De­ter­mi­na­tion of the rev­enue caps for the cal­en­dar year pur­suant to sec­tions 4, 32(1) para 1 ARegV

The ruling chamber determines the upper limits of the total revenues from network tariffs for each network operator under its responsibility as laid down in sections 4 and 32(1) para 1 of the Incentive Regulation Ordinance (ARegV). The revenue caps, as they are known, are set for each calendar year of a regulatory period, which lasts five years. Pursuant to section 6(1) ARegV, first a base level is calculated based on the necessary costs of network operation in a "base year". Then an individual efficiency score is calculated in a national benchmarking exercise with other network operators. The costs of the base level multiplied by the efficiency score of the network operator give the revenue cap for the fifth year of the regulatory period. The inefficiencies pursuant to section 15(3) ARegV are the difference between this revenue cap and the base level. The inefficient costs are recognised in steadily decreasing stages: 80% in the first year, 60% in the second year, 40% in the third year and 20% in the fourth year. By the fifth year, the inefficiencies must have been reduced to zero. Certain base level costs that are defined as permanently non-controllable are not included in the efficiency benchmarking and may be recognised by the network operator in the revenue cap each year in the amount in which they were actually incurred.

The ruling chamber has initiated the following procedures ex officio/received applications for the following procedures:

Completed procedures may be found in the Decisions database.