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Block 3 Urban Energy Management (Managing urban electricity system…
Block 3
Urban Energy Management
Understanding Urban
Electricity Systems.
1.1. Electricity infrastructures and operators
Transmission
Above ground
Underground
Transformation > Low voltage
Consumption
Industrial / commercial
Household
Backup generation
Hospitals
Energy sensitive places
Only for internal use
Self Generation
Condumption
Feed back to the grid when in excess
resellers
Earlier it was a monopoly, now in certain countries its competitive
Traders
Energy Services companies
Managing urban electricity system
Operations and maintainance (Technical)
Balance demand and supply
Self generation - exacerbated the issue
The intermitancy of self generation - further exacerbate the issue
Grid reinforcement
Grid Development (technical / economical)
new connections
Proper planning
financial challenge
customer relations (social political)
metering and billing
Complaints handling
Non paying customers to be managed
Electricity theft
social tarrifs - some do not pay same money for the same amount consumed by others
Energy Purchasing (economic / environment)
Long term contracts - which may result in risks
Challenges and oppurtunities
Challenges
Market Liberlization
Infrastructure and services being unbundled =
challenges
Electricity Purchasing
Competitive prices/ customers may switch
Professionalized electricity purchasing
Offer new energy services
Customer relations
Shrinking customer base
Metering and billing being liberalized
to be treated differently than before
Non paying customers to be discconnested
Social tarrifs to be compensated
Climate change
fossil fuel consumption must be reduced
Overall energy consumption must be reduced
ICT
can make the usage of infrastructure more efficent
Involve the users in managing the urban infrastructure
Can lead to new services