Assessing the short-term revenue impacts of residential PV systems on electricity customers, retailers and network service providers

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 1494-1505

  Oliva H , Sebastian ^a,b   Macgill, Iain ^b   Passey, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abbreviations CCF Climate Change Fund; DISCOs Distribution Companies; FiT Feed in Tariff; FY Financial year; GM Gross Metering; IBT Inclining Block Tariff; IPART Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal; NEM The Australian National Electricity Market; NM Net Metering; NSP Network Service Provider; NSW New South Wales; PV Photovoltaics; PVelec PV electricity generation; SBS Solar Bonus Scheme; SC Self Consumed PV generation; TOU Time of Use Tariff; TRANSCOs Transmission Companies; UK United Kingdom; US United States

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HOUSING; POWER MARKETS; SALES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ABBREVIATION CCF CLIMATE CHANGE FUND; DISCO DISTRIBUTION COMPANY; DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; FEED-IN TARIFF; FEED-IN-TARIFF FEED-IN TARIFF; FINANCIAL YEAR; FY FINANCIAL YEAR; GM GROSS METERING; IBT INCLINING BLOCK TARIFF; INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNALS; IPART INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL; NATIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKETS; NEM THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKET; NET METERING; NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDER; NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NM NET METERING; NSW NEW SOUTH WALE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV GENERATION; PV PHOTOVOLTAIC; PVELEC PV ELECTRICITY GENERATION; SBS SOLAR BONUS SCHEME; SC SELF-CONSUMED PV GENERATION; SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS; TIME-OF-USE TARIFFS; TOU TIME OF USE TARIFF; TRANSCO TRANSMISSION COMPANY; TRANSMISSION COMPANIES; UK UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED KINGDOM; US UNITED STATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84946866733     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.094     Document Type: Review

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