Potential Impacts of Dynamic Electricity Pricing in California: Load Shape and Customer Bill Impacts Under Elastic Customer Response

Summary

California's electric grid faces challenges from rapid renewable energy growth, leading to issues like the "duck curve" and curtailment of renewable resources. This study assesses the potential impacts of dynamic electricity tariffs, which adjust with real-time grid conditions, to encourage customers to shift energy consumption and thus help flatten the duck curve. The research, completed in July 2024 and released in July 2025, models how various levels of elastic customer response to these tariffs could affect load shapes and utility bills.

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