1. Assessing the impact of residential load profile changes on electricity distribution utility revenues under alternative rate structures
- Author
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Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Timothé Beaufils, CentraleSupélec, and HEC Montréal (HEC Montréal)
- Subjects
Electric power distribution ,Sociology and Political Science ,business.industry ,020209 energy ,Distribution (economics) ,02 engineering and technology ,Energy consumption ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Development ,Environmental economics ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Load profile ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences ,13. Climate action ,Peak load ,Photovoltaics ,Distributed generation ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Environmental science ,Revenue ,Business and International Management ,business ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Decentralized energy resources (DERs) may affect the revenues of distribution utilities, depending on their rate structure. Based on a typical household load profile, we model the impacts of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) and electric vehicles (EV) on revenues of electricity distribution utilities under alternative rate structures. Our case study finds that EVs and PVs decouple peak load and energy consumption, which is problematic with volumetric rates for distribution utilities. The optimization of EV charging load can create a new peak, rendering time-of-use (ToU) counterproductive. Our findings suggest that charges to recover capacity-related costs help shield distribution utilities from undesirable revenue impacts.
- Published
- 2019