Impact of Rate Design Alternatives on Residential Solar Customer Bills: Increased Fixed Charges, Minimum Bills and Demand-Based Rates
Journal Article
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· Electricity Journal
Utilities are proposing changes to residential rate structures to address concerns about lost revenue due to increased adoption of distributed solar generation. An investigation of the impacts of increased fixed charges, minimum bills and residential demand charges on PV and non-PV customer bills suggests that minimum bills more accurately capture utilities' revenue requirement than fixed charges, while not acting as a disincentive to efficiency or negatively impacting low-income customers.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S), SunShot Initiative
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1413445
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-6A20-64849
- Journal Information:
- Electricity Journal, Vol. 28, Issue 8; ISSN 1040-6190
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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