Innovation and Disruption at the Grid's Edge

With consumers and prosumers using more electronic platforms to trade surplus electricity from rooftop solar panels, share a storage battery or smart gadgets that manage load and self-generation, the grids edge is becoming crowded. Innovation and Disruption at the Grid’s Edge examines the viable developments in peer-to-peer transactions enabled by open platforms on the grid’s edge. By looking at the growing number of consumers engaging in self-generation and storage, it analyses the underlying causes and drivers of change as well as the implications of how the utility sector - particularly the distribution network - should/could be regulated, how tariffs are set and revenues are collected to cover both fixed and variable costs in a sustainable way. Considering financially and operationally, the incumbent stakeholders including those engaged in generation, transmission, distribution - this reference is useful for anyone interested in the areas of energy generation and regulation. Examines the new players that will disrupt the energy grid marketsUnique coverage of an emerging and unpublished topicHelping the reader understand up-to-date energy regulations and pricing innovations