Future of utilities - utilities of the future : how technological innovations in distributed energy resources will reshape the electric power sector / edited by Fereidoon P. Sioshansi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sioshansi, Fereidoon, author.

Contributor:

Sioshansi, Fereidoon P. (Fereidoon Perry), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distributed generation of electric power--Technological innovations.

Distributed generation of electric power.

Electric utilities--Technological innovations.

Electric utilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Future of Utilities - Utilities of the Future: How technological innovations in distributed generation will reshape the electric power sector relates the latest information on the electric power sector its rapid transformation, particularly on the distribution network and customer side. Trends like the rapid rise of self-generation and distributed generation, microgrids, demand response, the dissemination of electric vehicles and zero-net energy buildings that promise to turn many consumers into prosumers are discussed. The book brings together authors from industry and academic backgrounds to present their original, cutting-edge and thought-provoking ideas on the challenges currently faced by electric utilities around the globe, the opportunities they present, and what the future might hold for both traditional players and new entrants to the sector. The book's first part lays out the present scenario, with concepts such as an integrated grid, microgrids, self-generation, customer-centric service, and pricing, while the second part focuses on how innovation, policy, regulation, and pricing models may come together to form a new electrical sector, exploring the reconfiguring of the current institutions, new rates design in light of changes to retail electricity markets and energy efficiency, and the cost and benefits of integration of distributed or intermittent generation, including coupling local renewable energy generation with electric vehicle fleets. The final section projects the future function and role of existing electrical utilities and newcomers to this sector, looking at new pathways for business and pricing models, consumer relations, technology, and innovation. Contains discussions that help readers understand the underlying causes and drivers of change in the electrical sector, and what these changes mean in financial, operational, and regulatory terms Provides thought-provoking ideas on the challenges currently faced by electric utilities around the globe, the opportunities they present, and what the future might hold for both traditional players and new entrants to the sector Helps readers anticipate what developments are likely to define the function and role of the utility of the future

Contents:

What future for electric power sector

Value of an integrated grid

Microgrids: Finally finding their place

Customer-centric view of electricity service

The innovation platform enables the internet of things

Role of utility and pricing in the transition

Intermittency : it's the short-term that matters

Retail competition, advanced metering investments, and product differentiation : evidence from Texas

Rehabilitating retail electricity markets : pitfalls and opportunities

Residential rate design and death spiral for electric utilities : efficiency and equity considerations

Modeling the impacts of disruptive technologies and pricing on electricity consumption

Decentralized reliability options : market based capacity arrangements

Network pricing for the prosumer future : demand-based tariffs or locational marginal pricing?

The evolution of smart grids begs disaggregated nodal pricing

New business models for utilities to meet the challenge of the energy transition

European utilities : strategic choices and cultrual prerequisites for the future

Thriving despite disruptive technologies : a German utilities' case study

The future of utility customers and the utility customer of the future

Business models for power system flexibility : new actors, new roles, new rules / Luis Boscán and Rahmatallah Poudineh

The repurposed distribution utility : roadmaps to getting there

Distributed utility : conflicts and opportunities between incumbent utilities, suppliers and emerging new entrants

The fully integrated grid : wholesale and retail, transmission and distribution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128043202

0128043202

OCLC:

992170644