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The four alternatives to a single German bidding zone that were examined

The review of bidding zones, as decided by ACER, involved comparing the status quo with four alternative configurations in the case of Germany. The configuration with five zones has now been identified as the most favorable solution. It essentially corresponds to the four-zone solution, but makes the region of Schleswig-Holstein (green dots) a separate bidding zone. The colored dots mark the network nodes that have been assigned to the respective bidding zones:

 

a) DE2 (BZR ID2)
 
b) DE3 (BZR ID 12)
2 Zones
 
3 Zones

 

c) DE4 (BZR ID13)
 
d) DE5 (BZR ID14)
4 Zones
 
5 Zones