the booked capacities were generally not used while not being available to other market entities in threequarters of the cases by distributors affiliated with the network operator thus excluding small market entities from the market and permitting the network affiliates to maintain a dominant position in their traditional supply areas bundesnetzagentur now capacities are auctioned thus removing barriers to grid access and simplifying the booking process however as on the electricity market a majority of consumers are not benefiting from savings they could get from provider switching bundesnetzagentur in addition ecoinnovation could also generate additional growth thereby offsetting some of the adverse effects of emission reduction policies oecd if