ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some of the issues due to PV system grid integration from both the consumer and utility perspectives. It discusses the performance issues at the customer level and new metrics as a solution in bridging the gap between stakeholders after grid integration of PV systems. Performance-based issues after grid integration, from the consumer perspective, are presented initially where the effect of component losses, weather, and temperature on the operational characteristics of a PV system is highlighted. The application of these new metrics for a PV microgrid, as a case study, shows that the ambiguity between consumer and utility can be mitigated and help both parties operationally and financially. However, the results show that ambiguous situations between consumer and utility can be mitigated and help both parties. New temperature-corrected performance ratio and other performance indices are defined in addition to those given in the previous version.
