Analysis of Future Grid Tariff Design: Economic Effects and Possible Peak Load Reduction at the Low Voltage Grid Level

In Austria, grid-tariff reform is at the intersection of affordability, fairness, and dependability, making household bills and low-voltage (LV) grid peaks a pressing issue. Previous studies frequently examine a single tariff, a specific user group, or a single technology in isolation; this thesis evaluates numerous tariff designs across heterogeneous households within a single framework and compares baseline and stress-test adoption. The goal is to determine how volumetric, yearly-peak, and monthly-peak grid tariffs affect household electricity expenditures and LV peak metrics across different flexibility classes and portfolios of distributed generation and flexible household technology.