A TOU Pricing Mechanism to Promote Renewable Energy Consumption: The Case of the Western Inner Mongolia Grid in China

Table 9

Five factors used in the sensitivity analysis for changes in the benefits for the grid company.

Items	Units	−10%	Baseline scenario	10%
Peak shaving	—	1.8%	2%	2.2%
Power gird enterprise’s benefit changes	Billion Yuan	0.746	0.744	0.742
Shift to grid	—	1.8%	2%	2.2%
Power gird enterprise’s benefit changes	Billion Yuan	0.745	0.744	0.743
The quantity of renewable energy purchased in the market	TWh	4.13	4.59	5.05
Power gird enterprise’s benefit changes	Billion Yuan	0.666	0.744	0.822
The market price of renewable energy	Yuan/kWh	0.045	0.05	0.055
Power gird enterprise’s benefit changes	Billion Yuan	0.765	0.744	0.724
Carbon price	Yuan/t	13.131	14.59	16.049
Power gird enterprise’s benefit changes	Billion Yuan	0.743	0.744	0.745