Optimal grid tariffs with heterogeneous prosumers

Axel Gautier, Julien Jacqmin and Jean-Christophe Poudou

Utilities Policy, 2021, vol. 68, issue C

Abstract: Energy consumers can invest in photovoltaic (PV) panels and become prosumers. The benefit of such an investment depends on the regulatory framework. We consider a population of heterogeneous consumers, with respect to both the cost of decentralized production and their degree of self-consumption.it is efficient to have investment by low-cost and high self-consumption profiles. We determine the optimal tariff in the presence of heterogeneous prosumers. Net metering fails to screen consumers on the self-consumption dimension. Net purchasing can lead to the efficient investment if the tariffs are non-Coasian that is fixed fees exceed the grid operator’s fixed costs.

Keywords: Decentralized production unit; Grid regulation; Solar panels; Grid tariffs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 L51 L94 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2020.101140

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