Bastian Seiler

Senior Economist

Biographie

Bastian Seiler is a Senior Economist at Swiss Economics. He holds a Master's degree in Political Science, Economics and Economic and Social History from the University of Zurich and has over 10 years of professional experience in the energy industry in various roles.

Prior to joining Swiss Economics, he was part of the investment team at the asset manager Energy Infrastructure Partner, where he was responsible for analyzing regulatory parameters in the valuation of the existing portfolio and new transactions. Previously, he developed grid tariffs for an energy utility and underwrote credit risk policies in the energy sector for an international insurer.

Work experience

Senior Economist, Swiss Economics (2024 – )
Public & Regulatory Affairs, Energy Infrastructure Partners (2022 – 2024)
Tariff management and Public Regulatory Affairs, ewz (2018 – 2022)
Project Finance Underwriter, Swiss Re (2012 – 2017)

Education

CAS Applied Technology in Energy, ETH Zurich (2021)
Master of Science in Political sciences, Economics and Economic and Social History, University of Zurich (2003 – 2010)

Expertise

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Projects (selection)

Value added from different production technologies (2026). What will be the impact on employment and value added of different electricity generation technologies by 2050? Client: Axpo.
WACC 2027 for Swiss electricity grids and renewable energies (2026). What is the appropriate cost of capital for Swiss electricity grids and renewables for 2027? Client: Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).
Beta Determination for Regulated Airports (2025 – ). A Robust and Transparent Framework for Equity and Asset Beta Estimation
Future Grid Financing (2025 – ). How should the costs of the electricity grid be financed in the future?
Capital Costs of Renewable Energy (2025 – ). How high are the capital costs of renewable energy?
Calculation of the cost of capital in the energy sector for a european fund manager (2025). How are the capital costs in the energy sector calculated?

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Review and Optimisation of Fund Management (2025). How can processes of fund management be optimised?

WACC 2026 for Swiss electricity grids and renewable energies (2024 – 2025). What is the appropriate cost of capital for Swiss electricity grids and renewables for 2026? Client: Bundesamt für Energie (BFE).

Competitive analysis and due diligence of data centers (2024 – 2025). How is the market for data centers developing? How should a provider's existing business model be evaluated? What recommendations can be derived for business development?

Securing investments to integrate Switzerland into the European hydrogen transportation network (2024 – ). What is the investment need for a Swiss connection to the European hydrogen network? How could funding mechanisms look like? How can investments be secured? Client: Bundesamt für Energie.

Potential in the balancing energy market (2024 – ). How attractive are the ancillary services (AS) markets in Switzerland and neighboring countries?

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Publications (selection)

Trinkner Urs, Seiler Bastian, Stritt Andreas (2026). Employment and value added of different electricity production technologies. Axpo Energy Reports.

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