Overview of the electricity system market and service layers in France, UK and Germany

This paper presents results of the application of a methodology that was previously proposed to analyze and characterize market designs of the electricity systems, taking into account the specificities that can be met in different countries. More specifically an overview of the existing market and service layers (MSL) in France, UK and Germany is given with a particular focus on four MSLs: the day ahead and intraday energy markets, the capacity markets or mechanisms, the balancing and ancillary services for frequency regulation. Their main generic features are highlighted and specificities between countries are identified and compared.