Distributed Energy Resources

Tesla’s Powerwall May Herald an Era of Residential Demand Charges

Categories: Distributed Energy Resources, Net Energy Metering, Pricing, Rate Design

May 14, 2015 - Brad Wagner

Utilities and residential solar advocates often find themselves at odds over the pricing of solar electricity, particularly over the policy of net metered volumentric distribution charges. The Powerwall has the potential to align the interests of these two groups, heralding an era of residential demand charges.

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Michael O’Sheasy Testifies before the South Carolina PSC on Net Energy Metering Rates for Photovoltaics

Categories: Distributed Energy Resources, Market Design, Net Energy Metering, Rate Design, Testimony

February 3, 2015

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company engaged Michael O’Sheasy of Christensen Associates Energy Consulting to testify to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina about the proposed design of new Net Energy Metering rates.

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Pricing Retail Electricity in a Distributed Energy Resources World

Categories: Demand Response, Demand Side Management, Distributed Energy Resources, Pricing, Rate Design

January 6, 2015

Mat Morey and Laurence Kirsch describe the principles and elements of a retail pricing structure that can be applied to all electricity consumers regardless of whether they have their own distributed energy resources.

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