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The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition: the Case of Smart Grids Amin Dehdarian cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL) / Switzerland The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 23 June 2014 1

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What is the domain of this research? Why Smart Grids Matter? What is the problem? How to approach the problem? Methodology? What is the way forward? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 2 23 June 2014

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UrbanizationClimate Change Sustainable Urban Energy Infrastructure Governance Of UES Transition Energy Conservation Reducing the Dependency to Unsustainable Energy Sources Promotion of Sustainable Energy Sources System Efficiency Improvement Renewable Energy Production Institutional/ Technological Development

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UrbanizationClimate Change Sustainable Urban Energy Infrastructure Governance Of UES Transition Energy Conservation Reducing the Dependency to Unsustainable Energy Sources Promotion of Sustainable Energy Sources System Efficiency Improvement Renewable Energy Production Institutional/ Technological Development

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UrbanizationClimate Change Sustainable Urban Energy Infrastructure Governance Of UES Transition Energy Conservation Reducing the Dependency to Unsustainable Energy Sources Promotion of Sustainable Energy Sources System Efficiency Improvement Renewable Energy Production Institutional/ Technological Development A framework for the governance of urban energy system transition

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Governance and Dynamics The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 6 23 June 2014 Wider Institutional Environment Independency to Unsustainable Energy Sources Financial Capability Knowledge/ Technology Transfer Renewable Energy Production Institutional Capability Technical Base Local Resources External Funding System Efficiency Energy Conservation Sustainable UES Investment Institutional Change Cultural Learning Technological changes/ Wider technical base

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What is the domain of this research? Why Smart Grids Matter? What is the problem? How to approach the problem? Methodology? What is the way forward? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 7 23 June 2014

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Why Smart Grid matters? New Paradigms: Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) Real-time Data (RTD) Demand Management (DM) Smart Grid: an electricity network that can intelligently integrate the actions of all users connected to in order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies. The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 8 23 June 2014

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The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 9 23 June 2014 Distributed Energy Generation Integration of Renewable Energy Systems Renewable Energy Production Real-time Data & Supply Smart Metering System Efficiency Improvement Demand Management Consumer Involvement Energy Conservation

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UrbanizationClimate Change Sustainable Urban Energy Infrastructure Governance Of UES Transition Energy Conservation Reducing the Dependency to Unsustainable Energy Sources Promotion of Sustainable Energy Sources System Efficiency Improvement Renewable Energy Production Institutional/ Technological Development Smart Grids

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What is the domain of this research? Why Smart Grids Matter? What is the problem? How to approach the problem? Methodology? What is the way forward? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 11 23 June 2014

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Problem Statement Cost-intensive Not market-driven Needs to policy intervention and regulation Research Question: How policy interventions and regulations in electricity systems influence the governance of transition to smart grids in urban energy systems? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 12 23 June 2014

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Problem Owners Strategic decision makers Regulators, policy makers, mayors, big businesses and utility companies Practitioners NGOs, producers, operators, distributors, etc. Researchers Energy transition, urban planning, Complexity science, etc. The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 13 23 June 2014

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What is the domain of this research? Why Smart Grids Matter? What is the problem? How to approach the problem? Methodology? What is the way forward? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 14 23 June 2014

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How to approach the problem? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 15 23 June 2014 Urban Studies Multi-level Governance Local Policies and agency Competitiveness or growth Urban Development & Sustainability Urban Energy Infrastructure City as a complex socio-technical system Multi-level governance of a multi-actor system Policy implementation for the emergence of transition Urban level Complexity Theory Socio-technical Systems Multi-actor Emergence Sector/National level

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What is the domain of this research? Why Smart Grids Matter? What is the problem? How to approach the problem? Methodology? What is the way forward? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 16 23 June 2014

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Methodology Complex system approach City as a multi-actor and socio-technical system Transition science Intervention of policies and regulations in order to make the transition happen in urban electricity infrastructure Agent-based modeling Bottom-up approach, transition as an emergent phenomenon The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 17 23 June 2014

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What is the domain of this research? Why Smart Grids Matter? What is the problem? How to approach the problem? Methodology? What is the way forward? The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 18 23 June 2014

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Next Steps Primary analysis of smart grids, application of micro-grids and smart metering roll-out in urban areas System and Actor analysis Modeling two different levels: Technological level Social level: proactive and reactive actors Policy selection, analysis and intervention The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 19 23 June 2014

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Amin Dehdarian amin.dehdarian@epfl.ch The Governance of Urban Energy System Transition 20 23 June 2014