How distributed energy will affect the existing power system

Fereidoon Sioshansi

Chapter 6 in Are Low-Carbon Futures Decentralised?, 2025, pp 76-85 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Technological advances in what is broadly referred to as distributed energy resources (DERs), coupled with their rapidly falling costs, allow individuals or communities of consumers to self-generate, store and manage most of their energy service needs most of the time. While this phenomenon is not necessarily practical or financially feasible everywhere, it is already prevalent in some jurisdictions and is likely to spread elsewhere, especially if encouraged by supportive regulation. The chapter's main point is that in places where the prevailing conditions are conducive, the fundamental service needs of such consumers will drastically differ from the remaining ones served by the same distribution company. This has important implications for the future function and role of the distribution business.

Keywords: Distributed Energy Resources; Distributed Storage; Utility Regulation; Distribution Business; Electricity Tariffs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035355181
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