Decentralized and Centralized Energy: Property Rights at the Interface
(0) The experiences of interconnecting distributed generation (DG) to the distribution grid in California have been burdened by resistance from local private distribution utilities. This paper defines the problem of interconnection as a property rights problem --- one that involves allocation conflicts and pressures for institutional change. I argue that the current policy approach to the interconnection problem in California fails to take into account the changing property rights characteristics of the distribution grid. A review of two alternative property rights institutions that govern electrical services is proposed as a means to overcome the interconnection problem as well as other barriers to DG adoption. This property rights framework may illuminate how we might improve the electricity restructuring process in countries around the world so that small alternative energy providers can genuinely become part of the process.
能源管理 发电技术 分布式电网 可再生能源
Sopitsuda Tongsopit
Candidate,Environmental Studies Department University of California,Santa Cruz
国内会议
北京
英文
545-558
2005-05-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）