Market Competitive Intensity (MCI): Ireland

Content

• Datamonitor View
• Catalyst
• Summary
• Analysis
  • Introduction: Datamonitor's Mci Index Offers A Robust Framework for Measuring The Development of Energy Market Competitive Intensity
  • The Mci Index Shows How Attractive A Particular Market Is to New Entrants in Terms of The Competitive Environment
  • The Mci Assessment Draws on Nine Underlying Metrics Grouped into Three Broad Clusters: Market Framework; Supplier Push; Customer Pull
  • The Mci Index Measures The Development of 33 Diverse European Gas and Power Markets
  • The Mci Index Assesses Markets as They Stood in Early 2008 and Forecasts Conditions Likely to Be Prevailing Three Years after Full Market Opening
  • Each of The Nine Pillars Has An Assessment Scale to Allow for The Comparison of Diverse Markets (See Appendix for More Details)
  • Two Differing Overall Mci Scores Are Calculated to Ensure Full Clarity of Results
  • A Simple Weighted Average (Additive) Measure Shows Overall Competitive Intensity
  • A Weighted Multiple (Multiplicative) Measure Shows Overall Competitive Intensity
  • The Mci Framework Has A Number of Applications for Your Organization
  • Context: Whilst Both The Irish Metrics Improve over The Forecast Period, A Particularly Strong Improvement Occurs in The Power Metric
  • The Change in Ireland's Power Score over The Forecast Period Gives IT A Slight Upward Movement in The Rankings over The Forecast Period
  • despite Being A Small Gas Market, Ireland Achieves A High Ranking within The Markets Surveyed
  • Power Mci: Ireland's Power Score Is Driven by The Market Framework and Supplier Push Metrics
  • Market Framework Metrics Generally Score Highly and Are Likely to Further Improve by 2010
  • Effectiveness of Regulator [2008: 5.5/10 2010: 7.5/10]
  • Ease of Third Party Access [2008: 3.4/10 2010: 7/10]
  • Effectiveness of Balancing and Data Transfer [2008: 5.3/10 2010: 6.7/10]
  • The Supplier Push Metrics Remains at A Moderate Level, However We Expect This to Improve by 2010
  • Wholesale Market Fragmentation [2008: 2.8/10 2010: 5.5/10]
  • Retail Market Fragmentation [2008: 3.4/10 2010: 7/10]
  • Traded Market Maturity [2008: 0/10 2010: 4/10]
  • Access to Market Information and Assistance [2008: 2.3/10 2010: 4/10]
  • Consumer Representation [2008: 1.5/10 2010: 3.5/10]
  • Propensity to Switch [2008: 5.8/10 2010: 7/10]
  • Gas Mci: A Strong Market Framework Score Serves to Offset Weakness in Some of The Other Metrics
  • Ireland's Gas Market Framework Remains at The Upper End of The Scale during Forecasted Period
  • Effectiveness of Regulator [2008: 7/10 2010: 8/10]
  • Ease of Third Party Access [2008: 8.5/10 2010: 9/10]
  • Effectiveness of Balancing and Data Transfer [2008: 8.5/10 2010: 9/10]
  • Development of Traded Market May Drag The Score up from The Current Level
  • Wholesale Market Fragmentation [2008: 2.5/10 2010: 3.5/10]
  • Retail Market Fragmentation [2008: 3.5/10 2010: 5.5/10]
  • Traded Market Maturity [2008: 8/10 2010: 9/10]
  • Customer Pull Metrics Remain at Moderate Levels by 2010
  • Access to Market Information and Assistance [2008: 4/10 2010: 5.5/10]
  • Consumer Representation [2008: 2.5/10 2010: 3/10]
  • Propensity to Switch [2008: 5.4/10 2010: 5.4/10]
  • Outlook: Both Power and Gas Market Create Significant Commercial Opportunities for New Entrants
  • in Spite of Being in Its Relative Infancy, The Irish Gas Market Is at A Similar Stage of Competitiveness to The Power Market
  • Power Scores
  • Gas Scores
  • despite A Favorable Tpa Regime, New Entrants May Face Difficulties in Obtaining Adequate Power Supplies
  • New Market Entrant Opportunities, Power
  • New Market Entrant Threats, Power
  • The Issues Facing New Entrants to The Irish Gas Market Are Similar to Those Facing Entrants to The Power Market
  • New Market Entrant Opportunities, Gas
  • New Market Entrant Threats, Gas
  • Mci Scores
• Appendix
  • Definitions
  • Ask The Analyst
• List of Tables
  • Table 1: Market Competitive Intensity, Ireland 2008-10
  • Table 2: Mci Additive, Europe 2008-2010
  • Table 3: Mci Multiplicative, Europe 2008-2010
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1: Mci Assessment Scale
  • Figure 2: Mci Assessment Framework
  • Figure 3: Mci Market Coverage
  • Figure 4: Mci Scales
  • Figure 5: Mci Applications
  • Figure 6: European Power Market Competitive Intensity, 2008-10
  • Figure 7: European Gas Market Competitive Intensity, 2008-10
  • Figure 8: Power Market Competitive Intensity, Ireland
  • Figure 9: Gas Market Competitive Intensity, Ireland
  • Figure 10: Market Competitive Intensity, Ireland
  • Figure 11: Scale for Mci Assessment, Effectiveness of Regulator
  • Figure 12: Scale for Mci Assessment, Ease of Third Party Access
  • Figure 13: Scale for Mci Assessment, Effectiveness of Balancing and Data Transfer
  • Figure 14: Scale for Mci Assessment, Wholesale Market Fragmentation
  • Figure 15: Scale for Mci Assessment, Retail Market Fragmentation
  • Figure 16: Scale for Mci Assessment, Traded Market Maturity
  • Figure 17: Scale for Mci Assessment, Access to Market Information and Assistance
  • Figure 18: Scale for Mci Assessment, Consumer Representation
  • Figure 19: Scale for Mci Assessment, Propensity to Switch