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NETFLEX

Efficient Network Tariffs for Flexible Consumers

At a glance

  • Project leader : Dr. Christian Winzer
  • Co-project leader : Patrick Ludwig
  • Project team : Dr. Sabine Auer, Thomas Conrad, Prof. Hannes Weigt
  • Project budget : CHF 284'910
  • Project status : completed
  • Funding partner : Federal government (Bundesamt für Energie BFE)
  • Contact person : Christian Winzer

Description

Sector coupling and increasing production from renewable energy sources are leading to a growing need for grid expansion. Network tariffs enabled by digitalisation could avoid some of these expansions by incentivizing consumers to make their flexibility available at a lower cost. In this project, we will derive such efficient, cost-minimising tariffs. We will first analyse what modifications of load-flows are required to avoid grid expansion. We will then build a bottom up model of the demand curve allowing us to estimate the cost of these load-flow modifications depending on the magnitude, frequency and duration of demand or supply restrictions for different types of consumers. Based on this we will derive a tariff design, which incentivizes a combination of demand response and grid investments that minimize the total cost of society. We will quantify the resulting cost savings and highlight policy implications for Switzerland and the EU.

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