Restructuring revisited part 1 : competition in electricity distribution systems

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dc.contributor.authorBURGER, Scott P.
dc.contributor.authorJENKINS, Jesse D.
dc.contributor.authorBATLLE, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorPEREZ ARRIAGA, Jose Ignacio
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-10T16:07:40Z
dc.date.available2020-02-10T16:07:40Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionPublished 2019en
dc.description.abstractThis paper addresses the implications of the emergence of distributed energy resources (DERs) for competition in the electricity distribution systems. The regulations on industry structures in place today were designed in an era characterized by centralized resources and relatively price inelastic demand. In light of the decentralization of the power sector, regulators and policy makers must carefully reconsider how industry structure at the distribution level affects competition, market development, and cost efficiency. We analyze the economic characteristics of distribution network owners and operators, DER owners, and aggregators and retailers. We translate the foundational theories in industrial organization and the lessons learned during the previous wave of power system restructuring to the modern context to provide insight into three questions. First, should distribution system operations be separated from distribution network ownership in order to ensure the neutrality of the DSO role? Second, should DNOs be allowed to own and operate DERs, or should DER ownership be left exclusively to competitive actors? Third, does the emergence of DERs necessitate a reconsideration of the role of competition in the provision of aggregation services such as retailing? This paper is the first part of a two-part series on competition and coordination in rapidly evolving electricity distribution systems.en
dc.identifier.citationEnergy journal, 2019, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 31-54en
dc.identifier.doi10.5547/01956574.40.3.sbur
dc.identifier.endpage54
dc.identifier.issn0195-6574
dc.identifier.issn1944-9089
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage31
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/66014
dc.identifier.volume40
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInternational Association for Energy Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy journalen
dc.subjectCompetitionen
dc.subjectCoordinationen
dc.subjectRestructuringen
dc.subjectVertical integrationen
dc.subjectDistributed energy resourcesen
dc.subjectDistributionen
dc.subjectTransmissionen
dc.subjectSystem operationen
dc.subjectNetworksen
dc.subjectRetailingen
dc.subjectAggregationen
dc.titleRestructuring revisited part 1 : competition in electricity distribution systemsen
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