Nissan Leaf with bidirectional charging at Plymouth State University. Courtesy of Plymouth State University

Transactive energy tariffs for microgrids and other distributed energy resources have long been a dream of the microgrid industry, and they’re slowly becoming a reality.

Generally, transactive energy tariffs are designed to help control the flow of power in an electrical grid using economic or market-based tariffs.

Microgrid supporters say that these tariffs from utilities will help boost the financial viability of microgrids by having utilities pay microgrid owners for power provided — at the real-time value of that power.

“This is the value for providing power from the microgrid,” said Melissa Chan, director of grid solutions and strategic partnerships at Fermata Energy, a Charlottesville, Virginia, company that offers bidirectional charging for electric vehicles (EV) connected to grids and microgrids.

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