On the utility death spiral and the impact of utility rate structures on the adoption of residential solar photovoltaics and energy storage
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- 作者：Nicholas D. Laws ; Brenden P. Epps ; brenden.epps@dartmouth.edu ; Steven O. Peterson ; Mark S. Laser ; G. Kamau Wanjiru
- 关键词：Utility death spiral ; Distributed generation ; Residential solar PV ; Residential energy storage ; Renewable energy
- 刊名：Applied Energy
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：1 January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：185
- 期：part_P1
- 页码：627-641
- 全文大小：2460 K
- 卷排序：185
文摘
A death spiral occurs only with both high PV adoption rates and high utility costs. Community solar and rental property PV adoption increase risk of a death spiral. The net metering pricing structure both rewards DG and reduces grid defection. Our novel system dynamics model is available open-source for the research community.