Ordinance on interruptible loads

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Basic data
Title: Ordinance on agreements on interruptible loads
Short title: Ordinance on interruptible loads
Abbreviation: AbLaV
Type: Federal Ordinance
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Issued on the basis of: Section 13i EnWG
Legal matter: Commercial law
References : 752-6-19
Original version from: December 28, 2012
( BGBl. I p. 2998 )
Entry into force on: January 1, 2013
Last revision from: August 16, 2016
( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1984 )
Entry into force of the
new version on: 		October 1, 2016
Last change by: Art. 9 G of December 22, 2016
( BGBl. I p. 3106, 3140 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		January 1, 2017
(Art. 19 G of December 22, 2016)
GESTA : E046
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Ordinance on Interruptible Loads ( AbLaV ) is a German ordinance on short-term power interruptions in industrial companies. The load shedding is voluntary payment of a fee for providing the loads (demand rate) and the actual shutdown (energy price). It is intended to increase the security of supply through the control area operators while maintaining network stability. The costs are allocated to the electricity price that consumers pay. The controversial regulation was originally limited to January 1, 2016.

content

With the amendment of the Energy Industry Act 2011, an authorization to issue ordinances was inserted in the new Section 13 (4a) EnWG to design a restricted remuneration model for loads that can be switched off. The transmission system operators were entitled to shed loads beforehand if “the safety or reliability of the electricity supply system in the respective control area was jeopardized or disturbed” . The ordinance is initially limited to three years ( Section 19 AbLaV) and aims to standardize the voluntary agreements on interruptible loads with suitable industrial companies that are necessary in other cases and to limit the amounts to be paid for them. According to the explanatory memorandum, " Interruptible loads within the meaning of this ordinance (...) are large consumer units that are connected to the high and extra-high voltage network, draw electricity almost around the clock with a high output and, due to the special features of their production process, they can be called up at short notice for a certain period of time Can reduce consumption. They can therefore be used to maintain or improve security of supply. “Especially in the processing industry (for example aluminum and chemical plants) there are the necessary switchable loads of at least 50 MW according to § 5 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 AbLaV. The ordinance provides these major consumers with remuneration if they agree to reduce their electricity consumption if the load control requires it. The remuneration consists of a performance price (provision of loads that can be switched off) of EUR 2,500 / MW disconnection capacity per month and an energy price (actual disconnection) of at least EUR 100 and a maximum of EUR 400 / MWh ( Section 4 (2) and (3) AbLaV). The four transmission system operators jointly tender an output of 1,500 megawatts of loads that can be disconnected immediately and a disconnection output of 1,500 megawatts of loads that can be disconnected quickly on an internet platform once a month ( Section 8 AbLaV). The participating companies have a prequalification before the tender, i. H. go through a review and approval process ( Section 9 AbLaV).

Allocation for interruptible loads

Temporal progression of the levy for interruptible loads in the years 2013–2015

The costs are passed on to all end consumers ( Section 18 (1) AbLaV, Section 9 KWKG ). The theoretical maximum value is 0.1194 cents / kWh. The transmission system operators set the cut-off levy for 2014 at 0.009 cents / kWh and also included the costs incurred in 2013, as the surcharge was set at 0 in 2013. For 2015, a reduction to 0.006 cents / kWh finally followed.

history

There was a dispute over a load cut-off regulation “probably already in the grand coalition”. The various drafts of the ministerial committee in three years were shaped by the dispute between Environment Minister Röttgen and Economics Minister Rösler. They disagreed about the level of remuneration for interruptible loads or the price of work and services. The drafts were also controversial in the public, experts, scientists, associations and companies. An unpublished study by the Consentec institute commissioned by the Federal Network Agency found in 2011 that the shutdown of industrial plants was “not suitable” for the “by far largest proportion of supply interruptions ” in Germany . The study therefore considered a premium of EUR 1600 / MW per year to be sufficient. The project under the leadership of the Minister of Economics Rösler . In January 2012 the FAZ published the targeted remuneration levels exclusively: "For 150 megawatts of power there are 60,000 euros, for 100 megawatts 45,000 euros, for 50 megawatts 30,000 euros." That was below the amounts for other European countries. The forty-fold increase in the recommendation was felt by the consumer advice centers after the exemption of the electricity-intensive industry from network charges as the "next [s], brazen [s] gift" . FR : “Above all, aluminum smelters and chemical plants come into question. You can look forward to a rain of money: For a larger company with a requirement of 200 megawatts, for example, there would be twelve million euros per year. If you add up the requirements of the potential shutdown systems, that adds up to 1,700 megawatts. The bill would primarily be paid by private households via network charges: up to 102 million euros per year. ” In addition, it was criticized that (FAZ) “ another piece of the market is disappearing in energy policy ” and the draft “ just another step towards state regulation Energy sector ". Inquiries from Oliver Krischer ( Bündnis90 / Die Grünen ) in the course of 2012 were answered that the draft did not even exist (May 9), or that it would be “1. and 2nd quarter 2013 put up for discussion ” (October 24). The federal cabinet then surprisingly passed the ordinance on November 28th. During the ongoing consultation in the economic committee on the energy law amendment on the same day, the ordinance was integrated into the legislative package through the creation of a new section 13 (4a, 4b). The government bill stipulated that the providers should receive 1,667 EUR / MW per month for keeping the switch-off ready and a maximum of 20,000 EUR per year. The shutdown itself should be rewarded with 100 to 500 EUR / MWh. In the economic committee, the performance price was raised, the labor price was reduced in return and the maximum offer size increased. The ordinance came into being on December 13th with the votes of the CDU / CSU , SPD and FDP . The Bündnis90 / Die Grünen regulation ( “bureaucratic, and above all it is the opposite of a market economy” ) and the left ( “subsidy gift to industry”, “exclusive market” ) have rejected the renewable energies sector: “It It is strange that the Federal Ministry of Economics, whose minister claims to be the guardian of the market economy, gives preference to a non-market economy solution. ” On July 1, 2013, the first companies were signed by the transmission system operators.

Time limit

The ordinance is initially limited to three years ( Section 19 AbLaV). The Shutdown Ordinance is considered a first step towards a so-called smart grid . According to Uwe Leprich, the electricity industry and industry should be introduced to the topic with the Shutdown Ordinance: “Shutting down is not absolutely necessary today” . In view of the regulation, consideration is being given to load shedding in private households.

literature

  • Carsten König: " The remuneration for interruptible loads" , EnWZ 2013, p. 201
  • Kai Klapdor / Nora Bülhoff: “Collection of network-side levies in closed distribution networks ” , EnWZ 2013, p. 297
  • Hartmut Weyer: "System responsibility and contracts for interruptible loads" , RdE 2010, p. 233

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance of the Federal Government: First ordinance to amend the ordinance on agreements on interruptible loads BT-Drs. 18/9631 of September 15, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c Udo Leuschner : ENERGIE-CHRONIK 120109 , January 2012.
  3. ^ Ordinance on agreements on interruptible loads (ordinance on interruptible loads), BT-Drs. 17/11671, p. 1 ( PDF ).
  4. ↑ Jakob Schlandt: The Minister of Economic Affairs patzt , Frankfurter Rundschau of November 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ Switch-off surcharge published ( Memento of March 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), ZfK of October 16, 2013.
  6. ↑ Allocation § 18 AblaV 2014
  7. ↑ Database 2014 ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Annual accounts 2013 ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Allocation § 18 AblaV 2015
  10. ↑ Database 2015 ( Memento from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Speech Oliver Krischer , Bündnis90 / Die Grünen, in the Bundestag in the second and third deliberations of the Third Act on the New Regulation of Energy Industry Regulations, Plenary Protocol 17/211, p. 25639.
  12. ↑ "Zoff about switching off" , Die Zeit from February 2, 2012, p. 2 ( PDF )
  13. ↑ a b c Jakob Schlandt: Money rain for the power guzzlers , Frankfurter Rundschau from February 9, 2012.
  14. ↑ a b Andres Mihm: " 60,000 euros for switching off electricity ", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of January 24, 2012.
  15. ↑ Answer of the Parliamentary State Secretary Ernst Burgbacher to Krischer's question (printed matter 17/9517, question 40) in question time of the 177th session of the German Bundestag, May 9, 2012 Annex 19, plenary minutes 17/177, p. 21028 ( PDF ) .
  16. ↑ Answer of the Parliamentary State Secretary Hans-Joachim Otto to Krischer's question (printed matter 17/11094, question 26) in question time of the 200th session of the German Bundestag, October 24, 2012, plenary minutes 17/200, p. 24217 ( PDF ) .
  17. ↑ Jakob Schlandt: Disabled Ordinance , Frankfurter Rundschau of November 11, 2012
  18. ^ Udo Leuschner: ENERGY CHRONICLE 121103 , November 2012.
  19. ↑ Birgit Marschall: Rösler rewards companies for switching off electricity , Rheinische Post from November 28, 2012.
  20. ↑ Decision recommendation and report of the Committee for Economy and Technology (9th Committee) on the ordinance of the Federal Government - Printed matter 17/11671, 17/11744 No. 2 - Ordinance on agreements on interruptible loads (ordinance on interruptible loads), BT-Drs. 17/11886 of December 12, 2012 ( PDF ).
  21. ↑ Speeches by Oliver Krischer and Dorothée Menzner , December 13, 2012, 214th meeting, on agenda item 36: Discussion of the recommendation for a resolution and the report of the Committee on Economics and Technology (9th committee) on the ordinance of the Federal Government Ordinance on agreements on interruptible loads ( Ordinance on interruptible loads) - Printed matters 17/11671, 17/11744 No. 2, 17/11886 - Plenary minutes 17/214, p. 26422 ( PDF )
  22. ↑ Electricity market: Large consumers should be disconnected from the grid if necessary , top agrar dated December 14, 2012.
  23. ↑ a b Bernward Janzig: " We'll be offline " , taz from July 1, 2013.
  24. ^ Daniel KJ Schubert / Thomas Meyer / Alexander von Selasinsky / Adriane Schmidt / Sebastian Thuß / Niels Erdmann / Mark Erndt: "The power failure in Munich has an impact on willingness to pay for security of supply and the acceptance of renewable energies", series of publications by the chair for energy economics at the TU Dresden Volume No. 2, Dresden 2013 ( PDF ); This: Do power outages endanger the energy transition? Influence on acceptance and willingness to pay, et 63rd volume (2013), p. 35 ( PDF ).

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