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dc.contributor.authorNOUICER, Athir
dc.contributor.authorMEEUS, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorDELARUE, Erik
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-10T13:44:15Z
dc.date.available2022-02-10T13:44:15Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/74035
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the price setting of demand-side flexibility, modelled as consumers’ voluntary load reduction, in distribution grids. It develops a long-term equilibrium optimization model with a bi-level setting for voluntary demand-side flexibility. In the Upper Level (UL), the Distribution System Operator (DSO) maximizes welfare by deciding the level of network investments and setting the price for demand-side flexibility. The DSO also sets the distribution network tariff in order to recover the network investment and flexibility costs from the Lower Level (LL) consumers. LL’s active residential and commercial consumers react to network tariffs and to the price offered for their flexibility by investing in rooftop solar and batteries and offering a certain volume of demand-side flexibility when requested by the DSO. The passive residential consumers also provide flexibility by decreasing their load, but they do not invest in rooftop solar or batteries. We find that voluntary demand-side flexibility increases welfare and allows significant network investment savings. We also find that the benefits can reach all types of consumers. Besides, it is opportune to apply price differentiation when setting the price for demand-side flexibility, where applicable.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2022/06en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFlorence School of Regulationen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectBi-level modellingen
dc.subjectVoluntary demand-side flexibilityen
dc.subjectDistribution network investmenten
dc.subjectFlexibility compensationen
dc.subjectProsumersen
dc.titleA bilevel model for voluntary demand-side flexibility in distribution gridsen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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