Consumer, Prosumer, Prosumager

Dr. Fereidoon Sioshansi is President of Menlo Energy Economics, a consulting firm based in San Francisco with over 35 years of experience in the electric power sector working in analysis of energy markets, specializing in the policy, regulatory, technical and environmental aspects of the electric power sector in the US and internationally. His research and professional interests are concentrated in demand and price forecasting, electricity market design, competitive pricing & bidding, integrated resource planning, energy conservation and energy efficiency, economics of global climate change, sustainability, energy security, renewable energy technologies, and comparative performance of competitive electricity markets. Dr. Sioshansi advises major utility clients and government policy makers domestically and internationally on electricity market reform, restructuring and privatization of the electric power sector. He has published numerous reports, books, book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals on a wide range of subjects. His professional background includes working at Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), NERA, and Global Energy Decisions. He is the editor and publisher of EEnergy Informer, a monthly newsletter with international circulation. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Electricity Journal where he is regularly featured in the “Electricity Currents” section. Dr. Sioshansi also serves on the editorial board of Utilities Policy and is a frequent contributor to Energy Policy. Since 2006, He has edited 12 books on related topics with Elsevier.

"Sioshansi’s new book is a must-read for anyone interested in the evolution of the electricity sector. While the sector’s historical roots are useful for understanding how we find ourselves with the current infrastructure and system of networks, its future will prove to be more dynamic and flexible than anyone could have thought possible. This book will show you how that will come about." --Roger Lilley, EE Publishers"If you are curious about the future potential of distributed and digitalised clean energy, you will be fascinated by this book. If you want to believe in the continued success of today’s electricity utility business model, you might find it rather uncomfortable to read. Fereidoon Sioshansi’s latest edited volume explores how units as small as households can become energy owner-user-managers with their own mini-systems and business relationships. To describe the possibilities, he and his co-authors coin a new word: "prosumager. More ambitious than the now familiar solar prosumer, a prosumager considers the full range of currently available technologies and invests additionally in their own distributed storage and smart energy management systems. The heart of the book is a discussion of the implications of that choice. (…) Together they have assembled a superbly rich up-to-date compendium of examples." --Jesse Scott in Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy 8:2 (2019)

• Part 1 How service innovations are leading to consumer stratification1. Digitalization of energyM. Brown, S. Woodhouse, Pöyry Mgt. Consulting & F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics2. Peer-to-Peer Trading and Blockchains: Enabling Regional Energy Markets and Platforms for Energy TransactionsD. Shipworth, UCL, C. Burger, J. Weinmann, ESMT & F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics3. Integrated energy services, distribute load aggregation and intelligent storageJ. Baak, Stem & F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics4. Service innovation and disruption in the Australian contestable retail marketS. Bashir, Nexa Advisory, A. Smits & T. Nelson, AGL, Australia5. Do I have a deal for you? Buying well in Australia’s contestable retail electricity marketsB. Mountain, Victoria Univ. Melbourne, Australia6. Platforms to support non-wire alternatives and DSO flexibility tradingR. Stanley, J. Johnston, Piclo and F. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics7. Consumer-centric service innovations in an era of self-selecting customersE. Gui & I. MacGill, UNSW, Sydney, Australia Part 2 How regulatory policy will impact the evolution of services8. Fair, equitable, and efficient tariffs in the presence of distributed energy resourcesS. Burger, I. Schneider, A. Botterud and I. Pérez-Arriaga, MIT9. New distribution network charges for new integrated network servicesI. Abdelmotteleb, T. Gomez and J. Pablo Chaves Avila, Comillas Pontifical Univ. Madrid, Spain10. Community energy storage: Governance and business modelsB. Koirala, Univ. of Twente, R. Hakvoort, TU Delft, E. van Oost, Univ. of Twente & H. van der Windt, Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands11. Challenges to the promotion of distributed energy resources in Latin America: A Brazilian case studyL. Noura Guimarães, Madrona Law firm, São Paulo, Brazil Part 3 Impact of new business models on distribution companies12. The future of electricity distribution: A California case studyF. Sioshansi, Menlo Energy Economics13. Using flexibility resources to optimize distribution grids? A French case studyP. Germain and E. Jan, E-CUBE Strategy Consultants, Paris, France14. Off-grid Prosumers: Electrifying the next billion with PAYGO solarT. Couture, E3 Analytics, S. Pelz, C. Cader and P. Blechinger, RLI, Berlin15. Customer stratification and different concepts of decentralizationD. Bauknecht, J. Bracker, F. Flachsbarth, C. Heinemann, D. Seebach and M. Vogel, Oeko Institute, Germany 16. Designing markets for innovative electricity services in the EU: The roles of policy, technology, and utility capabilitiesG. Ivan Pereira, Univ. of Coimbra, MIT, P. Pereira da Silva, Univ. of Coimbra & D. Soule, MIT17. How incumbents are adjusting to the changing business environment: A German case studyF. Weiss, R. GroB, S. Linowski, C. von Hirschhausen, B. Wealer and T. Zimmermann, TU Berlin18. Who will fuel your electric vehicle of the future? You or your utility?J. Webb, QUT, J. Whitehead, Univ. QLD and C. Wilson, QUT19. Distributed energy resources in the US wholesale markets: Recent trends, new models and forecastsU. Helman, Helman Analytics