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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112942
	Accessibility in sustainability transitions: U.S. electric utilities’ deployment of solar
	Shittu E.; Weigelt C.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	165
英文摘要	Several policies promote the adoption of renewable electricity among incumbent utilities. Yet, the scale of consumer adoption appears limited by accessibility. The underlying factors inhibiting accessibility are exacerbated with low- and middle-income (LMI) consumers who not only have substantial income disparities but also make up a significant proportion of a utility's customer base. While prior research demonstrates that policies can help in scaling participation hurdles in solar, the extent to which utility efforts help to unlock the market potential for LMI participation is not evident. We contribute to distributional effects of environmental policy by evaluating utilities' efforts to provide consumer access to clean energy. Reviewing solar initiatives of utilities, as reflected on their website enhanced with secondary archival data, we find that the role of accessibility particularly for LMI households, either through community solar projects (CSP) or rooftop solar installations, is shaped by policy and complementary factors. Such factors include ownership models either through subscriptions or rooftop panel ownership, income disparity, the regulatory regime, and a combination of these factors. Our findings further suggest that utilities are more likely to support LMI accessibility to their CSPs in the presence of policy intervention such as solar incentives and retail choice markets when their customer base is significantly LMI households. In fact, LMI access by subscription is stronger in retail choice markets, whereas access to rooftop solar panels is an increasing function of income. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Community solar project; Energy equity and accessibility; Incentives; Low- and middle-income; Policy; Retail choice
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Commerce; Electric utilities; Environmental protection; Linear matrix inequalities; Sustainable development; Community solar project; Customerbase; Energy equity; Energy equity and accessibility; Incentive; Low incomes; Middle incomes; Retail choice; Solar project; Sustainability transition; Sales; accessibility; alternative energy; electricity generation; electricity industry; energy policy; environmental policy; policy implementation; research work; retailing; solar power; sustainability
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256241
作者单位	Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, United States; A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shittu E.,Weigelt C.. Accessibility in sustainability transitions: U.S. electric utilities’ deployment of solar[J],2022,165.
APA	Shittu E.,&Weigelt C..(2022).Accessibility in sustainability transitions: U.S. electric utilities’ deployment of solar.Energy Policy,165.
MLA	Shittu E.,et al."Accessibility in sustainability transitions: U.S. electric utilities’ deployment of solar".Energy Policy 165(2022).