Long-Term Effects of Feed-In Tariffs and Carbon Taxes on Distribution Systems

Author

Wong, Steven ; Bhattacharya, Kankar ; Fuller, J. David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Volume

25

Issue

3

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1241

Lastpage

1253

Abstract

In deregulated electricity sector climates, such as in Ontario, the production of clean or renewable energy by small power producers through distributed generation (DG) is encouraged. This paper examines the policies that can be used to encourage DG investment and incorporates them into a mathematical model. This model is then used to create scenarios for examining the economic and environmental supply-side effects of policies to a distribution system over a ten-year period. The policies analyzed include a combination of feed-in-tariffs, CO₂ tax, and cap-and-trade schemes. The results are discussed in the context of the Ontario market and its Standard Offer Program, implemented on a 32-bus radial distribution system.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power distribution economics; 32-bus radial distribution system; Ontario market; Standard Offer Program; cap-and-trade schemes; carbon taxes; deregulated electricity sector; distributed generation investment; feed-in tariffs; renewable energy; Carbon emissions; distributed generation; energy policy and economics; feed-in tariffs;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2009.2038783

Filename

5405095