Mesa 6: Estándares, Certificación, Marco Regulatorio y Políticas Públicas

Value of Storage and Challenges in the Regulation

Alejandro Bravo

Possible remuneration for storage

1. Peak shaving• Decrease demand charges for Basic Users

2. Demand control• Controllable demand compensation in the Wholesale Market and in the Regulated Tariff

3. Arbitrage • Storage behind-the-meter, charge the battery in base hours and discharge in peak hours

4. Capacity market• Increase the capacity income for generators • Decrease energy demand in critical hours (Suppliers or Users)

5. Ancillary services• Revenue recognition for ancillary services (e.g. frequency control)

6. Storage as transmission asset • To defer or displace transmission upgrades

Challenges: Full value recognition for storage

New Regulated Tariff• Recognition of peak hours in the New Regulated Tariff for Basic Users

Transmission & Distribution Charges 2x• Double payment of tariffs , Charging and discharging?

Behind the meter• Clarification in the regulation for arbitrage and capacity market with export to

the grid• Storage management by suppliers with export to the grid?

Additional value recognition of Storage• Ancillary services• Storage as transmission asset