Innovation and Disruption at the Grids Edge - 9780128117583

Innovation and Disruption at the Grids EdgeHow Distributed Energy Resources are Disrupting the Utility Business Model\nAuthor(s): Fereidoon Sioshansi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Academic Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128117583, 978-0128117583\nSynopsis\nInnovation and Disruption at the Grids Edge examines the viable developments in peer-to-peer transactions enabled by open platforms on the grids edge. With consumers and prosumers using more electronic platforms to trade surplus electricity from rooftop solar panels, share a storage battery, or use smart gadgets that manage load and self-generation, the grid's edge is becoming crowded. The book examines the growing number of consumers engaging in self-generation and storage, and analyzes the underlying causes and drivers of change, as well as the implications of how the utility sectorparticularly the distribution networkshould/could be regulated. The book also explores how tari.