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Optimal grid tariffs with heterogeneous prosumers
[Tarification optimale des réseaux en présence de prosommateurs hétérogènes]

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  • Axel Gautier

    (HEC Liège, ULiège - Université de Liège = University of Liège = Universiteit van Luik = Universität Lüttich, CORE - Center of Operation Research and Econometrics [Louvain] - UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain, LCII - Liège Competition and Innovation Institute, CESifo - CESifo)

  • Julien Jacqmin

    (NEOMA - Neoma Business School)

  • Jean-Christophe Poudou

    (MRE - Montpellier Recherche en Economie - UM - Université de Montpellier, UM - Université de Montpellier, Labex Entreprendre - UM - Université de Montpellier)

Abstract

Energy consumers can invest in photovoltaic (PV) panels and become prosumers. The benefit of such an investment depends on the regulatory framework. We consider a population of heterogenous consumers, with respect to both the cost of decentralized production and their degree of self-consumption.it is efficient to have investment by low-cost and high self-consumption profiles. We determine the optimal tariff in the presence of heterogenous prosumers. Net metering fails to screen consumers on the self-consumption dimension. Net purchasing can lead to the efficient investment if the tariffs are non-Coasian that is fixed fees exceed the grid operator's fixed costs.

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  • Axel Gautier & Julien Jacqmin & Jean-Christophe Poudou, 2021. "Optimal grid tariffs with heterogeneous prosumers [Tarification optimale des réseaux en présence de prosommateurs hétérogènes]," Post-Print hal-02988150, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02988150
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2020.101140
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    1. Sai Bravo & Carole Haritchabalet, 2023. "Prosumers: Grid Storage vs Small Fuel-Cell," Working Papers hal-04119625, HAL.
    2. Gautier, Axel & Jacqmin, Julien & Poudou, Jean-Christophe, 2025. "The energy community and the grid," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    3. Samir Jeddi & Amelie Sitzmann, 2021. "Network tariffs under different pricing schemes in a dynamically consistent framework," EWI Working Papers 2021-1, Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln (EWI).
    4. Hashemi, Majid & Jenkins, Glenn & Milne, Frank, 2023. "Rooftop solar with net metering: An integrated investment appraisal," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    5. Gorman, Will & Barbose, Galen & Baik, Sunhee & Miller, Cesca & Carvallo, Juan Pablo, 2025. "Backup power or bill savings? How electricity tariffs impact residential solar-plus-storage usage in the United States," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    6. Rafael G. Nagel & Vitor Fernão Pires & Jony L. Silveira & Armando Cordeiro & Daniel Foito, 2023. "Financial Analysis of Household Photovoltaic Self-Consumption in the Context of the Vehicle-to-Home ( V2H ) in Portugal," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-21, January.
    7. Bravo-Melgarejo, Sai & Haritchabalet, Carole, 2025. "Prosumers: Grid vs. individual storage," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
    8. Izabela Jonek-Kowalska, 2023. "Motives for the Use of Photovoltaic Installations in Poland against the Background of the Share of Solar Energy in the Structure of Energy Resources in the Developing Economies of Central and Eastern ," Resources, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-25, July.
    9. Ansarin, Mohammad & Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, Yashar & Ketter, Wolfgang & Collins, John, 2022. "A review of equity in electricity tariffs in the renewable energy era," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    10. Sai Bravo & Carole Haritchabalet, 2023. "Prosumers: Grid Storage vs Small Fuel-Cell," Working papers of Transitions Energétiques et Environnementales (TREE) hal-04119625, HAL.

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    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources

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