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T1 Evaluating Cost Allocation Methods in Energy Communities: an assessment framework based on Fairness and Efficiency
A1 González Asenjo, David
A2 Universidad de Burgos. Departamento de Ingeniería de Organización
K1 Energy Communities
K1 Cost Allocation
K1 Fairness
K1 Efficiency
K1 Local Energy Market
K1 Game Theory
K1 Comunidades Energéticas
K1 Asignación de Costes
K1 Justicia
K1 Eficiencia
K1 Mercado Energético Local
K1 Teoría de Juegos
K1 Transición energética
K1 Energy transition
K1 5312.05 Energía
K1 1203.26 Simulación
K1 1207.06 Teoría de Juegos
K1 3322.01 Distribución de la Energía
AB The energy transition, driven by pressure from climate change, dependence on fossilfuels, and a growing social awareness of environmental sustainability, placesEnergy Communities (ECs) as a key vehicle to democratise the energy system andaccelerate this transformation.ECs enable groups of prosumers to cooperate in local energy exchange, generatingadded economic value in the process. However, their successful implementationfaces several challenges, such as the fair and efficient allocation of the costs andbenefits generated by that cooperation.The scientific literature has explored various cost allocation methods. However,there is a lack of a unified framework to evaluate and compare them systematically.Concepts like fairness, efficiency, and stability are fundamental for the socialacceptance and long-term sustainability of ECs, but their definitions in the literatureoften lack precision and objectivity.The main objective of this thesis is to design and validate a methodologicalframework for evaluating cost-allocation methods within Energy Communities.Our working methodology adopts a dual approach, combining rigorous theoreticalanalysis with data-driven simulations.We define an EC archetype that leads to the formalisation of a local energy-market(LEM) economic model based on a market clearing algorithm and a cost/benefitallocation algorithm within the community.We evaluate several families of cost-allocation methods: Price-Based (PB), RuleBased (RB), Surplus-Based (SB), and Game-Theoretic (GT). To overcome thesubjectivity of traditional principles, we establish a set of eight desirable propertieswith precise, objective mathematical formulations: parity among equals, disparityamong unequals, pareto efficiency, beneficial individual participation, rankcorrelation between costs and overconsumption, smoothness, environmentalfriendliness, and beneficial group participation (stability).
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11084
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11084
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 18-abr-2026