The British retail energy market: politicians and reregulation?
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1 The British retail energy market: politicians and reregulation? Professor Michael Harker ESRC Centre for Competition Policy and UEA Law School University of East Anglia
2 Privatisation, regulation and liberalisation National gas market incumbent 14 regional electricity markets RPI-X price-caps for electricity and gas incumbents only Main entrants other incumbents Gradual deregulation from 2000 to 2002, all caps removed April 2002 Significant industry consolidation foreign entry through acquisition of incumbent firms, vertical integration
3 Deregulation of retail energy: timeline Market share of new entrants gas Market share of new entrants - electricity Full national domestic competition New regulator OFGEM DD Price controls withdrawn All price controls withdrawn Powergen (E.ON) TXU merger SSE-Atlantic merger Competition Act into force Source: graph from Ofgem (2007)
4 Trends in prices: retail Index of real domestic energy prices (Q1 1987=100) Price controls lifted Source: quarterly fuel prices, DECC
5 Market structure: the Big 6 Present E.On EDF SSE npower Scottish Power British Gas Incumbent areas (entrant elsewhere) Eastern, East Midlands, North West London, Seeboard Scottish Hydro, Southern, SWEB Midlands, Northern, Yorkshire Manweb, Midlands, Northern National Gas incumbent (electricity entrant)
6 National market shares (2010) HHI: 5,897 Source: Ofgem (2011)
7 Incumbent market share electricity (2010) Ofcom (2011)
8 Sticky consumers Sticky consumer remained with the incumbent, switched to a dual-fuel deal offered by incumbent, or switched back to incumbent Ofcom (2008, 2011)
9 Savings foregone Significant savings could be made if consumers switched tariffs (both payment and suppliers) Average savings over 2010 per customer if moved to the supplier with lowest direct debit tariff Switch from Dual fuel Electricity only Gas only Direct debit Standard credit Prepayment
10 Why are some consumers not switching? Behavioural reasons status quo bias (Ofcom, 2008) Consumers who do switch may choose a more expensive tariff (Waddams and Wilson) Tariff complexity and confusopoly Substantial growth in tariffs: Ofgem c.900 tariffs (August 2012); DECC estimates 650 dead tariffs; Which claims to have found people on 1,440 tariffs (March 2013)
11 Who are the sticky consumers Profile of customers who have never switched, weighted against the British population [Graph from. Source: Ofcom / MORI (2008); Ofcom (2011)
12 Re-regulating to tackle unfair pricing and tariff complexity
13 The non-discrimination clause (NDC) NDC introduced in 2008 to prevent firms from crosssubsidising their offers as entrants (electricity incumbents out-of-area, British Gas in electricity) from their installed/static consumer base as incumbents Firms consistently charging an incumbent mark-up of 10% from the time price controls were lifted Primary justification was fairness a concern that vulnerable consumers were less likely to have switched Harm to competition in the form of a barrier to entry new entrants did not have an installed consumer base to subsidise teaser rates
14 The consequences of the nondiscrimination clause Demand side Falling consumer engagement Less incentives to search and switch Switching rates halved between 2008 and 2013 Supply side Softening of competition firms retreat to their incumbent markets / less aggressive in outof-area markets (Waddams and Zhu, 2013) New entry increased (higher margins)
15 The PM s intervention Prime Minister s Questions (17 October 2012): Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab): At the Prime Minister s energy summit last year, he promised faithfully that he would take action to help people reduce their energy bills. Will he tell the House and the country: how is it going? The Prime Minister: We have encouraged people to switch, which is one of the best ways to get energy bills down. I can announce, which I am sure the hon. Gentleman will welcome, that we will be legislating so that energy companies have to give the lowest tariff to their customers something that Labour did not do in 13 years, even though the Leader of the Labour party could have done it because he had the job.
16 Ofgem s fairness agenda A result of Ofgem s review of the market : Limit to four the number of tariffs offered by supplier (per payment type) (Dec 13) Suppliers tell customers when there is a cheaper live tariff (March 14) Consumers on dead tariffs will be switched to a cheaper variable deal (Oct 13 / June 2015)
17 Legislation: Ministerial back-stop powers Energy Act 2013, s.139: enable the Minister to prescribe types, and limit numbers, of tariffs; and specify certain types of consumers to be moved from one tariff to anther Sun-set clause (Dec 18); Amendments made to the Bill (in Committee stage) The provision will give the Secretary of State the power to make it compulsory for suppliers to move those who could save money on to the cheapest, live standard variable-rate tariffs. This is the meat of what the Prime Minister was pledging to do. Customers would have the ability to opt out of the process, if they wish, while the remainder would save money without having to lift a finger.
18 Conclusions Lifting of price controls regulation appeared to be successful in the context of falling / stable prices Sharp price increases result in increased attention from politicians Many of the problems with the retail energy market have resulted from consumer inertia Real distributional concerns because those who have not switched (paying the highest prices) are the least well-off
19 Competing policy goals For competition to work you need winners and losers Reward those who search and switch NDC has resulted in less switching and higher prices for all consumers Enforced switching by suppliers will reduce incentives to switch
20 Thin end of the wedge Labour party commitments on energy if it wins the next election Price freeze 20 months following from May 2015 Restructuring the industry: breaking-up the Big 6 Ofgem has failed should be replaced with a body with real teeth
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