12.5 cents per kWh.

The electricity consumption from the catenary should always be measured and billed in this way. However, since hardly any vehicles are equipped with meters, flat-rate prices (empirical values) can be used for billing per gross tonne-kilometer and train category, specifically

  • 0.28 cents / btkm in freight trains
  • 0.49 Rp./Btkm on regional trains

The price has to be differentiated according to the time of day and the possible environmental pollution:

  • 20% surcharge during rush hour (06: 00-09: 00 and 16: 00-19: 00)
  • 40% discount during the night (22: 00-06: 00)
  • 45% surcharge on the flat rate for regional trains and 15% surcharge for other train categories if the traction vehicle does not have a recuperation brake (regenerative current brake).

As a result of the good business performance of SBB Energie, regional transport, car loading and freight transport receive a 10% discount on electricity prices.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EBG Art. 9b on admin.ch, NZV Art. 18, 20a and 21 on admin.ch, NZV-BAV Art. 3 on admin.ch
  2. ↑ For the supply of the RhB, see Strategic expansion of the electricity transmission networks required by 2015. (pdf) Federal Department for the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication DETEC, March 20, 2007, p. 20 , accessed on August 6, 2015 : “With the exception of the Rhaetian Railway, which operates its own 66 kV high-voltage network (16.7 Hz) and currently served by the Rätia Energie, all remaining 16.7 are Hz AC trains powered by the SBB. " .
  3. ↑ Art. 3 para. 2 NZV-BAV on admin.ch
  4. ↑ Art. 3 NZV-BAV on admin.ch
  5. ↑ Cheaper traction current, agreements, appointment ... ( Memento from May 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at bav.admin.ch, accessed on November 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ Art. 20a NZV on admin.ch