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The scope of this paper is to show the challenges within the German electricity residential market based on an electricity price analysis since 1990. On this basis, three business models are introduced: Status Quo, Energy Contracting and Capacity Tariff. Furthermore, a simulation environment named GENESIS will be presented, in which the business models have been simulated and economic impacts of the individual actors of the German electricity supply have been analysed.