Smart metering tariff schemes combined with distributed energy resources

Author

Deconinck, G. ; Decroix, B.

Author_Institution

K.U.Leuven, ESAT/ELECTA

fYear

2009

fDate

March 27 2009-April 30 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In the migration towards ICT-enabled power systems, smart metering plays a crucial role. Smart metering allows energy efficiency to be attained via price stimuli in different tariff schemes. An investigation of a case study for residential applications in Flanders shows that demand response allows substantial cost savings beyond the current double tariff rate. However, in the case for which distributed energy resources are available (photovoltaics and micro-CHP), it is not always beneficial to stimulate demand response based on price incentives when smart meters differentiate between the cost of electricity purchased or delivered.

Keywords

distributed power generation; metering; Flanders; ICT-enabled power systems; distributed energy resources; price incentives; residential applications; smart metering tariff schemes; Automatic control; Automatic meter reading; Costs; Energy efficiency; Energy resources; Home automation; IEC standards; Load management; Pricing; Production; renewable energy resources; smart metering; tariffs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Critical Infrastructures, 2009. CRIS 2009. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Linkoping

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4636-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CRIS.2009.5071483

Filename

5071483