Learn: Microgrids & Transactive Energy Rates
Excerpt below from Microgrid Knowledge on April 7, 2023
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.
