Improved regulatory approaches for the remuneration of electricity distribution utilities with high penetrations of distributed energy resources

Energy Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 63-91

  Jenkins, Jesse D ^a   Pérez Arriaga, Ignacio J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Universidad Pontificia Comillas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distributed Energy Resources; Electricity Distribution; Incentive Regulation; Managing Uncertainty; Network Regulation; Regulatory Economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017646948     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.38.3.jjen     Document Type: Article

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