Introduction
When NETA was introduced into England and Wales, Scotland was left with an arrangement little changed from the 1990s. As there was no traded wholesale market, energy producers were required to sell their output to ScottishPower and Scottish and Southern Energy at a price set by the regulator. Thus the two Scottish based utilities controlled almost the entire generation output of Scotland.
Scope of this report
- An explanation of the background to BETTA and its key features.
- An evaluation of contradictory arguments about the affect that BETTA will have on energy retail in Scotland.
- Prediction of the wins and losses for each major utility in the I&C market.
Research and analysis highlights
The relative sizes of transmission and distribution charges may go some way to explaining the lack of residential switching in Scotland, but this is in no way conclusive.
Datamonitor expects the market share in Scotland's I&C sector to become more like the one in England and Wales. If the Scottish I&C sector becomes like England and Wales ScottishPower will lose market share dramatically, principally to EDF Energy, British Energy and RWE npower.
Key reasons to read this report
- Understand what BETTA means to the retail department.
- Gauge how much market share the Scottish incumbents are likely to lose
When NETA was introduced into England and Wales, Scotland was left with an arrangement little changed from the 1990s. As there was no traded wholesale market, energy producers were required to sell their output to ScottishPower and Scottish and Southern Energy at a price set by the regulator. 