Decoupling (energy policy)
In energy policy, decoupling is the unbundling of the amount of energy sold from the profits of the energy supply companies by the legislature. It is an instrument to promote energy efficiency, because higher financial profits cannot be achieved by selling a larger amount of energy.
Basics and principle
In the traditional legislative framework, utilities earn money based on their energy sales. The higher the amount of energy sold, the higher the income and profit at a given sales price and a certain margin. In a decoupled system, on the other hand, the energy supply companies are allowed to increase the sales price if the amount of energy required falls. This gives the energy supply company a financial interest in reducing energy consumption, for example through efficiency measures. Despite higher prices, consumers as a group no longer pay for the energy they need because they consume less energy overall.
Web links
- Magazine of the Swiss Energy Foundation SES, 1/2010 (PDF; 3.0 MB), p. 14
Individual evidence
- ↑ Explanations on the principle of decoupling in English ( memento of the original from April 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Tim Jackson, Prosperity Without Growth, Ed. Heinrich Böll Foundation, ex. from the English by Eva Leipprand, Munich: oekom-Verlag 2011, p. 81 ss