Barriers to Electricity Prosumption of Households in Bulgaria
Barriers to Electricity Prosumption of Households in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: Traditional energy system undergoes transition from completely relying on conventional to ever increasing share of renewable sources. The latter are crucial for decentralization and democratization of electricity generation. It becomes feasible even for households, many of which already belong to energy communities and active energy citizens. They produce and consume energy from own generating facilities. The research in this paper is based on the public registry of the Bulgarian Agency for Sustainable Energy Development. With regard to photovoltaic technology, the data provided shows very low adoption rate of electricity prosumption by households - both across the country and throughout the period 2011-22. According to the analysis, the current paper concludes that the missing and/or delayed regulations and the weak administrative capacity to implement and enforce them still hinder households willing to simultaneously produce and consume electricity. Some measures to "deinstall" the barriers to household prosumption have been proposed and critically evaluated.

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