Decentralised and centralised energy: a property rights analysis

Sopitsuda Jiab Tongsopit and Brent M. Haddad

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2007, vol. 27, issue 3, 323-338

Abstract: Interconnection between centralised and decentralised electrical power sources remains a contentious issue on technical, economic, and policy grounds. This paper considers the problem of interconnection as a property rights problem – one that involves allocation conflicts and pressures for institutional change. We argue that the current policy approach to interconnection problems between distributed-generation power sources and the distribution grid in California should take more careful account of changing property rights characteristics of the distribution grid. We review two emerging property rights frameworks – community choice aggregation and public power cooperatives/municipalities, which may help overcome such interconnection barriers.

Keywords: distributed generation; electricity governance; property rights; interconnection barriers; electric distribution systems; electricity restructuring; microgrid; decentralised energy; centralised energy; electrical power sources; community choice aggregation; public power cooperatives; municipalities. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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