Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court overturns mixed-price system

Hendrik Sämisch, founder and CEO of Next Kraftwerke: "We are pleased that the Higher Regional Court has followed our reasoning and has judged the mixed-price system to be a too intensive intervention for the market participants. Therefore, the decision of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court is good news for the electricity grid, the grid users and the energy transition. The mixed-price system has led to more extreme grid situations, pushed up the total costs for the balancing energy market and put cleantech solutions at a disadvantage." 

Directly after the introduction in July 2018, Next Kraftwerke, supported by other market participants and accompanied by the law firm Osborne Clarke, filed a lawsuit against the mixed-price system and initially postponed its introduction. This suspensive effect expired in October 2018. Since then the mixed-price system has applied to the balancing energy market.