The Adoption of New Smart-Grid Technologies [[electronic resource] ] : Incentives, Outcomes, and Opportunities

• Autore: Guo Christopher
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.793; 333.7932; 621.31
• Soggetto topico: Electricity; Energy policy; Smart power grids
• Altri autori: BondCraig A NarayananAnu
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Electricity Infrastructure in the United States; The Supply of Electricity; The Demand for Electricity; Regulation in the Electricity Market; Key Issues and Challenges with the Current Grid; Demand Risk; Differences in Wholesale and Retail Prices; Integration of Renewable Sources of Energy; Using Technology to Overcome Problems: The Smart Grid; Research Questions; Approach; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: A Review of the Potential Benefits of the Smart Grid ; Potential Benefits to Generators and Suppliers Potential Benefits to Distributors and Utilities; Potential Benefits to Consumers; Potential Benefits to All Market Participants and Society at Large; Total Potential Benefits of the Smart Grid; CHAPTER THREE: Potential for Entrepreneurship with Smart-Grid Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges Leveraging Big Data; Description of Electricity Big Data; The Disaggregation Problem; Hardware Solutions; Software Solutions; Issues in Disaggregation; The Economic Value of Disaggregated Data; Consumers; Utilities and Policy ; Benefits Outside of the Electricity Market Business Opportunities from Smart-Grid Data; Energy-Efficiency Ventures; Data Refinement; CHAPTER FOUR: The Smart Grid in Practice: Some Empirical Evidence; Response of Consumers to Alternative Pricing Structures; Pilot Programs; Large-Scale Studies; Negative Consumer Experiences and Concerns; Selected Issues and Experiences with the Smart Grid: Brief Case Studies; Smart Grid City: Boulder, Colorado; Massachusetts Electric Grid Modernization Process; Summary of Empirical Evidence ; CHAPTER FIVE: Explaining the Evidence: Barriers to Smart-Grid Technology Adoption Regulatory Incentives on the Supply Side; Lack of Technology Standards; Perceived Costs to Consumers; Real-Time and Time-of-Use Pricing and Transaction Costs; Privacy and Health Risks; Big-Data Technological and Personnel Barriers; Costs of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure; Costs of Distributed Generation; Total Potential Costs of the Smart Grid; CHAPTER SIX: Using Public Policy to Encourage Smart-Grid Technology Adoption; Policy Levers to Incentivize Smart-Grid Investment; Mandate Smart-Grid Investments ; Commit to Inclusion of Smart-Grid Investments in Rate Base Increase the Allowable Rate of Return on Capital; Change the Distribution of Investment Expenditure and Cost Savings Pass-Through to Consumers; Decouple Revenue from Sales; Change Procedures for Rate Cases; Broad Principles for Smart-Grid Regulation; Shift Regulatory Focus from Costs of Investment to Net Benefits of Investment; Adapt Pricing Structures to New Technologies; Develop Efficient Pricing Policies for Distributed Generation; Create and Enforce Smart-Grid Standards; Recognize Differences in Local Electric Systems ; Manage Consumer Expectations
• Sommario/riassunto: RAND Corporation researchers review the current technical, regulatory, and economic context of the electricity market and theoretical benefits of developing a smart grid; discuss some entrepreneurial opportunities associated with smart-grid data; examine empirical evidence related to smart-grid adoption and implementation; and offer policy suggestions for overcoming identified barriers.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Adoption of New Smart-Grid Technologies
• ISBN: 0-8330-8835-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787407103321
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