Proposal on New Tariffs with a Price Option per Use Time: Application to the Cooperativa Eléctrica San Pedro de Atacama (CESPA) Microgrid in Chile

In this paper, a pricing alternative based on the scheme of Time of Use Pricing (TOUP) is proposed for customers connected to the Cooperativa Eléctrica San Pedro de Atacama (CESPA) microgrid, located in the far north of Chile. With this proposal, the promotion of Demand-Side Management, DSM, aims at...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 15; no. 14; p. 5151
Main Authors García-Santander, Luis, Pérez Martínez, Jorge, Carrizo, Dante, Ulloa Vásquez, Fernando, Esparza, Vladimir, Araya, José
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2022
Subjects
CESPA
Customers
Distributed generation
DSM
Electric utilities
Electricity
Energy
Energy consumption
Energy management
Infrastructure
Internet of Things
Photovoltaics
smart meters
Tariffs
Time of use
Time of use electricity pricing
TOUP
Wholesaling
Chile
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Summary:In this paper, a pricing alternative based on the scheme of Time of Use Pricing (TOUP) is proposed for customers connected to the Cooperativa Eléctrica San Pedro de Atacama (CESPA) microgrid, located in the far north of Chile. With this proposal, the promotion of Demand-Side Management, DSM, aims at optimizing both the use of electric energy and the available infrastructure. The pricing proposal replaces the current tariff scheme based on sections of energy consumption and does not give an incentive for customers to efficiently manage their energy consumption. The proposal considers the creation of time bands and their corresponding tariff formulas, to obtain economic benefits both for customers and the electric company. Study cases consider the operation of a photovoltaic plant of 2 MWp in the electric system of CESPA, which is currently underway. The obtained results report benefits for all parts of the electric market. For customers, favorable pricing up to a 19.1% monthly reduction in electric bills is shown, whereas the company presents an increment in their average monthly income of about 7.7%.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en15145151