Rural electric cooperatives and economic development

Paredes, Dusan; Loveridge, Scott

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.035

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“…In this work we close a gap in the literature designing a demand response approach for non-profit utilities. 3 First, we show that behavioral changes enabled with new technologies can harm the system's efficiency to a large degree. This motivates the design of an incentive scheme that reduces efficiency losses.…”

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“…In other words, demand response attempts to coordinate not have incentives to promote reductions in demand. 3 Here we refer to non-profit utilities as customer owned utilities, regulate utilities, or electric cooperatives. agents whose individual actions could harm the society.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although investor owned utilities dominate the electricity markets, non-profit electric cooperatives play an important role in the economic development [3]. Besides, electric cooperatives have properties that foster the social support for renewable energy projects [4,5,6].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Incentive mechanisms to prevent efficiency loss of non-profit utilities

Barreto

Mojica‐Nava

Quijano

2019

International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

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The modernization of the power system introduces technologies that may improve the system's efficiency by enhancing the capabilities of users. Despite their potential benefits, such technologies can have a negative impact. This subject has widely analyzed, mostly considering for-profit electric utilities. However, the literature has a gap regarding the impact of new technologies on non-profit utilities.In this work, we quantify the price of anarchy of non-profit utilities, that is, the cost caused by lack of coordination of users. We find that users, in the worst case, can consume up to twice the optimal demand, obtaining a small fraction of the optimal surplus. For this reason, we leverage the theory of mechanism design to design an incentive scheme that reduces the inefficiencies of the system, which preserves the privacy of users. We illustrate with simulations the efficiency loss of the system and show two instances of incentive mechanism that satisfy either budget balance and budget deficit.1 The REScoop.eu network has 1500 renewable energy cooperatives in Europe [7].2 Other electric corporations profit with sales, so they do

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Mojica‐Nava

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2019

International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

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“…Electricity is used in agricultural activities such as irrigation, milking, animal shelters and greenhouses, lighting, heating, ventilation, and cooling (Beyaz et al 2017 ). In addition, it was reported that the use of renewable energy by cooperatives provides benefits (Bender 1999 ; Zoellner et al 2008 ; Li et al 2013 ; Viardot 2013 ; Hufen and Koppenjan 2015 ; Al Katsaprakakis and Voumvoulakis 2018 ; Capellán-Pérez et al 2018 ; Hentschel et al 2018 ; Paredes and Loveridge 2018 ; Fang and Yang 2019 ; Li et al 2019 ; Roesler and Hassler 2019 ).…”

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Willingness of farmers to establish a renewable energy (solar and wind) cooperative in NW Turkey

Everest

2021

Arab J Geosci

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This study was conducted to investigate farmers’ desire to benefit from renewable energy (solar and wind) in northwestern provinces in Turkey. The willingness of farmers to establish a renewable energy cooperative was also investigated in this study. The relationships between the socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers and their willingness to establish a renewable energy cooperative were analyzed with the aid of nonparametric tests. According to Mann–Whitney U -test, farmers’ age, frequency of visits to agricultural organizations, internet use to reach information, land size, and the province where they live were effective on farmers’ willingness to establish a renewable energy cooperative. Additionally, 91.34% of the participant farmers were worried about climate change, and 70.84% were willing to receive training about climate change. Of the participant farmers, 65.88% were willing to establish a renewable energy cooperative. Extension programs should be organized by policymakers about renewable energy cooperatives, and such programs will provide significant public benefits.

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A hybrid power plant towards 100% energy autonomy for the island of Sifnos, Greece. Perspectives created from energy cooperatives

Katsaprakakis

Voumvoulakis²

2018

Energy

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Rural electric cooperatives and economic development

Cited by 6 publications

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Incentive mechanisms to prevent efficiency loss of non-profit utilities

Incentive mechanisms to prevent efficiency loss of non-profit utilities

Willingness of farmers to establish a renewable energy (solar and wind) cooperative in NW Turkey

A hybrid power plant towards 100% energy autonomy for the island of Sifnos, Greece. Perspectives created from energy cooperatives

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