The economic effect of electricity net-metering with solar PV: Consequences for network cost recovery, cross subsidies and policy objectives

Energy Policy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 244-254

  Eid, Cherrelle ^a   Reneses Guillén, Javier ^a   Frías Marín, Pablo ^a   Hakvoort, Rudi ^b  

^a Advanced Technical Faculty of Engineering   (Spain)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DG; Distributed generation; DSO; Regulation; Tariff

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DEPRECIATION; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; RECOVERY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION UNITS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; NETWORK UTILITY; POLICY OBJECTIVES; REGULATION; RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; TARIFF;

COSTS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOLAR POWER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

EID: 84921922575     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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