Equity impacts of solar system investment in rural areas
Peterson, Mary Rajendran, Sarangan Bataduvaarachchi, Nirasha Alexander, Demy O'Reilly, Olivia Melagoda, Adithya Manoharan, Arun Kaarthick Tamimi, Al Yokley, Charles R. Aravinthan, Visvakumar
Peterson, Mary
Rajendran, Sarangan
Bataduvaarachchi, Nirasha
Alexander, Demy
O'Reilly, Olivia
Melagoda, Adithya
Manoharan, Arun Kaarthick
Tamimi, Al
Yokley, Charles R.
Aravinthan, Visvakumar
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2024-10-04
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Distributed energy resources; Energy equity; Energy justice; Olar energy
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M. Peterson, S. Rajendran, A. Tamimi and C. Yokley, "Equity Impacts of Solar System Investment in Rural Areas," 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Seattle, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PESGM51994.2024.10688668.
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Increasing investment in renewable resources is raising important questions about how to equitably share the costs and benefits of such investments. It is essential for utilities and communities to evaluate how their renewables investments impact customers, including energy cost changes and grid adequacy support. For shared solar investments, this work develops an equity index that incorporates energy cost increases and resulting grid support during scarcity scenarios. A solar investment is modeled for two Midwestern manufacturing towns at different income levels. Using the developed metric, it is determined that energy cost increases from a solar investment may inequitably impact lower-income households, but that the investment results in improved grid support. © 2024 IEEE.
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IEEE Computer Society
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2024 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2024
21 July 2024 through 25 July 2024
203130
21 July 2024 through 25 July 2024
203130
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1944-9925