[en] The Netherlands Electricity Regulatory Service (Dte, abbreviated in Dutch) bases the determination of the efficiency of electricity network businesses on the possibility of businesses to adjust their production capacity on a short term. In reality, however, the production capacity of electricity networks is fixed. By adjusting the model, by means of which the efficiency is determined, to the assumption of Dte, other efficiency scores will be produced. As a result of the output of the present model, many businesses receive the wrong stimuli. In this article the method of Dte is assessed. By putting the method in an international context it is determined whether the aim of the regulation is realized. The production process of the Dutch market is specified and compared internationally.1 ref