It is unhelpful to present the reform of Tariffs/RatesConventional pricing models that provide the basis how Custo... and the emergence of digital Market Platforms as a binary choice, because:
a) Practically, both Tariffs/Rates and Market Platforms will co-exist for an indefinite period of time;
b) The reform of Tariffs/Rates and the emergence of new Market Platforms will need to be strategically aligned for maximum complementarity; and,
c) The equitable reform of Tariffs/Rates will be critical to the large number of CustomersThe human individuals, families, organisations, institutions... who do not currently and may never own Distributed Energy Resources (DER)A diverse range of small to medium scale Energy Resources th... that can meaningfully participate in Market Platforms.