OIES Podcast – Electricity Tariff Design in the Energy Transition: Reallocating Costs, Risks, and Technological Advantage

In this latest OIES podcast from the Electricity Programme, Anders Hove talks to Dimitra Apostolopoulou about her latest paper, co-authored with Rahmat Poudineh, titled “Electricity Tariff Design in the Energy Transition: Reallocating Costs, Risks, and Technological Advantage”. They discuss how electricity tariff design needs to evolve as households increasingly adopt electric vehicles, rooftop solar, batteries and smart technologies. The conversation explores what it means for tariffs to be “cost-reflective” and why two households consuming the same amount of electricity can impose very different costs on the system depending on when and how they use it. Using practical examples, Anders and Dimitra examine the difference between charging an EV during the evening peak and smart charging overnight, how households with rooftop solar can export electricity while still relying on the grid at critical times, and how tariff design can shape incentives to invest in solar, batteries and other flexible technologies. They also consider the important question of which costs should be recovered through electricity bills. Finally, they look to the future, discussing why electricity bills may need to reflect not only how much electricity we consume, but also when we consume it and how much capacity we require from the grid at critical times.

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