moral suasion and dynamic pricing that stimulate energy conservation during peak demand hours. Using household …

We analyze optimal policy when consumers of energy-using durables undervalue energy costs relative to their private … distortions from underinvestment in energy efficiency. Discrete choice simulations of the auto market suggest that the Internality … consumers marginal to each instrument. Because consumers who undervalue energy costs are mechanically less responsive to energy …

established for carbon emissions, the bill also includes provisions that would tighten energy efficiency standards for consumer … Residential Energy Consumption Survey. The results show that, controlling for household income and other household characteristics …, renters are significantly less likely to have energy efficient refrigerators, clothes washers and dishwashers. …

built in the 1970s and early 1980s were energy inefficient relative to houses built before 1960 because the price of …

“Nudges” are being widely promoted to encourage energy conservation. We show that the popular electricity conservation … energy conservation nudges need to be targeted to be most effective. …

valuation of energy efficiency. We also provide evidence on circumstances in which consumer forecasts are likely to deviate from …

variation in eligibility for CCA participation, we find that the CCL had a strong negative impact on energy intensity and …

) and energy efficiency (EE) investments. We specify a model that relates electricity demand to previous EE DSM spending …, energy prices, income, weather, and other demand factors. In contrast to previous studies, we allow EE DSM spending to have a … over that time period and a 1.8 percent savings over all years. These energy savings came at an expected average cost to …