Chapter 11

Modeling the Impacts of Disruptive Technologies and Pricing on Electricity Consumption

George Grozev*
Stephen Garner†
Zhengen Ren*
Michelle Taylor†
Andrew Higgins‡
Glenn Walden†*    CSIRO, Clayton, VIC, Australia†    Ergon Energy, Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia‡    Dutton Park, QLD, Australia

Abstract

This chapter examines scenarios for rapid uptake of new distributed energy resources and energy storage, and explores a hypothesis that adoption of residential “network tariffs” will reduce the distortional effects of volume-based tariffs on residential energy consumption patterns. The modeling methodology examines annual electricity consumption for specific dwelling types in Townsville in Northern Queensland, Australia, using network-based ...

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