The Use of Typical User Load Profiles to Energy Communities in Finland - Aspects on Distribution Tariff Design and Regulation

The recent developments in the energy sector have promoted the role of citizen as active actors in the energy market in the form of energy communities (ECs). However, it is not clear how ECs should be treated in the pricing of electricity distribution and the price regulation. This paper discusses the definitions and load profiles of typical users used in the electricity distribution price regulation in Finland. The definitions are compared to different combinations of small-scale customers who could form different types of ECs. The comparison shows that the typical user definitions of larger commercial and industrial users would be of the same size as the studied ECs. The conclusion is that the typical user definitions should be kept up to date and updated in the future to account for ECs to ensure that the legislative requirements are met, and accurate statistics can be provided to the public.