"Help, I need somebody..." - Consequences of a Re-regulated Competitive Electricity Market from the Customer Perspective
In 1996, the Swedish electricity market was re-regulated and if private customers wanted to change their supplier they were forced to invest in a new electricity meter with hourly metering. The cost of such a device was typically around 900 EURO. Very few customers changed their supplier at this stage. On November 1st, 1999, this requirement was abolished and replaced with load profiling allowing
