Electricity distribution tariffs and distributed generation: Quantifying cross-subsidies from consumers to prosumers

Angela Picciariello, Claudio Vergara, Javier Reneses, Pablo Frías and Lennart Söder

Utilities Policy, 2015, vol. 37, issue C, 23-33

Abstract: An increasing amount of distributed generation (DG) can cause an increase or a decrease on distribution network costs. Tariff design is the main tool for allocating these costs to customers who own and operate DG resources.

Keywords: Distribution tariffs; Distributed generation; Cost-allocation methodologies; Cost causality; Cross-subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2015.09.007

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