Management of the Hungarian Energy Office - Magyar Energia Hivatal

Based on environmental considerations (facilitating
sustainable development on the long term), a separate tariff
was elaborated in 2009 for the electricity supply of heat pumps
(devices directly serving the operation of equipment using
heat from solar energy and other renewable energy sources
for supplying heat to buildings). The electricity at discounted
price both with regard to product price and the price for system
use may be bought (under specialised terms) by the beginning
of the heating season of 2010-11.
System use
The fourth four-year (from 2009 to 2012) cycle of price
regulation for electricity system use started on 1 January 2009.
The specifi c administrative prices for natural monopol
activities (transmission system operation, ancillary services,
distribution) were determined by the Decree of the Minister of
Economy and Transport (GKM) 119/2007 (29.12) on charges
for electricity system use. By virtue of domestic regulation
taking into account also the various international practices,
only those who receive electricity from the network have to
pay a charge for system use. Those who feed electricity in the
network (power plants) are excluded from this obligation.
HEO prepared in
2008 and published
on 31 October 2008 a
methodology guildeline
on price regulatory
scheme of the new price
regulatory period – in
accordance with Section
(5) of Article 142 of the
Electricity Act. This was
modifi ed by HEO ex
offi cio on 22 October
2009 – with regard to
the fallback (exceeding
5%) in the electricity
turnover in 2009 implied by the economic crisis and to a
few unavoidable correction revealed in the meantime by
the practice. HEO prepared charges for system use of 2010
accordingly, and proposed to the Minister the promulgation
thereof. Charges for system use effective from 1 January 2010
were published in the KHEM Decree 69/2009. (4.12) on the
amendment of the GKM Decree 119/2007 (29.12) on the
charges for electricity system use.
The sum of charges for transmission system operator and
ancillary services grew by 53.5% on 1 January 2010 (compared
to 1 HUF/kWh in 2009), but still was lower than the value of
2008. The growth above was resulted from 3 key factors.
• (Posterior) Price regulatory adjustments carried over from
the previous cycle ending by the year 2008;
• Signifi cant increase in the price of reserve capacities
(primarily secondary ones) of Dunamenti and AES Tisza
power plants entering free market because of the
termination of the PPA portfolio of MVM Trade Zrt;
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• Amendment in price regulation executed by HEO – in
association with the decline in electricity turnover.
Distribution charges dropped by average 0.4% on 1 January
2010 compared to 2009 (within this, values of changes varied
depending on voltage levels between -33% and +2%). Figures
above are explained by the infl ation-indexed increase of
charges covering fi x costs and the declined purchase cost of
electricity loss of distribution network.
An annual distribution charge of 1800 HUF (excluding VAT)
(in the case of a controlled tariff category only 600 HUF)
has been imposed even on the smallest consumption places
including also residential customers since 1 January 2009. The
costs that have been covered by the base charge since 2009
were covered previously by the consumption proportional
distribution turnover charge, so the increase in this charge was
lower than it would have been without it. In other words, the
introduction of the base charge did not mean an effective rise
in the costs, but induced a restructuring among the various
groups of customers.
System operation charges between 2008 and 2010 are shown
in Tables 6. a) – c).
6. a) Charges for transmission system operation and ancillary services (HUF/kWh)
and the changes thereof
In the case of user (customer)
connecting to distribution
network
Charge for transmission system
operation
Charge for ancillary
services
Total
Table 6 Aggregated electricity system use charges (excluding VAT 1 ) from 2008
From
January
2008
1.000
0.672
1.672
Tariffs
From
January
2009
0.577
0.423
1.000
From
January
2010
0.823
0.712
1.535
Electricity under feed-in obligation
Changes in tariffs
January
2009
-42.3%
-37.1%
-40.2%
January
2010
42.6%
68.3%
53.5%
The prices for the electricity falling under feed-in obligation
changed on 1 January 2009 and the prices for the co-generated
electricity changed on 1 October induced by changes in gas
prices.
The increase in the prices in January was varying between
2.25 and 6.6%. The signifi cant standard variation resulted
from the application of different price regulation formulas of
the various energy sources.
In October, the price of energy generated by gas fi red
cogeneration – simultaneously with the decrease in natural
gas prices on 1 October and according to the provisions of the
effective Government decree [389/2007 (12.23)] – decreased
by 9.88%.
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