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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111982
	Prosumers and energy pricing policies: When, where, and under which conditions will prosumers emerge? A case study for Ontario (Canada)
	Kuznetsova E.; Anjos M.F.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	149
英文摘要	There has recently been a rapid emergence of electricity prosumers at all levels of the grid. However, the skepticism about the feasibility and profitability of their physical disconnection remains. This paper contributes to the exploration of these issues by analyzing the impact of billing policy on the profitability of investment in prosumer schemes in Ontario (Canada). We conclude that the recent fast improvement in commercial storage technologies has made it possible for prosumers to become fully electricity self-sufficient even in locations with high electricity consumption and low availability of renewable energy sources. Among the three options of remaining a conventional consumer, switching to Net Metering or going Off-grid, Off-grid is the least attractive for investment in 2019. However, by 2030 Off-grid gains significant value, and for some locations it becomes even the first or the second most attractive option. Sensitive locations where disconnection is more profitable are characterized by a high share of fixed costs in the total electricity bill. In such locations, it is no longer attractive to remain a conventional consumer in 2030. If the annual bill increase goes beyond 4% and the decreasing trends in the cost of technologies are maintained, Off-grid will become profitable by 2030. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Electricity prosumer Energy policy Net metering Off-grid scheme Profitability Variable and fixed costs
英文关键词	Costs; Location; Profitability; Renewable energy resources; Electricity bill; Electricity-consumption; Energy pricing; Fixed cost; Net metering; Off-grids; Renewable energy source; Storage technology; Investments; consumption behavior; electricity supply; energy market; energy policy; energy use; investment; profitability; Canada; Ontario [Canada]
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/205203
作者单位	GERAD and Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, C.P. 6079, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada; School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kuznetsova E.,Anjos M.F.. Prosumers and energy pricing policies: When, where, and under which conditions will prosumers emerge? A case study for Ontario (Canada)[J],2021,149.
APA	Kuznetsova E.,&Anjos M.F..(2021).Prosumers and energy pricing policies: When, where, and under which conditions will prosumers emerge? A case study for Ontario (Canada).Energy Policy,149.
MLA	Kuznetsova E.,et al."Prosumers and energy pricing policies: When, where, and under which conditions will prosumers emerge? A case study for Ontario (Canada)".Energy Policy 149(2021).