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Visegrád , 14-15 November 2013 . Visegrád , 14-15 November 2013 Egon Erlandsen Special Advisor. DBDH – unites the energy. Organisation for leading actors in the District Heating and Cooling Sector Established in 1978 (35 years ) 40 members
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Visegrád, 14-15 November 2013 Visegrád, 14-15 November 2013 Egon Erlandsen Special Advisor
DBDH – unites the energy • Organisation for leading actors in the District Heating and Cooling Sector • Established in 1978 (35 years) • 40 members • (i) Manufacturers, (ii) Consulting Engineers and (iii) Utilities • Magazine HOT|COOL • Quarterly Journal • www.dbdh.dk • +100,000 Monthly Hits • + 5,000 UniqueMonthlyusers
1897 - 1903 • Impossible to find areas for landfills inside the boundaries of the municipality of Frederiksberg. • Construction of a new hospital.
Frederiksberg today • 103.000 inhabitants • DH covers 99,2 % of the heat demand • Frederiksberg DH Company – a limited company owned by the municipality • All heat is bought from The Central Transmissions Company (CTR)
Basic principles in the Danish Heat supply Act • The municipality must approve all projects for public heat supply • The municipality must chose the project which is the most valuable for Society. • Heat must basically be co-produced with electricity • Public heat supply systems must ”pay for itself” – without subsidies from the municipality • Heat policy is separated from social policy
Expenses for DH- companies (Fixed cost) • Deprecation of investments • Administration • Fixed maintenance cost
Expenses for DH- companies (Variable cost) • Heat and energy • Power • Taxes • Variable maintenance cost
Non Profit principle in DH • None Profit priceregulations • A supplier may not charge any more or any less for heat than it costs to produce • DH is a non profit monopoly business • Only real costcanbecovered by heat payment
Price setting – howdoes it work? • The Board approves the DH price for the new year and prices are send to the Danish Energy Regulatory Authority (DERA) • By end of the year deviation to the actual costs is reported to DERA • The surplus or deficit is regulated in the coming years customer price 2013 31-12-2013 15-03-2014
Regulation institutions • Danish Energy Regulatory Authority is an independent institution and supervise the monopolycompanies in the Danish energysector • Decisions from Danish Energy Regulatory Authority canbereviewed at the Energy Commision Board • Companies and buildingownerscancomplain
Focus on DH Prices • DH prices are annually made public. • The list motivates DH companies to become cheaper • Frederiksberg DH - among the 25 cheapest in Denmark
Energy savingactivities • Free heating-installation-check-up every 4 years • 82% of all have accepted this free service • All errors found are reported to the owner • The owner can choose to let a plumber to correct the error or pay the DH company to do it
DH conferenceVisegrád 14-15 nov. • My name is Egon Erlandsen • I come from the municipality Frederiksberg, located in the middle of Copenhagen • Frederiksberg: 103000 inhabitants • District heating (DH) from 1903, the oldest in Denmark • The municipality made a heatplan 1984
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Thank you For further information: WWW.DBDH.DK Foto: Hot|Cool1/2008