generators are decommissioned Affected by increased Maintained to meet reliability Required to transport electricity Investment distributed generation and loss standards across the range of options being required due to of industrial load offered the introduction of further Transmission Primarily serve large renewable networks generators sources. Greater intermittent generation capacity to be managed.= Actively manage peak demand Consumers remain connected to Used as back up for localised Impacted by the and invest in new technologies the grid. Products and tariffs generation and for transferring need to manage to support new product reflect of connection electricity between customers less predictable offerings and producers still connected to energy flows Distributors focus on managing the grid due to Distribution networks network reliability and security intermittency of and maximising the revenue that Costs per unit of energy renewables they can earn from the existing consumed are high due to network. inefficient use of capital and loss of economies of scale
generators are decommissioned Transmission networks Affected by increased distributed generation and loss of industrial load Primarily serve large generators Maintained to meet reliability standards Required to transport electricity across the range of options being offered Investment required due to the introduction of further renewable sources. Greater intermittent generation capacity to be managed.= Distribution networks Actively manage peak demand and invest in new technologies to support new product offerings Consumers remain connected to the grid. Products and tariffs reflect of connection Distributors focus on managing network reliability and security and maximising the revenue that they can earn from the existing network. Used as back up for localised generation and for transferring electricity between customers and producers still connected to the grid Costs per unit of energy consumed are high due to inefficient use of capital and loss of economies of scale Impacted by the need to manage less predictable energy flows due to intermittency of renewables
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