气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Demand response and energy justice: A critical overview of ethical risks and opportunities within digital, decentralised, and decarbonised futures

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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112198
	Demand response and energy justice: A critical overview of ethical risks and opportunities within digital, decentralised, and decarbonised futures
	Calver P.; Simcock N.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	151
英文摘要	The transition to a digital, decarbonised, and decentralised energy system presents both risks and opportunities for the domestic consumer. Domestic ‘demand-side response’ (DSR), where household electrical consumption adjusts in response to external signals, has been envisioned in different ways with several trials demonstrating that DSR often has variegated and uneven consumer outcomes. This plurality of outcomes raises questions about the ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ of pursuing such policies and thus brings them into the realm of energy justice – a framing that seeks to understand the ethical implications of energy systems. This paper, based on an extensive review of current academic literature, evaluates the normative implications of DSR in relation to the eight principles of energy justice proposed by Sovacool and Dworkin (2015). Whilst there are several ways that DSR may create opportunities for furthering energy justice, there are also multiple risks of injustice, with much depending on how particular DSR programmes are designed and the presence or absence of sufficient policies to mitigate regressive outcomes. Further empirical research is required to better understand the conditions through which DSR can contribute to energy justice. We conclude by offering policy recommendations for those developing DSR or consumer protection policies related to DSR rollout. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Domestic demand-side response Energy futures Energy justice Energy vulnerability Flexibility Smart grids
英文关键词	Philosophical aspects; Academic literature; Decentralised energies; Demand side response; Electrical consumption; Empirical research; Ethical implications; External signals; Policy recommendations; Consumer protection; critical analysis; demand-side management; energy policy; energy use; ethics; risk assessment; smart grid; vulnerability
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205028
作者单位	Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester, United Kingdom; Geography, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Calver P.,Simcock N.. Demand response and energy justice: A critical overview of ethical risks and opportunities within digital, decentralised, and decarbonised futures[J],2021,151.
APA	Calver P.,&Simcock N..(2021).Demand response and energy justice: A critical overview of ethical risks and opportunities within digital, decentralised, and decarbonised futures.Energy Policy,151.
MLA	Calver P.,et al."Demand response and energy justice: A critical overview of ethical risks and opportunities within digital, decentralised, and decarbonised futures".Energy Policy 151(2021).