Electricity networks in the decentralization era. Who are the pioneers, the followers, and the reactionaries?
A decade ago, you knew that electricity distribution was changing because of new words popping up, such as ‘smart grids’ and ‘smart meters’. We invite you to forget what you knew (just a few changes), and acknowledge what you do not know yet: several revolutions.
Do you remember the telecom industry disappearing under the push of the Internet ecosystem? You are getting closer to the coming disruption. In China, they already use the wording Electricity Internet to refer to this digital revolution: a decentralization revolution, in a multi-layer electricity system with prosumers, peer-to-peer, flexsumers, aggregators, and local markets.
How are distribution grids really transforming, in technologies, usages, roles, tools, business models, and regulations? What has already come true? What is still only a dream? Where are the pioneers, the followers, the reactionaries?
Against this background, the FSR talk will revolve around the book Electricity Networks in the Decentralization Era. Rethinking Economics & Regulation (Palgrave, 2022), by R. Poudineh, C. Brandstätt, F. Billimoria.
The Host of the series, Jean-Michel Glachant, who has already made an enthusiastic review of the book for the journal Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy (EEEP), will invite the authors, Christine Brandstätt and Fahrad Billimoria to share its key messages.