Consumers or prosumers, customers or competitors? Some Australian perspectives on possible energy users of the future

Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-70

  MacGill, Iain ^a   Smith, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b East Economics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Battery storage; Energy consumer; Photovoltaics (PV); Policy; Prosumer; Utility regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018336192     PISSN: 21605882     EISSN: 21605890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.6.1.imac     Document Type: Article

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