Behind and Beyond the Meter
Digitalization, Aggregation, Optimization, Monetization
Published on 4. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
460 pages
978-0-12-819951-0 (ISBN)
Description
The historical ways in which electricity was generated in large central power plants and delivered to passive customers through a one-way transmission and distribution network - as everyone knows - is radically changing to one where consumers can generate, store and consume a significant portion of their energy needs energy locally. This, however, is only the first step, soon to be followed by the ability to share or trade with others using the distribution network. More exciting opportunities are possible with the increased digitalization of BTM assets, which in turn can be aggregated into large portfolios of flexible load and generation and optimized using artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Reviews / Votes
"A new book [delving into] the nitty gritty of similar and more broad-based production, use, storage and trading of behind-the-meter alternative energy technologies, Behind and Beyond the Meter looks at the rapidly changing energy sector driven by the rise of renewable resources on the supply side and equally dramatic developments on the demand side, including distributed generation and storage, electric vehicles and other like innovations. "It's not far fetched," to imagine a future with many net zero energy communities, those generating and feeding into the network as many kWhs as they take out, Sioshansi emphasized. Standing in the way are regulatory barriers, including those that thwart localized trading of power. The editor and contributors urge regulators to avoid stifling innovation and instead to encourage and reward this energy innovation."--Elizabeth McCarthy, 9 Apr 2020, CA Current"provides a thorough survey of the issues arising from "behind" the meter. As the epilogue highlights, decentralisation and digitalisation are surely well underway, along with activation of new interactions, whether through aggregators, platforms or other means, justifying the initial claim of the book to cover most interesting and fertile territory."
--Martin Crouch, 4D Economics
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Technology providers (in BTM services, building energy management, P2P trading); regulators, policy makers, researchers, power system workers (generation and distribution) and trainees/students
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
950 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-819951-0 (9780128199510)
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Fereidoon Sioshansi
Behind and Beyond the Meter
Digitalization, Aggregation, Optimization, Monetization
E-Book
02/2020
Academic Press
€109.00
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Person
Dr. Fereidoon Sioshansi is President of Menlo Energy Economics, a consulting firm based in San Francisco with over 35 years of experience in the electric power sector working in analysis of energy markets, specializing in the policy, regulatory, technical and environmental aspects of the electric power sector in the US and internationally. His research and professional interests are concentrated in demand and price forecasting, electricity market design, competitive pricing & bidding, integrated resource planning, energy conservation and energy efficiency, economics of global climate change, sustainability, energy security, renewable energy technologies, and comparative performance of competitive electricity markets. Dr. Sioshansi advises major utility clients and government policy makers domestically and internationally on electricity market reform, restructuring and privatization of the electric power sector. He has published numerous reports, books, book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals on a wide range of subjects. His professional background includes working at Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), NERA, and Global Energy Decisions. He is the editor and publisher of EEnergy Informer, a monthly newsletter with international circulation. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Electricity Journal where he is regularly featured in the "Electricity Currents? section. Dr. Sioshansi also serves on the editorial board of Utilities Policy and is a frequent contributor to Energy Policy. Since 2006, He has edited 12 books on related topics with Elsevier.
Content
Part One: Visionaries, dreamers, innovators
1. What lies behind-the-meter and why it matters?
2. It's not science fiction: Going zero net energy and loving it
3. Creating value: Digitalization, aggregation and optimization of behind-the-meter assets
4. Customer participation in P2P trading: A German energy community case study
5. Aggregators today and tomorrow: From intermediaries to orchestrators?
6. Energy communities: A Dutch case study
7. The expanding role of home energy management ecosystems: An Australian perspective
Part Two: Implementers and disrupters
8. Behind and beyond the meter: What's in it for the system?
9. Working backwards to get behind the meter: What customer value, behavior, opportunity and uncertainty mean for new technologies
10. Aggregation of front- and behind-the-meter: The evolving VPP business model
11. Platform for trading flexibility on the distribution network: A UK case study
12. Smart meters: The gateway to behind-the-meter?
13. D3A Energy Exchange for a Transactive Grid
14. Emerging aggregator business models in European electricity markets
Part Three: Regulators, policymakers and investors
15. BTM prospects: Do prices matter?
16. Regulating off-the-grid: Stand-alone power systems in Australia
17. Distribution network tariff design for behind-the-meter: Balancing efficiency?and fairness
18. What market design, fiscal policy and network regulations are compatible with efficient BTM investments?
19. Two million plus solar roofs: What's in it for the consumers?
20. Will behind-the-meter make a difference?
1. What lies behind-the-meter and why it matters?
2. It's not science fiction: Going zero net energy and loving it
3. Creating value: Digitalization, aggregation and optimization of behind-the-meter assets
4. Customer participation in P2P trading: A German energy community case study
5. Aggregators today and tomorrow: From intermediaries to orchestrators?
6. Energy communities: A Dutch case study
7. The expanding role of home energy management ecosystems: An Australian perspective
Part Two: Implementers and disrupters
8. Behind and beyond the meter: What's in it for the system?
9. Working backwards to get behind the meter: What customer value, behavior, opportunity and uncertainty mean for new technologies
10. Aggregation of front- and behind-the-meter: The evolving VPP business model
11. Platform for trading flexibility on the distribution network: A UK case study
12. Smart meters: The gateway to behind-the-meter?
13. D3A Energy Exchange for a Transactive Grid
14. Emerging aggregator business models in European electricity markets
Part Three: Regulators, policymakers and investors
15. BTM prospects: Do prices matter?
16. Regulating off-the-grid: Stand-alone power systems in Australia
17. Distribution network tariff design for behind-the-meter: Balancing efficiency?and fairness
18. What market design, fiscal policy and network regulations are compatible with efficient BTM investments?
19. Two million plus solar roofs: What's in it for the consumers?
20. Will behind-the-meter make a difference?