Consumer, Prosumer, Prosumager. How Service Innovations will Disrupt the Utility Business Model

Table of Contents

Part 1 How service innovations are leading to consumer stratification 1. Digitalization of energy M. Brown, S. Woodhouse, Pöyry Mgt. Consulting & F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics 2. Peer-to-Peer Trading and Blockchains: Enabling Regional Energy Markets and Platforms for Energy Transactions D. Shipworth, UCL, C. Burger, J. Weinmann, ESMT & F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics 3. Integrated energy services, distribute load aggregation and intelligent storage J. Baak, Stem & F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics 4. Service innovation and disruption in the Australian contestable retail market S. Bashir, Nexa Advisory, A. Smits & T. Nelson, AGL, Australia 5. Do I have a deal for you? Buying well in Australia's contestable retail electricity markets B. Mountain, Victoria Univ. Melbourne, Australia 6. Platforms to support non-wire alternatives and DSO flexibility trading R. Stanley, J. Johnston, Piclo and F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics 7. Consumer-centric service innovations in an era of self-selecting customers E. Gui & I. MacGill, UNSW, Sydney, Australia

Part 2 How regulatory policy will impact the evolution of services 8. Fair, equitable, and efficient tariffs in the presence of distributed energy resources S. Burger, I. Schneider, A. Botterud and I. Pérez-Arriaga, MIT 9. New distribution network charges for new integrated network services I. Abdelmotteleb, T. Gomez and J. Pablo Chaves Avila, Comillas Pontifical Univ. Madrid, Spain 10. Community energy storage: Governance and business models B. Koirala, Univ. of Twente, R. Hakvoort, TU Delft, E. van Oost, Univ. of Twente & H. van der Windt, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands 11. Challenges to the promotion of distributed energy resources in Latin America: A Brazilian case study L. Noura Guimarães, Madrona Law firm, São Paulo, Brazil

Part 3 Impact of new business models on distribution companies 12. The future of electricity distribution: A California case study F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics 13. Using flexibility resources to optimize distribution grids? A French case study P. Germain and E. Jan, E-CUBE Strategy Consultants, Paris, France 14. Off-grid Prosumers: Electrifying the next billion with PAYGO solar T. Couture, E3 Analytics, S. Pelz, C. Cader and P. Blechinger, RLI, Berlin 15. Customer stratification and different concepts of decentralization D. Bauknecht, J. Bracker, F. Flachsbarth, C. Heinemann, D. Seebach and M. Vogel, Oeko Institute, Germany 16. Designing markets for innovative electricity services in the EU: The roles of policy, technology, and utility capabilities G. Ivan Pereira, Univ. of Coimbra, MIT, P. Pereira da Silva, Univ. of Coimbra & D. Soule, MIT 17. How incumbents are adjusting to the changing business environment: A German case study F. Weiss, R. GroB, S. Linowski, C. von Hirschhausen, B. Wealer and T. Zimmermann, TU Berlin 18. Who will fuel your electric vehicle of the future? You or your utility? J. Webb, QUT, J. Whitehead, Univ. QLD and C. Wilson, QUT 19. Distributed energy resources in the US wholesale markets: Recent trends, new models and forecasts U. Helman, Helman Analytics

Authors

Fereidoon Sioshansi President, Menlo Energy Economics, San Francisco, CA, USA. Dr. Fereidoon Sioshansi is President of Menlo Energy Economics, a consulting firm based in San Francisco with over 35 years of experience in the electric power sector working in analysis of energy markets, specializing in the policy, regulatory, technical and environmental aspects of the electric power sector in the US and internationally. His research and professional interests are concentrated in demand and price forecasting, electricity market design, competitive pricing & bidding, integrated resource planning, energy conservation and energy efficiency, economics of global climate change, sustainability, energy security, renewable energy technologies, and comparative performance of competitive electricity markets. Dr. Sioshansi advises major utility clients and government policy makers domestically and internationally on electricity market reform, restructuring and privatization of the electric power sector. He has published numerous reports, books, book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals on a wide range of subjects. His professional background includes working at Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), NERA, and Global Energy Decisions. He is the editor and publisher of EEnergy Informer, a monthly newsletter with international circulation. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Electricity Journal where he is regularly featured in the "Electricity Currents” section. Dr. Sioshansi also serves on the editorial board of Utilities Policy and is a frequent contributor to Energy Policy. Since 2006, He has edited 12 books on related topics with Elsevier.