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Assessment of the Potential Consumers' Preference for the V2G System

V2G 시스템에 대한 잠재적 소비자의 선호 평가

  • Lim, Seul-Ye (Department of Energy Policy, Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science & Technology) ;
  • Kim, Hee-Hoon (Department of Energy Policy, Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science & Technology) ;
  • Yoo, Seung-Hoon (Department of Energy Policy, Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
  • 임슬예 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경대학원 에너지정책학과) ;
  • 김희훈 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경대학원 에너지정책학과) ;
  • 유승훈 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경대학원 에너지정책학과)
  • Received : 2016.10.05
  • Accepted : 2016.12.10
  • Published : 2016.12.30

Abstract

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) system, bi-direction power trading technology, enables drivers possessing electric vehicle to sell the spare electricity charged in the vehicle to power distribution company. The drivers gain profit by charging electricity in the day time of high electricity rate. In this regard, the government is preparing the policies of building and supporting V2G infrastructure and demanding the potential consumers' preference for the V2G system. This paper attempts to analyze the consumers' preference using the data from obtained a survey of randomly selected 1,000 individuals. To this end, choice experiment, an economic technique, is employed here. The attributes considered in the study are residual amount of electricity, electricity trading hours, required plug-in time, and price measured as an amount additional to current gasoline vehicle price. The multinomial logit model, which requires the assumption of 'independence of irrelevant alternatives', is applied but the assumption could not be satisfied in our data. Thus, we finally utilized nested logit model which does not require the assumption. All the parameter estimates in the utility function are statistically significant at the 10% level. The estimation results show that the marginal willingness to pay (MWTP) for one hour increase in electricity trading hours is estimated to be KRW 1,601,057. On the other hand, a one percent reduction in residual amount of electricity and one hour reduction in required plug-in time in V2G system are computed to be KRW -91,911 and -470,619, respectively. The findings can provide policy makers with useful information for decision-making about introducing and managing V2G system.

V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid)는 전기자동차 배터리에 저장된 전기를 전력판매사의 전력망을 통해 되파는 양방향 전력 전송 기술이다. V2G 시스템을 활용하는 전기자동차 운전자는 전기요금이 저렴한 심야에 충전한 뒤 출퇴근시 사용하고 남은 전력을 전력사용량이 많고 전기요금이 높은 주간에 판매하므로, 피크시 전력수급의 안정성이 향상된다. 이에 정부는 V2G 인프라 구축 및 지원 대책을 마련하면서 V2G 시스템에 대한 잠재적 소비자의 선호 정보를 요구하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 잠재적 소비자인 일반 국민 1,000명을 대상으로 한 일대일 개별면접 설문조사를 통해 수집된 자료를 수집하였다. 소비자의 선호를 분석하기 위해 경제학적 기법인 선택실험법을 적용한다. V2G 시스템의 속성으로 잔존 전력량, 전력 판매시간, 의무접속시간, 현행 차량가액에 추가하는 가격으로 평가된 지불의 사액이라는 4개를 고려하였다. 분석모형으로는 우선 다항로짓모형을 적용하였는데 '비관련 대안의 독립성' 가정이 위배되어, 이 가정을 요구하지 않는 중첩로짓모형을 최종적으로 적용하였다. 효용함수의 모든 추정계수는 유의수준 10%에서 통계적으로 유의하였다. 속성별 분석결과, 전력 판매가능시간이 1시간 증가하는 것에 대한 한계지불의사액(MWTP, marginal willingness to pay)은 1,601,057원이었다. 그러나 잔존 전력량이 1% 감소 및 의무접속시간 1시간 증가에 대한 MWTP는 각각 -91,911원 및 -470,619원으로 분석되었다. 본 연구에서 도출한 V2G 시스템에 대한 정량적인 소비자 선호 정보는 향후 V2G 시스템 도입 및 관리정책에 유용하게 활용될 수 있다.

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