Can Adoption of Rooftop Solar PV Panels Trigger a Utility Death Spiral?

About the Project The Utilities of the Future project focuses on how new technologies in distributed energy resources (DER) are transforming customer/provider relationships. Advances in distributed generation technologies and associated cost reductions are providing customers with potentially attractive alternatives to standard electric utility service, perhaps turning them into ‘prosumers’. Utilities around the world are re-evaluating their business models, and regulators are considering multiple market reforms. The projects aims to develop analytical tools and techniques to help address the key market, regulatory and energy policy issues in a power sector with high penetration of DER.

关于该项目：未来能源利用项目专注于探讨分布式能源资源（DER）领域的新技术如何变革客户与供应商之间的关系。分布式发电技术的进步及其相关成本降低，为消费者提供了可能具有吸引力的替代传统电力服务的选择，或许使他们转变为‘产消者’。全球范围内的公用事业公司正在重新评估其商业模式，监管机构也在考虑多项市场改革措施。该项目旨在开发分析工具和技术，以帮助解决高度渗透分布式能源资源的电力行业中的关键市场、监管和能源政策问题。